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Travis Rodgers

Travis Rodgers

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Hey everyone! Brand new to the forum and I hope I make you proud with my first vintage bicycle purchase. Cruising the yard sales this morning, in search of camping gear, I found this beauty and couldn't pass it up. I thought my 6 year old son would love it and he did! He thinks it's amazing! Any info about it, for personal knowledge, would be great! I have a sense I will be looking for others due to that instant feeling of excitement when I was walking away with it! Thank you so much for any help.

I'm not sure how to upload photos without a url, directly from my computer. So, I will give the best explanation I can. This bike is a solid tire kids bike with the writing ''Western Flyer" and "Coaster Brake" on the chain gaurd. The seat stay is forked to the rear, from the top of the seat tube and a metal seat to top it. Its is a single down tube that also acts as the chain stay, starting center of the head tube down. the front of the head tube has a sticker that says "Western Auto" "Western Flyer" on it.
 
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Welcome to RRB!
Cool find. It looks like it shares some features of a WF kids bike that I had last year. I would guess 1950s-60s. Great condition! Not really any major value, but awesome for you kid.
Have fun!
 
Super nice condition. Most of those kids bikes were direct drive with no coaster so yours is a cut above. Those little bikes are usually beat to death when you find them. Great find. Gary
 
That's nice to know. I thought it looked to be in fairly good condition but am still very much an amateur.


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Cool little bike.

Still looks like a direct drive but with some funky brake that is actuated directly from the cranks.

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cman said:
Cool little bike.

Still looks like a direct drive but with some funky brake that is actuated directly from the cranks.

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Why would it say "coaster brake" on the guard if it was direct drive? Gary
 
It does have a metal, flat plate that is actuated against the tire by pushing backwards on the crank. An arm runs from the crank to that plate. Anybody have an idea of the year this bike might be?


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It may be hard to tell the year. Those plastic pedals look newer but could be replacements. Western Flyer appears to use this same basic frame for many years, it is often called a sidewalk bike.

Looks like a 14" Western Flyer from late 50's through mid 60's
1959 version. https://www.flickr.com/photos/zazdatabaz/5852345894/in/set-72157627400660071
1962 version(upper left corner) https://www.flickr.com/photos/zazdatabaz/8093198723/in/set-72157627400660071
1965 version(lower left) https://www.flickr.com/photos/zazdatabaz/7044490771/in/set-72157627400660071
 
So cool to know! Thanks.
Yeah, out of the models I was looking at, it was confusing because of the single down tube. I couldn't find one with just a single down tube.


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They were called convertibles, as that to bar was removable.

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