Old Bike

[cyberdigger]

I dumped a good bike once.. moved and had nowhere to keep it, so I let it ride..

 

[Bottles r LEET]

Tires came in today. Getting close to being rideable.

 

[Bottles r LEET]

Ok, the bike is now finished. Took it for a test ride in the basement today. Worked great.

 

[epackage]

Gotta BLING the sumbiotch' out with a basket, a bell, streamers for the grips, padded seat and reflectors all thru the spokes Jack!

 

[JOETHECROW]

Ryan...Here's a vintage firestone I found in the woods and ressurected...

 

[epackage]

Great bike Joe...

 

[Bottles r LEET]

Looks good Joe. Yours looks older than mine.

 

[ironmountain]

Nice bikes! crazy how bikes that i used to ride in the 80's as a kid are now collectible. we have quite a few in the woodshed/small barn at the farm. old schwinns (chicago plate on them) just hanging there...father in law gave one to wife and gave an ugly light blue super sport to me to do whatever I want with. Also have me an old Higgins he found clearing a house. (he's a "retired" contractor who does work for his friend who owns over 400 houses/apartments..so he gets a ton of stuff). the Higgins needs work. Wrong seat on it, missing some of the trim pieces..still nice to see one of the old ones.

 

[JOETHECROW]

Cool, love the springer front end...

 

[green dragon]

Nice bikes - that late 70s Free Spirit cleaned up nice - good work.

NICE Higgins..... saught after bike now, that springer is pretty uncommon, and worth a few bucks. lot of guys buildign those up - check the forum I post on at ratrodbikes.com

The biggest reason I've been absent form both digging and this board in the last year and a half is I've gotten very involved in the antique bike hobby. ( not to mention remarried, and now near-single again... sigh ). Always good to see a nice bike find along with the bottles and cans.

here's one I dumped,1956 JC Higgins 24". now in process of restoring it.

and my other JC Higgins ( not quite as old )

thanks for sharing yours. maybe I'll find a bike next week when we get out to dig ( first time in ages, hope the weather clears back up ) .