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Old 04-11-09, 02:39 AM
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Interesting bike parts at local auction.

Hello, I thought some of you would get a kick out of this upcoming auction item. The auctions description list them as, “(2) ice cream peddler bicycle frames (minus front ends & boxes).”



Is it just me, or do they look like they were made out of plumbing fixtures?

I might be able to make it to the auction. It I do, I’ll let you know what they end up going for. I might even try to buy them just for the conversational value.
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there's gaspipe and then there's gaspipe.
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Yeah, they're water pipe probably weigh a ton, they're home made probably. Not worth anything in my opin.
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Perhaps not worth anything as far as bicycles go… But these strangely intrigue me… I see them as a form of ‘folk art’, and I can picture them hanging on the wall of my garage.

But I see now that this auction is the same day as the local police auction, which usually has over a hundred bicycles that sell for just a few dollars a piece. And I need some parts for a couple of projects… So I will have to choose which auction to attend.

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Yeah, I'm glad they're not in my area. I'm intrigued by them too, and would probably buy one of them just for the conversational value. I don't know if these are rare but I've never seen anything like it and they are interesting. I wonder if they were home made.
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I would say they are homemade, or maybe shop-made, not a commercial item. On the ice-cream type bikes, you need some weight for stability. Husky sells their 3-wheeler, and recommends a minimum of 150 lbs in the box portion to ride. Worksman's 3-wheeler probably weighs 100 lbs. So using plumbing pipe is not a bad thing from the weight standpoint.

One thing I'd be curious about is that the regular Ashtabula cranks aren't all that wide, and the tires are. So when you put a 2.125" wide tire between those two pipes, it's likely to be a tight fit between the rotating ends of the cranks.

One of the oddball items on Worksman trike is that front yoke, which is not a normal bicycle or automotive part. I'd be curious how they worked that on these, as well.
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