Who on this forum has the oldest bicycle??
01-06-11, 06:18 AM
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Who on this forum has the oldest bicycle??
Just out of interest who on this forum thinks they might have the oldest currently rideable bicycle and who has the oldest in any condition? Pictures and stories please!
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01-06-11, 07:30 AM
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ftwelder is my guess.
I had an 1892 safety built in Coventry, England. It was not road worthy. I found it at the dump but had no need for it, so I sold it in an auction.
I had an 1892 safety built in Coventry, England. It was not road worthy. I found it at the dump but had no need for it, so I sold it in an auction.
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01-06-11, 08:18 AM
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My '37 Raleigh Sports is road ready (rehabbed after this picture), but I believe there are older functional bikes floating around on this forum:
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01-06-11, 08:58 AM
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I seem to remember someone having an ancient pennyfarthing. Can't quite remember who it was though.
01-06-11, 09:16 AM
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I saw this thread title and a similar thread from a few years ago came to mind. I remember in that thread Sheldon posted this bike and said, "I've got you's all beat!" or something similar. I miss that guy. https://sheldonbrown.org/ranger.html
I did a search, here's the page in the thread where Sheldon posted his Mead Ranger:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...wn+oldest+bike
I did a search, here's the page in the thread where Sheldon posted his Mead Ranger:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...wn+oldest+bike
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01-06-11, 10:06 AM
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Only 1915 or so, but I have ridden it.
More pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/5461623...7624987130587/
01-06-11, 10:28 AM
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I did a search, here's the page in the thread where Sheldon posted his Mead Ranger:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...wn+oldest+bike
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...wn+oldest+bike
Actually, since I took the photos, I've built her a really weird front wheel--half radial, half cross 3--but the split isn't left/right, but along the "equator" of the wheel.
There's no technical reason for this, it's just a hack.
Sheldon "Never Claimed To Be Sane" Brown
There's no technical reason for this, it's just a hack.
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01-06-11, 11:49 AM
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Only 1915 or so, but I have ridden it.
More pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/5461623...7624987130587/
01-06-11, 12:40 PM
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Another interesting way to look at this would be to see who has had a bike for the longest time...did anyone's mom not throw out their stingray? Any 3 Speeds been in the family since the 30s?
01-06-11, 12:41 PM
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01-06-11, 03:40 PM
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Correction to that... just spoke to my father and he said that uncle Owen would have bought it new for sure.... so that's 73 years if he bought the 37 model new in 1938 (a year to get to NZ and be sold).
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01-06-11, 04:14 PM
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01-06-11, 04:48 PM
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[Only 1915 or so, but I have ridden it.
More pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/5461623...7624987130587/[/QUOTE]
Otis, that is just stunning!!!
Wow,.... I think it's is WELL worth going to the flicker link and checking out this bike, the standard of restoration is just fantastic! The plating, the paint and pinstripes!!
I am inspried now to make my CCM look as good as that,.... if I can!
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More pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/5461623...7624987130587/[/QUOTE]
Otis, that is just stunning!!!
Wow,.... I think it's is WELL worth going to the flicker link and checking out this bike, the standard of restoration is just fantastic! The plating, the paint and pinstripes!!
I am inspried now to make my CCM look as good as that,.... if I can!
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01-06-11, 07:31 PM
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This one was in the teens. I sold it last year. It was ridable but I was scared of breaking one of the tires and they're expensive. It's a 24" seat tube. I was really tempted to keep it as it's my size. I just happened to meet a guy who was looking for something just like it for his lady.
Never did get that old lock off of it.
Never did get that old lock off of it.
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01-06-11, 07:37 PM
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Those chain tires are awesome!
My oldest is a '51, so I'm out. As far as having kept one the longest, I still have my first bike - a 16" BMX that my parents bought me in '89.
My oldest is a '51, so I'm out. As far as having kept one the longest, I still have my first bike - a 16" BMX that my parents bought me in '89.
01-06-11, 07:39 PM
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01-06-11, 07:56 PM
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Not all that old, 1956 tank, but fun to ride because there are no hills here. I added the basket and front roller brake.
01-06-11, 08:25 PM
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1905- currently dismembered....but someday!!!!
01-06-11, 09:23 PM
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Anyone in my area wants a really old project bike, I suspect this one may be older than he thinks, but not sure. Skiptooth and the whole shebang.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/bik/2146793235.html
https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/bik/2146793235.html
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