Foldie Oldie Roadie
10-31-09 | 12:17 PM
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Bikes: 1958 Rabeneick 120D, 1968 Legnano Gran Premio, 196? Torpado Professional, 2000 Marinoni Piuma
Foldie Oldie Roadie
Bike hunting was pretty interesting today, finding and bringing home about two dozen bikes, three or four of which I found to be very interesting.
The first, a very clean little used Bianchi from the eighties and soon to be passed on to someone else - I hope.
Then two folding bikes, one from France and the other from England joined the stable.
And an really interesting old kids bike with solid tires(well, partial since some of the tire has rotted away.
Finally, a BMX or whatever that I really do not know all that much about. And the kicker...
An old fellow, Conrad and at least eighty if he is a year, told me about the CCM Flyer he scrapped several years ago. He even commented that the bike had wooden wheels. Can't get there in time to get em all - but I do try.
The first, a very clean little used Bianchi from the eighties and soon to be passed on to someone else - I hope.
Then two folding bikes, one from France and the other from England joined the stable.
And an really interesting old kids bike with solid tires(well, partial since some of the tire has rotted away.
Finally, a BMX or whatever that I really do not know all that much about. And the kicker...
An old fellow, Conrad and at least eighty if he is a year, told me about the CCM Flyer he scrapped several years ago. He even commented that the bike had wooden wheels. Can't get there in time to get em all - but I do try.
10-31-09 | 01:12 PM
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Bikes: (3) 1970's Raleigh Sports, (1) 1968 Robin Hood 3 speed, 1974 Raleigh Grand Prix, 1976 Raleigh Grand Prix, 1969 Peugeot UO-18, 1971 Peugeot UO-08, 1980 Giant road bike, 1954 Humber, 1940ish Hercules Popular, 1963 Dunelt, 2007 Trek 3700 mountain bike
Nice haul.
The brown Supercycle folder looks very much like a Raleigh Twenty but the head badge and the crank are not typical. Are the cranks cottered and can you post close up of the badge?
The brown Supercycle folder looks very much like a Raleigh Twenty but the head badge and the crank are not typical. Are the cranks cottered and can you post close up of the badge?
10-31-09 | 02:51 PM
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Raleigh Twenty...
The bike was made in England and is very likely a Raleigh Twenty wearing an extra decal and a Supercycle headbadge. Other than that, and I know little about these little folding bikes, it appears to be a Twenty. The cranks are cottered. I did not take any other pictures since I am not all that interested in the bicycle. It and all but one of the others will be donated to Bicycles for Humanity tomorrow morning.
The picture depicts only part of the pile of vintage roadsters - everything from Raleigh to JC Higgens. And there are just as many Ten Speeds. All have been selected for rebuild and sale based on condition of the bicycles. The junky ones were stripped and used for parts, the scrap being sold off to the local scrap yard.
The picture depicts only part of the pile of vintage roadsters - everything from Raleigh to JC Higgens. And there are just as many Ten Speeds. All have been selected for rebuild and sale based on condition of the bicycles. The junky ones were stripped and used for parts, the scrap being sold off to the local scrap yard.
