What is this?
 

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2010...enderson-6.jpg

srsly, what is that thing on the back wheel, never seen it before.

cleans debris and **** off the tire, very old school.

edit: they're called Tire Savers (usually) and they also flick off glass/thorns/etc before they are punctured through

Keeps the tire true

Enjoy

what hub is that?

Flick stands and tire savers from the bike boom era.......the early 70's.

saddle tilt like whoa.
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2010...enderson-1.jpg

3 speed hub

Looks small compared to others I've seen, is it a specific model or am I just seeing things?

looks a lot like the one I had on my Raleigh 3speed back in the 70's, I wish I still had that bike

I weep for that bike.

That bike confuses me.

Except for the absurd saddle angle, that's a very nice Raleigh Record Ace, from the 50's or earlier. The shifter is SA pre WWII.

check out the 1955 time trial bike
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/raleighbooty1a.jpg
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/raleighbooty.html

This is from 1948
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk...nowles-rb.html
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk...a-knowles1.JPG
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk...a-knowles2.JPG

another 1948
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk...aleigh-rb.html

At my gym, I met a guy that raced back in the 40's. Road races and they all ran fixed. He said he'd use his gloved hand on the front tire to slow down and also to knock thorns out of the tire.

+1

I think that bike is sweet!

Shifter cable routing gone horribly wrong.

i keep reading that Raleigh Record Ace as "BRA"

Why do you say so?