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Guarantee Bicycle Co. "Stutz" Track Bike Wood rims, Skip Tooth

Bike tags: Track bike | Guarantee Bicycle Co. | skip tooth | St. Louis | Wood rims
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Guarantee Bicycle Co. St. Louis

Unknown track

E. J. Lobdell wood rim, haven't found markings on hub yet, 28 x 1-1/4 tubular

E. J. Lobdell wood rim, unknown flip flop track hub, super hard old tubular

Unknown skiptooth

Persons saddle, steel bar post

1" pitch skiptooth of unknown brand

Haven't counted yet

Update on this bike. Bought a track wheelset but the way the fork is I can't get the front on at least without shortening the axle or taking the axle out and assembling the wheel in the fork (fork has an axle hole rather than a dropout). I did ride it a short distance with the rear installed with a skiptooth cog and the original front (tire not glued on and cracked spoke holes) and it seems straight. Removed most of the green gunk paint, the original blue is pretty rough so I think I'll powder coat the frame and nickel plate the parts. Have found one wheel with a decent wood rim, hoping to find 2 more and build a track wheelset and a coaster brake rear to swap out.

An ebay seller told me Guarantee was a hardware store and back then if you bought so many bikes they would custom badge them with your name. Not sure if that's correct, but sounds reasonable.





People who friended this bike beeftech, cyclecrazyjames, latron, JasonGeorge, mr.2ter, Kyle Dickinson, J Juicy, vincent, sibkis, Skylar, marctenor, gallun

Big Shark

Crazy. That Delmar addy is the empty lot next to Big Shark Bicycle.

Looks like you got a 52

Looks like you got a 52 tooth in the front (well 26 to be technical) and and either a 16(8) or 18(9) in the back. although I'm going with the latter.

what a find!!

Incredible. Would love to turn up a bike like that.

Straps

I'm callin' it now. Those straps are the new Toshis.

ghetto but classic. id

ghetto but classic. id really like to see this guy restored


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