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New Belgium is being distributed for the first time in Michigan this week and a family member who works in the beverage industry got this metal sign for me and some posters of the same. Couple of cool t-shirts too. Gotta find a good place to hang it by the bikes. Brian

I found these two on CL the other day. I'm starting to get into some of the women's bikes just because they have a certain design and style that makes them unique. I wouldn't doubt that they get more collectable and we may regret tearing some of these up for men's parts. I see more and more...

She recently said she would like an old bike like mine for her birthday in May (we have the same birthday day) so I found this one for her. I think it is about a 58 to 1960 according to some ads I spotted. It basically just needed some cleaning, polishing, some wax and threw on a new seat (she...

I was digging around in the Bike Barn (see some of my old posts) and I found this bike with a head badge that read "Mahowald Cycle Co." It is an old skip tooth. It had two other screws where another headbadge was removed. I think this one is the original. Anyway, I researched and found that...

Spotted this one. Kind of a mix of old school and rat rod with a bit of urban bike thrown in. Brian. http://www.vanguard-designs.com/Biscotti.html Click on the links to their other bikes. Cruisers and stretchers. Neat stuff.

The windmill photo seemed too travel brochure to me so here's another one for consideration. It was taken at the local scrap metal yard. Thanks, Brian. Didn't know how to delete whole post.

I spotted this at a site last week that usually doesn't have a lot of bikes, or not much of interest anyway. They normally have lots of store liquidations and industrial equipment. So I had to bid on this because the price was right. I have had mixed feelings in the past concerning repros but...

I am thinking of building a Pashley style bike and had a question. I see that many of the cream tires that guys are using are the 700 c size tires. Is that the same as a 28" or close to it? Can you use a 700 or 28" on a standard 26 inch frame without fenders? For example, if I was to get a...

This is one of the first bikes I spotted the first time I went to the Barn last year. The owner said it was the bike he rode around for his own. When winter came, his son piled all the outside bikes into the barn on top on others. I went in December and pulled this one out and told him to put...

Here's some shots from our 6th Annual New Years Day Paddle Out. No snow and decent but falling temps (upper 30's ). Waves started small and quickly grew chest high and more but just crummy shape Twenty two of us for the photo and more joined for the surf. Good way to start the new year...

I posted awhile back that I bought this bike for my neighbors wife for Christmas. She likes my old bikes so he asked me to find her one to surprise her. I love seeing the joy on the "little tyke's" face: She's in her 30's! Anyway it cleaned up good and she is really happy. It is the rougher...

I posted awhile back that I bought this bike for my neighbors wife for Christmas. She likes my old bikes so he asked me to find her one to surprise her. I love seeing the joy on the "little tyke's" face: She's in her 30's! Anyway it cleaned up good and she is really happy. It is the rougher...

My neighbor's wife really likes some of the old bikes I have been riding around this summer so the husband asked if I could get one for a Christmas surprise for his wife. I went to the bike barn and decided to look for a middleweight. There are a ton of old women's heavyweights but I don't...

I had posted a picture of this when I got it this summer. I have been working on it and had some questions. Here are some before and after pics. First off, it had been painted with a brush and under the frame and rear rack it was just rusted so I wasn't going to try for any original patina...

We had some fun waves on the Lake this week. Must of been 25 to 30 surfers in this one spot. Holland MI. Here's a couple of shots I took before hitting the water.

Sorry I didn't get these on sooner. I had to find a cable to go from my camera to the laptop. Here's a bunch of photos from the barn. Really dark in there with no lights. Don't even bother without a good flashlight! The pic with all the tricycles piled up is the hayloft and there are lots...

I heard about this barn that had 300 to 400 old bikes in it and I finally made contact with the owner. After talking a few times he let me spend a couple of hours wandering around with a flashlight and find anything I was interested in. I told him that is like asking a alcoholic if there is...

I am not a purist but to look what was done to this bike ( he has photos of how it looked originally), was a crime. Then to try to sell it as restored to original, even as they painted over the headbadge! What a shame. http://cgi.ebay.com/1948-western-flyer- ... 3a57405195

This is our 4th year of doing this. Last year the ice came early on the Lake so we were out of luck. Water temps were mid 30's and air around 24 degrees. Most of us stayed warm with 6 mil wetsuits and 7 mil boots and gloves. Check out the ice balls on shore and the ice in the water. Fun...

Here's where I am on my old WF. I decided to keep all the original parts and exchange some for riding around. I bought these fenders from Simplemans garage sale here on the forum. I painted them matte black and thinned down some cream colored paint. While it was wet, I rolled the cream paint...