I used to own every bike on this blog, however I have sold them all and moved on to other interests.

1967 Columbia Playbike Super 5

Picked this one up last week on the local Craigslist. I have a soft spot in my heart for the Columbia muscle bikes so I couldn't resist the opportunity to pick up this one. I love the all chrome forks and handle bars, and the 5 speed Simplex shifter is cool as well.

The bike is all original right down to the tires and the cables so I only did a light cleaning to keep it looking as original as possible. I don't mind when original bikes look like a kid enjoyed them 44 years ago.

Coast To Coast Cougar 5 Rail

I remember seeing this bike on ebay a few years back and as it turned out a friend bought the bike off ebay and then a few years later sold it to another of my friends who in turn passed the bike on to me a few weeks back.

The bike is a Huffy made Rail badged as a Coast To Coast "Coast King" Cougar 5. The bike is almost as clean as the day it rolled off the showroom floor. Definitely a keeper...

Ross MX Muscle bike 1979

Ross released this bike in the midst of the crossover from Muscle Bikes to BMX bikes. The bike is part muscle and part BMX. Notice the beefier front fork and racing fenders. Cool part of bicycle history in my opinion.

1978 Ross Apollo 5 Speed.

SOLD

I picked this beauty up cheap this past weekend. It looks rough but I think I can save her and actually end up with a pretty nice bike. The decals are strong so it is worth fixing up in my opinion. I will post pictures when I finish bringing her back to life. I am going to use all the original parts and if worse comes to worse then I'll make her my rider since I sold my previous rider last fall.

Okay here are my finished pictures. I did a few touch ups, and cleaned and used all the original parts that came on the bike. I repainted the white line on the rear tire and fabricated an orange ring for the sprocket and seat strap...Overall I am very happy with how this one came out...what do you think ?

1969 Raleigh Chopper 3 Speed

When it rains it pours I guess. I had been looking for a raleigh Chopper for years, and now within a month I have uncovered 2 nice ones for the collection. I found this 3 speed on the Long Island NY Craigslist. The bike was about an hour away without traffic but unfortunately there is always traffic when you are trying to cross Manhattan into Long Island so I made a call to friend on the island and he agreed to pick the bike up for me.

The bike itself is in pretty nice shape for an unmolested 42 year old bicycle. Everything is original on this one and all I did was clean it up, get some rust off of her and put her in the lineup, however it did take over an hour of banging and lubing ( dirty mind moment ) to get the sissybar out of the frame :)

Ross Polo Bike

Craigslist find from a few years back. Drove out to Bridgewater NJ to meet a kid in a parking lot to make the deal . I barely had to clean this one when I got it. The kid told me it was his uncles and that it had been sitting in a room at a family members house for as long as he could remember. I wonder how many people have these old bikes just sitting forgotten somewhere in their homes ?