Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
This bike started, as just the frame, from a bike shop that closed in 1960 because the owner died. Almost all the parts came from this bike shop. The original owners sister gave me all the bike stuff in the old shop if I cleaned it out. I just found stuff to fit from this stash. I think the only parts that didn’t come from this stash were the seat post, crank, BB and chainring. The front rim is double drop center and the rear rim is drop center. You can’t use rim brakes on these. It’s stripped of all unnecessary comfort features to save weight for racing, haha. She had already thrown out a lot of tools, which were small so she could throw them out and feel like she was cleaning it out. The bigger things like 20 frames, an abundance of wheels, rims and rotted tires were too much. Her brother was also a Harley dealer and I took all the HD stamped tools and put them in the shop attic. There was a cast iron HD truing stand I put in the attic. I called one of her nephews in Milwaukee and told him about the attic HD collection. Hopefully it can go to someone who can use them.
