MONSON MA Time Again Brrrrrr

[Danimal]

Awesome, get some pics! Only got to see it getting loaded

I think there might be some confusion here that bike will never be seen together again

Yes, confusion...I think he means the full bike I bought.

[yeshoney]

Dan,

I am not sure i can be the one to tell the whole story, since I do not have any pics of the bike to prove it, but i will try. I am going to start a post in Fresh Finds and you need to post pics of said bikes and said parts.

Joe

[Walker]

I think we all made the most of a dreary day. I was glad to unload a bike and some parts, traded handlebars for a cup of coffee and a box of vintage road bike stuff for a handshake and passed on an S-7 rear chrome wheel to a schwinn fanatic and sold 2 belt buckles! Big thanks Rick for the prime parking spot for my Higgins.

It was nice to meet some new RRB'ers and catch up with the rest of the gang that braved the weather.

I have to agree it was a typical Monson, some good deals, some crazy prices and always you see people walking aound with stuff and you're like "where did he get that!" Kind of a lot of road bikes this year, are they taking over?

I'm glad a few of you remembered your cameras. Great job on the photos.

Highlight for me was learning how to ride a bike. Swing-bike that is. Kind of reminded me of my first run on telemark skis. Yikes.

I only purchased a couple of those off road scooters for my kids, a chainguard for my Zep rat pictured earlier, some handlebars and a last minuite glass jewel reflector. Photos maybe tomorrow

Sidenote, I drove back on rte 20 instead of I-90, drove right through the tornado path, unbeleivable...

Also stopped at an antique shop, there was a rusty middleweight Columbia with no fenders, no chainguard, bent fork and a 2 speed kickback, guy was firm at $100.00

[highship]

Awesome, get some pics! Only got to see it getting loaded

I think there might be some confusion here that bike will never be seen together again

Yes, confusion...I think he means the full bike I bought.

I guess its me that's confused.

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I didn't remember about the show until about 11:00 am. And I totally could have gone. The misses was working, I didn't have any chores to do... ugh.

Speaking of the misses, New England guys, I need a beautiful tanker (fully restored or mint original, boys or girls) to borrow for my wedding. Something with a basket would be great. It's for display purposes only near the entrance to the reception hall. It won't be ridden.

Can anyone loan me one? I promise it will be well taken care of, and god forbid if anything happened to it, I would pay for it.

anyone? PM me.

thanks in advance, and sorry I missed the swap.

[SCHWINNRAY69]

I guess its me that's confused.

Yeah, I'm talking about the Elgin Twin 20

[highship]

my bad.

[tanksalot]

Hopefully this will translate the parting of the bike ..






Can you see the frame its like a search puzzle ..

[Danimal]

Yeah, I see the frame and my headset bearing cups I forgot to take out.

[BankerRAt]

Saddened by the thought of parting out bikes that have lasted that long intact. Which is more of the reason why I dont sell any of my bike collection. At some point the rat rodding hobby will pass but the bikes you parted out shall never be again as one! Wow thats pretty deep aint it. Sorry I missed the festivities fellas but I thought I heard there was a raindrop in the forecast.

[tanksalot]

I hated to see this one parted out ... I was thinking the same thing on the way home. But I didnt want the whole bike & would not have bought it other wise . I usually only part out bikes with major condition issues rust or repaints are what I typically part out or if I cant sell a bike as a whole bike... The seller had this for sale offering it to the whole country for a long time . Nobody else stepped up in the months it was for sale before the show either. If somebody wanted to keep the bike whole. Im glad I got parts Ive wanted for a while & Danamal got some parts he needed .. I dont like seeing history being pieced out either..With that being said if we didn't part the bike out .Its likely somebody else would have parted the bike out at this point anyways. As Ive seen happen time & time again over the years ...
Danimal If you need bearing cups I may have a extra set on another Elgin frame I have.. Let me know ..

[KZ1000]

Glen, WHERE WERE YOU, if you were there this despicable act may not have happened, at least not right in my vendor space. Thanks Buddy

[BankerRAt]

Ya I had a concert I had to take my daughter to. Well you know me and parting of good bikes but I guess the parts were needed for other vintage bikes and not used to make a rusty bike look "cool". Sorry I missed all the fellas and I hope we can get a summer ride with everyone!

[Walker]

did anybody hear from Larry, he was going to bring the custom 20" tripple?