30's 'athlete' 24"

[Bendix]

well i'm going to put this in the 'builds' even if there's a chance it won't get any farther than this who knows :?:

the ebay ad (9.99, i was the only bidder.........)

here it is after a bath, with a cheapo cruiser fork installed. btw- head tube too big for even a bmx or schwinn headset: WALD to the rescue. the really cool part is there is a dent in the front of the headtube and since the wald is pretty much held in by the 3 lumps i was able to 'straddle' the dent !

some cool pinstriping (the other side shows even more classic symptoms of 'bike lock and chain carried around the stem' syndrome).

at 10.73 pounds just for the frame/fork you'll need to be an athlete to ride it.......

 

[Hooch]

wow that frame is alot cooler than the ebay picture!

 

[maddogrider]

na man no need to work out or nuthin just put gears on it :lol:

 

[blink]

what did you use to clean it???

 

[Bendix]

what did you use to clean it???

just simple green foam and water! i think it was just a really, really, really bad pic on ebay!


btw- i found out the hard way never to use it on an old bike that's been rattle canned......

 

[texasbigjon]

great looking frame with a killer finish! those wald universal american headsets can come in handy! had to use one on my schwinn build. worked so well that i bought out the rest of the sellers stock.

 

[olschbp]

are you sure that it is a 24" frame? looks lie a 38 Rollfast, Hawthorne frame, if it is 24", that is a really neat find,not too many 24' around

 

[Bendix]

are you sure that it is a 24" frame? looks lie a 38 Rollfast, Hawthorne frame, if it is 24", that is a really neat find,not too many 24' around

yeah, it's 24. i was hoping it was 20, wanted to make a kind of 'mini klunker'...... in the old island cycle supply 30's reprint catalog it appears maybe athlete was rollfast's budget line(?).

 

[Tempe-Terror]

The green stripes on the black and red look great, I would have never thought of those together. I'm going to have to try that some time.

 

[stretch]

thats a really good looking bike, cant wait to see it with some wheels on it!