Spring Carlisle 2012 (pic heavy)

[expjawa]

Although the real bike collectors go to Ann Arbor this weekend, I was in Carlisle, PA for the Spring Carlisle swap meet. Car guys, of course, know about Carlisle - the city hosts a series of swap meet/car shows all season long. Most are brand-specific, but the season opening "Spring" event is non-denominational. Vendors bring out all sorts of stuff. In between the piles of old car parts, though, are a lot of bicycles (and tricycles).

My father & I walked it all Thursday and Friday. I took pictures of 1/3 to 1/2 of the bikes I saw. I can't really say why some compelled me to take a picture and others didn't, although ones with crazy price tags encouraged me to keep walking. I saw a riding condition Apple Krate w/ rear disc brake for $1800, a his/her pair of average, standard Stingrays for $2000, and a restorable Firestone Super Deluxe for $550. None of those were photographed, although I wish I'd shot the Firestone for research purposes. Anyway, here are the pictures.

An Evans with a really wide tank:

A chrome Roadmaster Skylark:

A lady's Columbia ballooner:

A folding adult trike:

Rollfast Space Flyer (was nice but $180 was more than I wanted to spend):

An exercise bike a little different from what you guys normally part out:

An Elgin trike:

[expjawa]

Continued...
A couple of cool little trikes:

Truck full of Stingray models:

Hawthorne (I think) trike with truss rods and skirt guards:

Later Stingray & Ross Barracuda:

Girl's Barracuda:

Pile of bikes, trikes, pedal cars, etc:

AMF:

20" Monark Rocket:

Really cool pedal jet trike:

[expjawa]

Ross Skyrocket & a twin-bar Typhoon:

Wee little bikes:

A tandem child's tricycle (I've never seen one of those before):

A Ross trike:

Mr. America bike:


And two I came home with -
A Sears middleweight w/Spaceliner-type frame:

And a TBD skip tooth ballooner:

[Willg]

This was fun, just got back yesterday. That trike tandem was cool and I too was tempted by the rollfast. There was a bone shaker too but other than that those were all the noteworthy bikes.

[dragnusa]

I like the mr america

[Bloodyknuckles]

It seems like every car show swap meet I find alot of overpriced bikes and few deals. I think most people selling are looking for a big fish!

[B607]

Nice pics. I almost feel like I was there! Those last two pics look like they were taken in your basement. Did you buy those two? What is a TBD ballooner? Gary

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Thanks for the pics The last time I went to Carlisle was 2007 Muscle Cars I want to go to the Corvette one though

[expjawa]

Nice pics. I almost feel like I was there! Those last two pics look like they were taken in your basement. Did you buy those two? What is a TBD ballooner? Gary

Yes, I did. The "TBD ballooner" hasn't been identified, thus "TBD" - to be determined...

[skillsthebarber]

thanks for the pics. Do you remember what they were selling the Elgin tricycle for?

[Baron von Zach]

A tandem child's tricycle (I've never seen one of those before):

And probably for good reason, too. This just asks for WWIII breaking out.

Superb finds, though. All of them!