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I found some 20 inch three spoke wheels at a junk shop. At a glance they appear to be BMX type. Well I picked one up and they are steel and weigh a ton. They look very well made and have a cool reflector mount. The rear has a 5 speed hub. Sorry I didn't get any pictures. Any ideas? Marc

My Dad also brought this back from Viet Nam. It came disasembled in a huge box. It's handbuilt from a lot of surplus military stuff including hand formed aluminum panels from old aircraft. The tires are original Michelins marked made in Viet Nam.

Are Carlyle bike tires still US made? If not when did the cease manufacture here? Marc

Have had a hankerin' for a rod brake bike. Found this locally saturday. Sturmey-Archer but no date code. Anyone know a source for dating this number? These grips were on the bike. Are they original? Thanks for looking. Marc

I bought a Genesis 29er to play with. I love the size. I'm cheap and want to keep this low budget. I'm wondering what are the weak points on wallyworld bikes? Are parts interchangeable with older US made bikes? Cranks etc. Thanks, Marc

Here's my Flightliner. With the exception of tires, I used stuff I had around the shop. Head badge is from an old cream separator Chain guard from cream separator too. Battery box is an old Coleman stove fuel tank. Brass tag is from the cream separator. I made the hub shiner from an old...

Hello all, I've been lurking for awhile and decided to join. My bike days go back to my youth when we would drag bikes home from the dump and Dad would fix them up for us. With four of us boys Dad was busy. Of course I had a chopper with forks mounted end to end and a little hard rubber trike...