The Bikes

26" Wheel Old-School Mountain Bike
Brand:Diamond Back
Color:Aqua-Bluish
Material:Steel
Size:Unknown
Year:Unknown - Old School
Obtained:Free. Customer at the bike shop donation when he purchased something new.
Highlights:Horizontal dropouts. Wald steel basket up front. Fenders. 110mm BCD singlespeed conversion crank. Wheels from old Bridgestone MB2 with Continental town and country tires. Super-long chainstays. Did I mention Free?!!

Orange Bike
Brand:Unknown
Color:Orange, what did you think?
Material:Steel
Size:Approximately 56cm - Too small for a road bike
Year:Unknown
Obtained:Free. Gift from Joe at the bike shop.
Highlights:Chromo Albatross Bars, Brooks B67 Saddle, Cork Grips, Front brake, fixed gear conversion. Re-spaced & rebuilt rear wheel. Quick release, Dura-Ace cog, BB "lockring" solution, 27" wheels.

Schwinn Collegiate
Brand:Schwinn
Color:Green
Material:Heavy
Size:Too Small
Year:Unknown
Obtained:Free
Highlights:Too cool and functional to just toss. Good neighborhood cruiser

UniCycle
Brand:CyclePro?
Color:Chrome
Material:Steel
Size:20" Wheel
Year:Unknown (Why did I add year?)
Obtained:Gift
Highlights:Mis-spent summer learning how to ride a UniCycle with Jason Wiseman. Parents bought me a unicycle for Christmas that year.

Schwinn Twin
Brand:Schwinn
Color:Brown
Material:Steel
Size:One size fits all
Year:Unknown
Obtained:Brother Paul
Highlights:Very cool old-school Schwinn Twin tandem. On loan from brother Paul. Moved when I moved, fixed up and now ridable.

Hawthorne
Brand:Montgomery Wards
Color:Two-tone Red and While
Material:Steel
Size:26" Wheel Cruiser
Year:1950's?
Obtained:Bought from friend Ray.
Highlights:Needs service, new tires, and a rebuilt rear wheel. Fenders and paint in mainly good condition. Tank, horn, headlight. Appears complete, hope to get out on the road soon.

Psychedelic rose
Brand:Schwinn
Color:Psychedelic rose. Dark red, black, and silver "hand" painted.
Material:Steel
Size:26" Wheel Cruiser
Year:50's or 60's
Obtained:Swap meet at State Fairgrounds 199x for $20
Highlights:Two-Speed kickback. Rebuilt wheels with re-inforced eyelets, stainless spokes. Very fun. Someone vandalized while parked at the bikeshop one day, fork is destroyed.

1940's Hiawatha
Brand:Hiawatha
Color:Rust
Material:Steel
Size:26" Wheel Cruiser
Year:40's or 50's?
Obtained:Traded boss at Bizmart in 1991 for $4 fishing lure.
Highlights:Very cool skip-tooth chain. Original condition. Ridable. Rusty with new tires. Needs to be welded to correct crack in seat binder.

Anika's Schwinn
Brand:Schwinn
Color:Blue & White
Material:Steel
Size:26" Wheel Cruiser
Year:60's
Obtained:Como Bike Shop $75
Highlights:Really nice condition Women's Schwinn cruiser. Bought for Anika and began overhaul. Need to finish.

Tommaso
Brand:Tommaso
Color:Pink & White
Material:Steel
Size:56cm
Year:1987
Obtained:Mason City, IA
Highlights:Excellent original condition. Columbus SL, Campagnolo Victory components. Record hubs on tubulars. Wheels need to be rebuilt. Wondering if it would make a 650b conversion.

Trek 520
Brand:Trek
Color:Green, Silver, Rust
Material:Steel
Size:58cm
Year:1993
Obtained:County Cycles
Highlights:Last year of the lugged production Trek. Horizontal dropout conversion from Bob Brown. Touch up paint by Krylon in silver metalic. Ugly, but functional. Frankenbike front mountain rack with low-rider for winter camping. Fixed gear, cantilevers, fenders, Brooks Professional saddle, old mountain version of moustache bars from Bridgestone days. The commuter.

Co Motion
Brand:Co Motion
Color:Orange
Material:Steel True Temper
Size:Custom
Year:2002?
Obtained:Co Motion
Highlights:Custom Co Motion steel off-road frame. Old school design for cantilever with braze-on cable hanger in the rear. Built up geared, never ridden. Rebuilt as singlespeed and loved. Broke the headtube right at the weld for downtube. Repaired and paint by Co Motion. Hanging ever since.

Trek Fixie
Brand:Trek
Color:Yellow, purple
Material:OCLV Carbon Fiber
Size:19.5
Year:1996?
Obtained:Trek. Sold to brother, re-traded my half of the tandem to get it back.
Highlights:Broke two previous OCLV off-road frames. This was final replacement from Trek from their Pro-Issue version. Yellow on one size, purple on the other. Fixed gear with White Industries ENO rear hub, no rear brake. Cheap Kona P2 steel rigid fork. Front cantilever brake. very ligth. Love riding fixed off-road.

Phil Wood
Brand:Phil Wood / Independent Fabricaion
Color:Raw Titanium
Material:Titanium
Size:Custom
Year:2002
Obtained:Phil Wood
Highlights:#32 of 32 custom singlespeeds made by Phil Wood and IF. Very fun. Scratched, dented, no complete decals. Well ridden. Love it, love it, love it. Originally built up with lots of carbon, as the stuff breaks, been replacing with more reliable component. Old-stock White Industries 110 BCD cranks, single Surly Stainless ring. White Industries Freewheel. Of course Phil Wood hubs and BB.

Curt's Bike
Brand:Rivendell
Color:Dupont Imron 5686 Light Blue
Material:Steel
Size:59cm
Year:2001?
Obtained:Curt Goodrich
Highlights:Vroom, vroom. Or as close as I get anyway. Bought from Curt Goodrich when I dropped by to visit and he had just recieved a new custom 650b from Grant at Rivendell. Brooks Swift saddle, Noodle Sobabar, Mavic shifters, derailleurs, hubs. Suntour Superbe Pro brakes & levers. Dura Ace 7410 cranks with TA 48x38 rings. Very fun Bike.

Green Bike
Brand:Rivendell
Color:Joel Green
Material:Steel
Size:60cm
Year:2004
Obtained:Rivendell
Highlights:My favorite. Too many fun things about this bike. Rivendell silver downtube shifters. Phil Wood Rear Hub, Schmidt front Hub. E6 headlight. Honjo polished hammered fenders, Polished no-logo Chris King Headset, lugged stem, Noodle bars, Superbe Pro Brake Levers, Polished Paul touring Cantilever brakes with salmon pads, Mavic Rims, TA Zephyr crank 172.5 with 36x48 rings, Phil Wood BB, Time ATAC pedals, Dura Ace cassette 12/23, Superbe Pro derailluers, Nitto Jaguar seatpost, Brooks B17 special Green saddle. Cool old Dia Compe cable hangers with quick-release. Not a bike that would be easy for me to re-produce.

Calabaza Grande
Brand:Rivendell
Color:Orange
Material:Steel
Size:60cm
Year:2006
Obtained:Rivendell
Highlights:The Quickbeam. Phil Wood SLR hubs (I know, they don't make sense, but they sure are pretty.) Phil Wood BB, Brooks new Champion Flyer Special Saddle, Brooks Bar tape, Mavic Brake Levers, Suntour XC Pro Cantilevers, Berthoud Stainless fenders, Nitto Rear Rack. Love this bike... currently missing.

I know there are more around here... I have not listed any of the kids bikes. I didn't list Anika's bike. In addition to the above, there have been a couple of old Kestrels, a top-o-the-line Trek OCLV superlight racing bike, a Trek Tandem, a Bridgestone MB2 that was wrecked, a Bridgestone MB1 replacement frame that was too small, a Cannondale, my old Waterford Touring bike. If I thought about it, I bet I've had a couple of other bikes in there that I have totally forgotten about.

The list of desires is short but sweet. I plopped down a deposit for a new touring frame already with Curt. I'd buy another Rivendell in a heartbeat. I really like Curt, and really look forward to his willingness to make something really fun... A “constructeur” design. don't mind waiting in line to do so. Someday after that, I'd like to complete a super-cruiser modern RetroTec inspired commuter bike. I've run the idea up the pole with Bob Brown. I have the Rohloff hub, I just need the rest. :)