This bicycle was shown at the Copake swap meet with a sign on it asking "Do you know what I am?" I didn't know, along with a lot of other fellow collectors there but maybe someone on the internet can look at the clues and figure it out. It has been beautifully restored, with the … Continue reading Unknown turn of the century bicycle
Older Schwinn Paramount we are piecing together
One of our winter projects is to put this early Schwinn Paramount together. Randomly over the last year we had bought the frameset from one collector and the wheels at a swap meet. I had also bought a correct set of Paramount cranks and seat, and we had a handlebar and stem set for it. … Continue reading Older Schwinn Paramount we are piecing together
Restoration Styles
Lovely Bicycle! - a great blog bicycles and cycling, just had an interesting post about the restoring of older bicycles. They broke it down to 4 main categories-The Full Restoration Approach-Make as original as it was when first built, replace worn parts with exact replacements of what it originally came it.The All-Original Approach- Keep it … Continue reading Restoration Styles
The 1963 Jack Taylor we sold a couple months ago
It has since been cleaned up by the new owner-(write up by owner's local bike shop, and fellow Jack Taylor aficionado Bob Freeman, Elliott Bay Bicycles)"This exquisite bike is the nicest original Jack Taylor I have seen, especially considering its age. Serial number is 4646. Alex completely disassembled it and cleaned and shined everything, rebuilt … Continue reading The 1963 Jack Taylor we sold a couple months ago
Via Bicycle 