whoa nice stumpy!

Nice old StumpJumper! Where did you find that? -GT2005

Why do these old mountain bikes remind me of tractors? They certainly are cool though.

Stumpjumper Sport-I have 3 of those! One I bought new around 1984 and still ride as a singlespeed. Another is in the middle of a drop-bar conversion but is on hold due to a couple of other projects (see my Motobecane Grand Touring in Catch of the Day, plus a 1974-ish Nishiki Road Compe). The third will eventually be a single speed when I return my original Stump to near-original geared configuration.

Heading to the dump in the back of a truck. Stopped the guy to let him know it would cost an extra $15 to bring an uncovered load to the dump and by the way...

Nice catch! Those make great long haul tour bikes too!

Aaron:)

Wow, great catch! I hope you will show it off to us when you have it fixed up the way you want. Thanks. :) -GT2005

That paint job is great. Thats a smart looking ride.

Actually, if you do not subscribe to that, you have to be able to straddle the top tube while standing flat footed nonsense, it works fine for us short legged galoots.

Prior to about 1960 or so most of us kids rode bikes that would be considered way too big for us by modern standards. We either did a flying mount, start the bike rolling put a foot on the pedal and swing the leg up and over the saddle from be hind like mounting a horse; or started with one foot on the ground and the other on the raised pedal with the bike tilted at an angle, starting was a simple as standing up on that pedal and lifting the grounded foot to the other pedal as the bike rolled ahead.

Then the safety pundits who had never actually ridden a bicycle got into the act and told us all about how we should do it.

I now ride a 23 inch frame 3-spd bike and find it far more comfortable than any of those 21 inchers that they tell me I am supposed to ride. And while we are being politically correct, proper attire for a gentleman on a bicycle are trousers, coat, tie, and a fedora. His shoes should be well shined and his hair recently trimmed as well. I admit that I often go without the coat and tie, but no gentleman would appear outdoors with an appropriate hat. :D

Actually I was pointing out that those of us that exceed the 6' height range, the 23" frame is much preferred to the readily available 21";) I have 3 Raleighs that I ride regularly, the one with the most miles on it is my 1971ish Sports Standard 21" frame, it has about 3 fists full of seat post sticking out and I have to ride it in a semi aero position:p My classy ride is my 1972 Raleigh Superbe 23" frame. It gets ridden in full kit (plus fours, Kangol cap, collar shirt, tie and Norfolk jacket):D The other is my 1968 Raleigh Compact RSW and it had to have an aftermarket 400mm seatpost so I could ride it.

Aaron:)

Actually, on a Raleigh 3-speed, I always found a bowler a bit more proper than a fedora. Coat and tie (bow preferred over long), of course overcoat and scarf in the cold.

And for a truly relaxing afternoon, a pipe, preferably with a screen over the bowl to prevent a backblow of hot embers in the breeze.

Due to being limited to what I've found, my Sports is a 21. It's too small. I always rode a 23 back then.

raleigh 3 speeds are great. not sure what exactly i have, but very comfortable riding bike. will put a pic of it up sometime, bike was rescued from my grandmas neighbors basement and made its way to me instead of junk shop. along the lines of dump finds... picked up a ladies western flyer from a tangled mass of fenceposts, school desks, and lawnmower accessories. bead blasted the bike, banmged the fenders back into shape, painted it two tone gray and silver, and its going to a good female friend of mine tomorrow where it will get used (pics of that coming too).

Chuck - That is a freaking awesome bike and it really reminds me of my 1940 CCM.

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Wow that was a lucky find :)

Skyrocker, - I can do the bowler hat, but I'll pass on the pipe ;)

that is cool.. now how does that two-speed hub operate ?

Chuck - I really like the smooth lines on your bike... does the two speed hub work like the Bendix "kicker"?

Chuck - I actually have a Bendix automatic two speed that I am planning on using for my CCM but the manual two speed also sounds very interesting.

The Bendix two speed does have a built in brake... backpedalling fully engages the brake whereas kicking back a little changes gears.

The Bendix also downshifts into first when you brake so you are always starting in your lowest gear.

$230 (frameset only) in 1977, according to Gary Fisher's review in Bicycling magazine (p.1, p.2, p.3).

Here's an old Schwinn Varsity that was abandoned on the bike rack near my apartment. I found it with the front wheel detached, unlocked, and obviously abandoned, so I decided to adopt it. I bought two new cheap tubes and tires from Wal-Mart to put on it and it rides pretty well, although it looks like crap.

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Hey Never say a Varsity looks like crap... well that one does look like crap...sooo you have every right to say it. I also have one or two that look like crap.Especially the cool lemon .I was supposed to have Pastor Bob ship me a cool lemon but I came to my senses i guess.I have enough to keep me busy.Just spent all day on a folding bike from Japan.I will post pics soon.

Sounds very similar to the Sachs 'Duomatic'. They're a really neat hub to have on a local use bike and I always keep a sharp eye out for them.

I love my Nanna.
Her friend, and good family friend was going to throw out this old road bike of his sons from decades ago, and my Nanna, being cool like she is, says "Hey, my grandsons bike just got stolen - he LOVES bikes, i'll see if he wants it." That was last night. I had it lunchtime today. I dont know anything about "vintage" bikes, nor do i know too much about road bikes. I can't remember what make or model it is, and it's 1 am and the bike's all the way downstairs in the garage.

$40 worth of new tyres and tubes plus 2 hours in the garage an i have myself a mode of transportarion til i can afford a new MTB. I promise details and pics at the buttcrack of dawn tomorrow.

:)

East Hill

As promised.
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Mind the dogs in this one :o

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It's probably just random X-Mart equivalent from years ago, but i don't care it's good fun.