Show us your bike... Tell us about your bike... More than one maybe?

[Sherlock77]

Just for fun, I suspect most people own bikes, we all have varying degrees of interest in our bikes, I'm certain some of you have more than just one bike.

To confess, I had not owned a bike for many years up until the fall of 2016, when a friend offered me his 1950 CCM vintage bike, so I took the leap! Single speed, coaster brakes (on the pedal), ancient, low speed thrills.

Winter of 2016 came fast and the bike didn't get out until this spring, I've ridden it a few times, I do own a small car so it's not my main mode of transportation.

Photo...

 

[Sherlock77]

I've seen a Motobecane motorcycle once, not even close to a racing bike though, a little more like a moped style...

 

[Tyrantus1212]

I used to have a bicycle, had it since I was 10. I don't have it anymore. I remember learning to ride it but being bad at watching out for cars and my dad getting extremely nervous when teaching me how to ride. This car thing made me very nervous, very very nervous - and I've been very emotional since I was born, I even cried more than average as a baby, I was told. So, I haven't ridden it in years and years and it just kept on standing on the terrace wearing out, getting rusty...to the point of no-repair. I couldn't allow myself to get hit by a car (just like why I don't swim, I'm afraid of drowning). I ended up somehow getting rid of it 4 years ago, finally; I may have given it to my former apartment complex's maintenance man for some reason (perhaps he wanted the individual parts?)

 

[Crossbreed]

I haven't ridden my mountain bike (1982 Schwinn Sidewinder with drop bars) for many years, but I ride my 3-speed trike 15.5 miles, twice per week, delivering papers. (That's 1,627.5 miles/year.)

 

[Nitro]

I have a "few" bikes
1989 1200cc Harley-Davidson Sportster with cams and top end induction mods:

250cc 1970 OSSA American Enduro:

66cc Orange County Chopper Stingray:

Orange County Chopper collection:

Restored OCC Stingray:

Huffy Savannah 3 spd. planetary rear hub:

Mongoose Dolomite 7 spd. disc brakes:

Sweet pea:

American 3 spd. Sturmey Archer planetary hub:

 

[Nitro]

There are over 30 bicycles on the property at any given time for a bike and safety helmet giveaway program I run for the poor kids.

I repair,maintain and adjust each machine to each rider with an added bonus of being able to trade up when they have outgrown their bike.

To me,it's a pay it forward event that brings me joy

 

[Nitro]

I do this on my own.Since I started it up,many people have donated bikes to add to it and I either purchase bikes at yard/garage sales or collect them out of the trash.
My basement is stacked with parts and pieces and there are about 20 whole bikes in the pole barn.

 

[Nitro]

It's too bad you don't live nearby, because we throw away probably 100 or more bikes a year that the kids leave behind when they leave the campus. One of my coworkers took home a brand new 12-speed that had disk brakes, shock absorbers, etc. It was exquisite. They tried to donate them, but there was no expressed interest for some reason. Sadly, they now end up in a big dumpster.

Yeah,that doesn't sound cool at all.Wasteful idjiots

 

[Mia]

The name kept ringing a bell with me and then I remembered that they used to build motorcycles back in the day. In fact, if memory serves right I think they won some Grand Prix races.

I looked around on the net, the motobecane's look like bicycles that they added motors to. Two stroke engines. Remind me of early motorcycles:

 

[Nitro]

I looked around on the net, the motobecane's look like bicycles that they added motors to. Two stroke engines. Remind me of early motorcycles:

Motobécane - Wikipedia

 

[Nitro]

A short trailer for a movie that never got made.

 

[Mia]

Wish that I could take this one out for a spin. The pictures of these bikes are described as 'Bike Porn.'

 

[Mike Stouffer]

Great post! Bikes are great, motorcycles, bicycles, doesn't matter. I remember my first 'sting ray, bicycle, with the yellow banana seat and sissy bar years ago. Now its the bigger toys. The independence that comes with getting on two wheels is like a high! Knowing the concrete is inches away, leaning into taking corners. One of the best inventions ever!

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• Mike Stouffer
• Aug 5, 2017

Snow day!

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• Aug 5, 2017
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• Mike Stouffer
• Aug 5, 2017

 

[Nitro]

Great post! Bikes are great, motorcycles, bicycles, doesn't matter. I remember my first 'sting ray, bicycle, with the yellow banana seat and sissy bar years ago. Now its the bigger toys. The independence that comes with getting on two wheels is like a high! Knowing the concrete is inches away, leaning into taking corners. One of the best inventions ever!

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• Mike Stouffer
• Aug 5, 2017

Snow day!

• Mike Stouffer
• Aug 5, 2017
• 28

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• Mike Stouffer
• Aug 5, 2017

I have a July '64 Schwinn Stingray frame and forks slated for a 7 speed restomod with a rocker springer and hydraulic discs on her

I was always a second season rider,but there is nothing worse than a snowbound scooter

 

[Judge]

I sure miss my Miyata 610 ten-speed. But I think I like tinkering with it mechanically more than actually riding it!

Though mine was a metallic red. I eventually replaced the handlebars, seat and brake levers. Too bad, they stopped selling them in the US some time back.

 

[Nitro]

I've always had a fascination for board track racers. It took some "serious stones" to ride one. The Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham has a wonderful board track racer exhibit. If you ever find yourself south of the Mason-Dixon Line, I would be more than happy to take you there. I'm sure you'd love it.

We had three board tracks in Pennsylvania,one in Bridgeville Pa. about 30 miles from here,one in Uniontown about 25 mi. away and in Altoona,about 150 miles from home.

 

[Nitro]

Are any of them still standing or perhaps parts?

Thanks to the miracle of the Internet, I found an image of the one at the museum:

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No,they were torn down decades ago.

 

[Nitro]

I'm 45 miles away from Yenko Chevrolet.
My father was contracted by Don to lighten the flywheels and make the carb adapters for the Stinger Corvairs.

I know if I prodded him a minute or two,the old hoarder could produce all of the cast iron cutouts from that gig in the same Maxwell House coffee cans he had them stashed in from the house I grew up in.

The '69 SS 396 El Camino I drove in highschool was ordered and delivered to Yenko Chevy when I was nine.

The building is still standing and in usable condition. I have often wondered why it wasn't snagged up for a Yenko/COPO museum.

 

[Sherlock77]

Another photo of my 1950 CCM bike, went for a bike ride, first to a local street festival, then nearby to a bird sanctuary and a long ride home, especially considering that my bike is rather heavy and single speed!

Spotted this old travel trailer along the way, just had an idea... These folks were just visiting from Montana...