Save This Bike??
08-05-09 | 10:34 AM
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Save This Bike??
My sister is about to turn this bike into a planter or lawn decoration. Is it something special or valuable that should be saved?
08-05-09 | 10:42 AM
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It looks like a bike sold at Firestone tire stores in 70s or maybe early 80s (just a guess though)
Looks like it was made by Huffy or similar.
I would say it is better off as a lawn ornament
Dan
Looks like it was made by Huffy or similar.
I would say it is better off as a lawn ornament
Dan
08-05-09 | 10:44 AM
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PanGalacticGargleBlaster
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From: Smugglers Notch, Vermont
Bikes: Upright and Recumbent....too many to list, mostly Vintage.
That looks like the Firestone "F"
I hate seeing older cruisers like this turned into planters. I'd much rather see someone using a modern taiwanese P0S schwinn breeze as a planter and riding the vintage bike.
I think the saddle, saddle bag and mirror are worth saving at the very least. Thats a cool little saddle bag, and I'd love to get my hands on that mirror. I've been looking for one like it for a while now.
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WTF?!? the forum censors the abbreviation P0S? does it censor 'WTF' too?
I hate seeing older cruisers like this turned into planters. I'd much rather see someone using a modern taiwanese P0S schwinn breeze as a planter and riding the vintage bike.
I think the saddle, saddle bag and mirror are worth saving at the very least. Thats a cool little saddle bag, and I'd love to get my hands on that mirror. I've been looking for one like it for a while now.
**edit**
WTF?!? the forum censors the abbreviation P0S? does it censor 'WTF' too?
Last edited by Zaphod Beeblebrox; 08-05-09 at 10:46 AM. Reason: forum wordfiltered "P0S" - needed fixin
08-05-09 | 10:52 AM
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I doubt it's very valuable, in that collectors are looking for name brand bikes, but it would clean up nicely and I'm sure the right rider would treasure it, say a college student. I really don't like the idea of making it into a lawn ornament.
08-05-09 | 12:28 PM
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Sad end to a decent survivor. I would guess 1960s, perhaps 1970s era. Nothing special, but in pretty good shape.
08-05-09 | 01:04 PM
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Dang, don't turn it to a planter, give it to someone that would need it/ride it!
That bike could make a good first bicycle for someone out there.
I'm not some sort of green power activist, but frankly, I'd rather see these big Hummer SUVs on our highways into large planters than ANY bicycle, any day!
Plus, the decision to save a bicycle shouldn't always be based on what it's monetarily worth.
JMOs
Chombi
84 Peugeot PSV
That bike could make a good first bicycle for someone out there.
I'm not some sort of green power activist, but frankly, I'd rather see these big Hummer SUVs on our highways into large planters than ANY bicycle, any day!
Plus, the decision to save a bicycle shouldn't always be based on what it's monetarily worth.
JMOs
Chombi
84 Peugeot PSV
