Re: If you are researching an old bicycle...

rms wrote:
>> - Vintage Bicycle Picture Database (currently with 1268 pictures)
>> http://OldRoads.com
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>     Thx, I found my mom's 1948 Raleigh (with rod brakes!) on that page. 
> Great stuff!
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> rms 
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That page will take me some time to wade through. I am trying to ID an 
old single speed 27" that is in a picture with me from about 1951. It 
looks to be a 3 speed hub with a chain guard but I can't tell exactly 
what and my sister doesn't remember what it was either (it was her bike 
since she is 13 years older and would have been about 15 at the time. It 
looks like a crossover boy/girl bike since the top bar swoops down 
before attaching to the seat post.
I had an old 1960's Schwinn 3 speed and it just would never wear out, so 
I rode it on a few Centuries and got some really strange looks from the 
elite crowd. It wasn't fast but it took a licking and kept on ticking.
That is a quote from "John Cameron Swayze" in the famous strap the watch 
to an outboard motor propeller and give it the gun. The watch flew off 
into the studio somewhere and cool as a cu***ber he said " I don't know 
where it went, but I'm sure it is still ticking, somewhere". I think it 
was a Bulova around 1960, but it is in the commercial hall of fame.
If I could build a showroom perfect 1950's 3 speed cruiser I would be in 
the garage tinkering more than riding.
Bill Baka