Lemonwheel
By TomS on 04/21/2008.
Bike tags: Road bike | beater | kickstand | maine | ratbike
Unknown cheap 70's bike boom 10 speed. Probably French built
steel bars with ratty cotton wrap. "BF" on stem
27" Rigida steel, old Kenda cross style tire
same
cottered
old Avocet Touring
Maillard freewheel
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Unknown cheap 70's bike boom 10 speed. Probably French built
steel bars with ratty cotton wrap. "BF" on stem
27" Rigida steel, old Kenda cross style tire
same
cottered
old Avocet Touring
Maillard freewheel
This belonged to my ex-wife before I met her; it's been haunting the rafters of my garage for 25 years. It was sanded down and painted before I saw it and I rattle-canned it again. I don't know what brand it is. I wanted a disposable bike to take to the Lemonwheel concert in '98 and this was perfect. It followed me home from the show and now I can park it on campus all day and no one bothers it. It is heavy and looks like crap, but all the moving parts are lubed and adjusted and it rolls along quite nicely.
Note tops of seat stays are bullet shaped, not flattened out. Maybe a clue to where the frame was made? I haven't seen that on any other bikes yet.