Move Over C-26???

[mrkawasaki]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Modern-Schw ... tain_Bikes

*First Purpose-Built Mountain Bike with Two Drum Brakes, Derailleurs and a New Frame with All New Parts: And First Mountain Bike East of the Mississippi


Built by Rodney Rom of Cincinnati, Ohio ("The City of Seven Hills"), in the spring of 1966 by widening the rear of a new 10-speed Schwinn Varsity Tourist frame, then adding special-ordered heavy-duty spokes, S-7 rims and imported German Union drum brakes. The frame was then completely chrome-plated. This bike's story was published in the August 2003 issue of Mountain Bike magazine, pages 16-17, with a misquoted headline. The bike also traveled to the east coast, Europe and South America as authorized cargo on board the Navy aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVS-10).


Interesting to see how the illuminati assess the value and desirability of this puppy...

Mr K

 

[saltyman]

:shock:

 

[ededwards]

I'd like to say that I'm feeling Rodney but that may come across as a tad wrong.

 

[pete_mcc]

The bloke is a hilarious number:

http://www.completesite.com/mbhof/page. ... mberid=154

Such a famous pioneer of the sport that he needs to nominate himself. Worth every penny of the $10,000.

There are thousands of people with old bikes like that: ones that they've modified so that they can go off road, some (like British, French, Swiss, Italian or German army bikes) that were designed with that purpose in mind, there were even groups like the rough stuff fellowship that predate 1966, even my grandad had an off roader.

The invention of mountain biking and the mountain bike is more than just about fitting big tyres on a bike. It's about the invention and promotion of a sport. What the marin county boys did that no other group did to any great success was to create a sport, name it, promote it, market it and make it a worldwide popular sport with a unified approach.

So Rods bike or a Breezer number 1, hmmm, let me think...

 

[legrandefromage]

decimal point in the wrong place, thats all. innocent mistake.

 

[yo-Nate-y]

That ad has been up a few different times now at the same ridiculous price.

But yeah, go Rodney!