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Thursday, February 24, 2011

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 ?

Thursday, February 10, 2011

1970 Ross Apollo




















A friend had been trying to get me to take this bike off his hands for months but without the Gran Tour tires. Well after much back and forth I finally convinced him to give me the bike with the Gran Tour tires as part of a deal we had going on for one of his other bikes as well. Bike is all original except I fabricated the side frame reflectors as the original ones were long gone. These bikes almost always turn up missing the side reflectors as the originals were pretty flimsy and easy to pop out.

Friday, February 4, 2011

1969 Huffy Slingshot










































































Not much to tell about this bike honestly. I saw a friend list some bikes for sale on a bicycle forum so I emailed him to see what else he might be willing to part with and in the end this bike ended up on my door step.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

1970 Raleigh Chopper 10 Speed















































































My quest for a Raleigh Chopper came to end last night thanks to my friend Steve. I have been looking for a Chopper for quite some time now and only in my wildest dreams could I have imagined getting a 10 speed but miracles do happen I guess lol. My friend picked this bike up Thursday afternoon from a friend of his, and then sold it to me last night in what had to be one of the fastest flips of a bike ever. I had some money put aside from selling a few bikes so when my friend called me at 8pm last night and said if you want the bike come and get it before I change my mind...I ran to my car and headed out to Long Island, and even the falling snow couldn't stop me.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Swingbike





























































This Swingbike is a CT Craigslist find. I spoke to the seller and we agreed on a price so I jumped in the car and headed up to CT. When I got there it turned out the seller was the original owner of the bike so we spent some time chatting and he told me some stories about the bike and how he got it as a kid etc. Cool bike, and a cool day spent chatting with the bikes original owner.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

10 Speed Sears Spyder 24"




















I bought a tire off ebay for one of my bikes and drove out to the guys house to pick it up since he was fairly local. He took me into his garage and I saw this bike hanging from the ceiling and instantly new I had to have it, so after some heated negotiating I loaded it in my car along with the tire and headed home. All I did was clean it up with some elbow grease and here it is...100% original.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

1967 Huffy Rail 3 speed





















































































Got this one off ebay, not much of a story behind it honestly. I was watching for 5 days when the seller ended the auction. I emailed the guy an angry emailing telling him I had a sniper bid set and I couldn't believe he pulled the bike and sold it off ebay. Well, it turned out he hadn't sold it at all and he just pulled it because he thought it might sell for less than he wanted. Long story short I made him an offer and he shipped me the bike. The bike was a mess when I got it but it cleaned up great. Unfortunately, I did not save any pictures showing the bikes condition when I got it, but here it is all cleaned up and ready to roll.