Old bike, bolt-on rear triangle

Yea, try rec.bicycles.tech That is where the experts in that area hang out.
We are just a bunch of adolescent, shaved leg anti-helmet pill popping Euro
pro wannabees.
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Hiya
I'm looking for some info on an old bike i found at my local salvage yard.
It looks really old (1920-30's) with wide rims, leather saddle, drop bars
and seat stays which are secured by bolts at each end. Anyone got any idea
what it is and whether it may be worth something?

Chrres

BlueRoo

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Hiya
I'm looking for some info on an old bike i found at my local salvage yard.
It looks really old (1920-30's) with wide rims, leather saddle, drop bars
and seat stays which are secured by bolts at each end. Anyone got any idea
what it is and whether it may be worth something?

Chrres

BlueRoo

Hard to tell without some pictures.
There could be several bikes like that.
Many of the old Raliegh Roadsters (which were copied by the Dutch, Chinese
Phoenix, and Indian Eastman companies) had bolt on seatstays.
These were single speed or three speed bikes with a chaincase cover, the
removeable seatstay made it easier to put on a new one piece chain (no
masterlink) and or chain cover.
So you need to look for markings as to brand and serial numbers and such.

Earl Bollinger said:

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Hiya
I'm looking for some info on an old bike i found at my local salvage yard.
It looks really old (1920-30's) with wide rims, leather saddle, drop bars
and seat stays which are secured by bolts at each end. Anyone got any idea
what it is and whether it may be worth something?

Chrres

BlueRoo

Hard to tell without some pictures.
There could be several bikes like that.
Many of the old Raliegh Roadsters (which were copied by the Dutch, Chinese
Phoenix, and Indian Eastman companies) had bolt on seatstays.
These were single speed or three speed bikes with a chaincase cover, the
removeable seatstay made it easier to put on a new one piece chain (no
masterlink) and or chain cover.
So you need to look for markings as to brand and serial numbers and such.

you might try the online resouces at the Canberra Bicycle Museum

canberrabicyclemuseum.com.aubicycle museum.htmOpen ↗

mikeg

Charles said:

Yea, try rec.bicycles.tech That is where the experts in that area hang out.
We are just a bunch of adolescent, shaved leg anti-helmet pill popping Euro
pro wannabees.

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BlueRoo

Another option might be to try asking Sheldon Brown.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/contact.html
Bill C

Default User said:

Hiya
I'm looking for some info on an old bike i found at my local salvage yard.
It looks really old (1920-30's) with wide rims, leather saddle, drop bars
and seat stays which are secured by bolts at each end. Anyone got any idea
what it is and whether it may be worth something?

Chrres

BlueRoo

Possibly not that old, I had a three speed with a similar arrangement in
the late 1960s.

quote='ray'Default User said:

Hiya
I'm looking for some info on an old bike i found at my local salvage yard.
It looks really old (1920-30's) with wide rims, leather saddle, drop bars
and seat stays which are secured by bolts at each end. Anyone got any idea
what it is and whether it may be worth something?

Chrres

BlueRoo

Possibly not that old, I had a three speed with a similar arrangement in
the late 1960s.[/QUOTE]

My MalvernStar SkidStar has bolt on stays, but 'only' at the top.
fairly common in mid 1900's...

flyingdutch said:

ray said:

Default User said:

Hiya
I'm looking for some info on an old bike i found at my local salvage

yard.

Quoted message said:

It looks really old (1920-30's) with wide rims, leather saddle, drop

bars

Quoted message said:

and seat stays which are secured by bolts at each end. Anyone got any

idea

Quoted message said:

what it is and whether it may be worth something?

Chrres

BlueRoo

Possibly not that old, I had a three speed with a similar arrangement
in
the late 1960s.

My MalvernStar SkidStar has bolt on stays, but 'only' at the top.
fairly common in mid 1900's...

Some more modern bikes have bolton carbon stays too. Have a look at,
for example, teschners with carbon stays - they bolt on at the rear
axle but bond at the seat tube junction. Quite unexpected .... but not
a bad thing given the compromise made to hack CF into that frame I
guess.

Bleve said:

Some more modern bikes have bolton carbon stays too. Have a look at,
for example, teschners with carbon stays - they bolt on at the rear
axle but bond at the seat tube junction. Quite unexpected .... but not
a bad thing given the compromise made to hack CF into that frame I
guess.

is that similar to glueing CF together like in Treks? 🙄

flyingdutch said:

Bleve said:

Some more modern bikes have bolton carbon stays too. Have a look at,
for example, teschners with carbon stays - they bolt on at the rear
axle but bond at the seat tube junction. Quite unexpected .... but not
a bad thing given the compromise made to hack CF into that frame I
guess.

is that similar to glueing CF together like in Treks? 🙄

All CF is glued together at some point, or you just have a floppy matt
of woven carbon. What's the CF glued to? 🙂 In the case of the
Teshner I've worked on, the CF seatstay is glued to an alloy end, which
is then bolted to the rear dropout assembly. So it's glued (as in the
CF matrix) then glued to the alloy, then bolted. 2 glues, one bolt.
Nifty 🙂