I started to collate frame numbers from 1890s-1920 Triumph bicycles, and will update it as I go along. You can see it at the new Triumph Bicycle Museum TO VISIT THE. While the Western Flyer bicycles were durable and comfortable, the frames were heavy, weighing about 76 pounds. Western Flyer changed the colors of each model from year to year along with using serial numbers to identify the year and model of each bicycle.

Seller:caymanhilldesigns(3,149)99.7%, Location:Arlington, Kentucky, Ships to: Free Local Pickup, Item:323506676058Vintage 1951-1957 Schwinn Black Phantom Bicycle Bike Serial Number B98355 Items are listed to sell. If its priced too high, MAKE AN OFFER! **RIDES GOOD. HORN AND LIGHTS WORK. INCLUDES ALL 4 HUB CAPS. KEY IS INCLUDED BUT DOES NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. SHOWS SOME SURFACE RUST AND CHIPPED PAINT IN PLACES (see pictures). I AM NOT AWARE IF IT IS ALL ORIGINAL. PLEASE SEE ALL PICTURES AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE BUYING.** *PAYPAL IS ACCEPTED BUT I WOULD PREFER YOU PAY AT THE TIME OF PICKUP IN PERSON ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE LOOKED OVER AND INSPECTED THE ITEM.* I do try to describe items accurately and take pictures that document condition. However, I am not an expert. So, if you have any questions or if you'd like additional pictures please contact me prior to purchase. Items are sold as pictured and as described. Any accessories, cases, manuals, attachments, etc. that may have originally come with the item are not included in the sale if not pictured or described.Condition:Used, Condition:RIDES GOOD. HORN AND LIGHTS WORK. INCLUDES ALL 4 HUB CAPS. KEY IS INCLUDED BUT DOES NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. SHOWS SOME SURFACE RUST AND CHIPPED PAINT IN PLACES (see pictures). I AM NOT AWARE IF IT IS ALL ORIGINAL. PLEASE SEE ALL PICTURES AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE BUYING., Color:Black, Brand:Schwinn, Modified Item:No, Country/Region of Manufacture:United States, Serial Number:B98355

Vintage 1951-1957 Schwinn Black Phantom Bicycle Bike Serial Number B98355

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1950 Drysdale Special

This is what an American-made custom road bike looked like in the 1950’s. A great representative for racing bikes of the era, made by Alvin Drysdale of New York City.

What are we looking at? The steel frame is made from Reynolds 531 tubing, brazed into fairly typical racing bike geometry. The seat tube is laid-back at a shallow angle, giving the rider good leverage to muscle around a heavy gear. The head tube angle is pretty steep, like modern frame geometry but the fork has more rake than we’re used to seeing these days. This is a medium to large bike, and the size seems odd. Doesn’t the frame seems tall for its intended rider? In this era seatposts were not intended to extend very far beyond the frame, likewise the handlebar stem is just a few inches above the top tube.

Drysdale badge

Campagnolo Gran Sport

The parts are an assortment of brands, a greatest hits package from the late ‘40’s and early ‘50’s. The saddle is a Brooks, handmade in England. Campagnolo furnishes some of the equipment (of course) with their hubs, shifters, and Gran Sport derailleurs managing the ten gear choices. There is a close-ratio Stronglight Crankset on the bike, a sensible choice for flat roads, not requiring the front derailleur to perform heroics lifting the chain over a wide gear spread. The svelte little sidepull brakes are GB Coureur Plus models. The brakes, when paired with aluminum rims (featuring an excellent braking surface), stop pretty well.

Colson Bicycle Serial Numbers

Stronglight Crankset

Schwinn Bicycle Serial Numbers

This is our friend Jeff’s Drysdale Special. This isn’t a bike that has had a big restoration done to it, rather it’s a bike that got ridden a fair amount in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s and then hung upside down in a garage for the better part of forty years. If stored correctly, an old bike doesn’t have to rust away (and if you play your cards right, the Silca tire pump may remain in working order too).

1950 Silca pump

Reynolds tubing

1939 Colson Bicycle

This bike has remained in such nice condition that we recently tuned it up and sent it back out on the road for more adventures.

Colson Tandem Bicycle

In 2018 we sent it back to the motherland, New York City, where our friend Eben Weiss rode and wrote about the bike for Outside magazine in what has to be one of the most overdue product reviews ever: