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10-31-25 | 02:08 AM
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From: Peoples Republic of NJ
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After about 6 years of reading here I finally signed up. Been reading these pages for years.
Recently retired and looking to get back into bikes like I once was. I still have a few of my old bikes, mostly road bikes, but just as many English three speeds as well.
A recent clean out also about filled my basement with old bikes and parts that belonged to a relative of mine who passed years ago. (When his wife passed, it became mine to deal with.
The contents of the basement filled a 53 ft tractor trailer box plus several loads with my pickup and 20ft trailer.
Recently retired and looking to get back into bikes like I once was. I still have a few of my old bikes, mostly road bikes, but just as many English three speeds as well.
A recent clean out also about filled my basement with old bikes and parts that belonged to a relative of mine who passed years ago. (When his wife passed, it became mine to deal with.
The contents of the basement filled a 53 ft tractor trailer box plus several loads with my pickup and 20ft trailer.
10-31-25 | 04:50 AM
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Welcome to Bike forums simplythree,
Sounds like you are already amassing quite a collection of bikes and parts for your hobby...enjoy your retirement and join in the fun on the forum.
Best, ben
Sounds like you are already amassing quite a collection of bikes and parts for your hobby...enjoy your retirement and join in the fun on the forum.
Best, ben
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10-31-25 | 06:17 AM
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From: Peoples Republic of NJ
So far retirement has been a whole lot of work. The task of cleaning out the contents of an entire house and hauling it 400 miles to my place, then finding a way to store it so I can go through it all and either make use of it or sell it has been a major undertaking, that on top of dealing with storm damage at home back in June that toppled 31 trees there has kept me pretty busy.
We're just getting started again today loading up bike frames that he had hanging in the basement.
The house is 45x50, and the back and side wall of the basement have two runs of pipe with top and bottom rows of bike frames hanging from them. A good many are bikes he bought to restore, some are new bikes that got parted out, some are just bikes he likely took apart to save space. There are 12 rows of 7ft tall 24" deep metal shelves run lengthwise in the basement with only 36" wide aisles in between and little lighting that were filled.
We boxed and tagged the parts, then took down half the shelves at a time, (all steel shelves with 72 bolts per shelf unit), hauled them to my house and assembled them in my basement. I'm about 3/4 of the way finished. The shelves are moved, most of the small parts and boxes are moved, I have the cabinets, frames, racks, and work benches left to move out yet.
The house basement is old, dark, and full of cobwebs, perfect considering the time of year.
He had built a new house next door years ago and use the old house for storage along with the barn and garage. It was all packed but not all with bikes and parts but the whole bikes were upstairs, lined up in two of the bedrooms. Its a cool old house but its not had any updates since the 1920's. Including coal fed boiler, and a coal stove, and so far we've not been able to find a fuse box. It appears to be hard wired to the meter out on the pole by the road. Just two hot wires coming in going right to a giant knife switch between to studs in an unfinished closet upstairs.
We're just getting started again today loading up bike frames that he had hanging in the basement.
The house is 45x50, and the back and side wall of the basement have two runs of pipe with top and bottom rows of bike frames hanging from them. A good many are bikes he bought to restore, some are new bikes that got parted out, some are just bikes he likely took apart to save space. There are 12 rows of 7ft tall 24" deep metal shelves run lengthwise in the basement with only 36" wide aisles in between and little lighting that were filled.
We boxed and tagged the parts, then took down half the shelves at a time, (all steel shelves with 72 bolts per shelf unit), hauled them to my house and assembled them in my basement. I'm about 3/4 of the way finished. The shelves are moved, most of the small parts and boxes are moved, I have the cabinets, frames, racks, and work benches left to move out yet.
The house basement is old, dark, and full of cobwebs, perfect considering the time of year.
He had built a new house next door years ago and use the old house for storage along with the barn and garage. It was all packed but not all with bikes and parts but the whole bikes were upstairs, lined up in two of the bedrooms. Its a cool old house but its not had any updates since the 1920's. Including coal fed boiler, and a coal stove, and so far we've not been able to find a fuse box. It appears to be hard wired to the meter out on the pole by the road. Just two hot wires coming in going right to a giant knife switch between to studs in an unfinished closet upstairs.
