Another Antique Bicycle Follows Me Home: Let's Take a Look at This Cool Old Vintage Track Bike.

Today we check out an old track bike!
Music By: FynestLyk-Noir Et Blanc Vie

[@douglas1559]

Kool old bike looks like a fun project always injoy your videos thanks for sharing 💫

[@bikestrikesrazors]

Thanks very much for watching, Douglas!

[@evanking920]

Your historical documentation is always excellent. Great details and a great video.

[@bikestrikesrazors]

Hey Evan! Hope everything is well there! Thanks for watching!

[@Olyphoto7]

That adjustable stem looks like it could use a bolt or a Lynch Pin as a safety feature. I love seeing all the details of the old bikes. It really makes me appreciate my modern recumbent trike. Where would we be without the creative bikers from long ago. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@bikestrikesrazors]

I had that thought also. Some kind of bolt at the bottom of the stem as a safety feature.

[@Lidia-fg5km]

@@bikestrikesrazorsbeautiful bike

[@bikestrikesrazors]

@@Lidia-fg5km Thanks for watching!

[@markfeldman6509]

Great find and once again a great video. You sure did your homework on this one. Thanks for the education !

[@bikestrikesrazors]

Thanks very much, Mark, and hope everything is going well on that side of the country! :)

[@andyZ3500s]

In the 70's I raced a early 50's BSA with cranks very similar to those if not the same they were built by stonglight. I had a BSA sprocket like that but always used TA sprockets. That bike is a ultra cool find.

[@bikestrikesrazors]

Thanks, Andy. Yes, the early 50's bikes looked just like this. Heck, this bike could even be from the early 50's. I just had to take a guess on the age with a little help from an expert.

[@andyZ3500s]

@@bikestrikesrazors You are probably close to its age judging by the seat tube angle and other things about the bike.

[@bikestrikesrazors]

@@andyZ3500s Thanks for the insight, Andy!

[@andyZ3500s]

@@bikestrikesrazors Hey thanks for the videos

[@user-jt9vp1un8x]

Best youtube videos. Thanks for making great entertainement

[@bikestrikesrazors]

Thanks very much for watching!

[@jamesmason2291]

Major Taylor a great racer

[@bikestrikesrazors]

Indeed!

[@tmshowier]

6:16 شكرا كثيرا 👍

[@tmshowier]

2:05 حتى الثقبين للمقعد او السرج😜 تضع فيها شنطة عدة👍

[@evanking920]

We are watching an old video of Huell Howser on the American River Parkway. I hope you two are well since no posts for a month.

[@bikestrikesrazors]

I missed that one! Did he ride a bike? We're fine. We have a video already filmed, just need to finish editing and narration. :)

[@stevelausmann6490]

You passed my wife and I today on the bike trail. Out of context since we were on our tandem.

[@bikestrikesrazors]

Ah! I saw you point at me! I thought it was you but wasn't used to seeing you on a tandem! :)

[@R4baDader]

That geometry is crazy, I wonder how it feels on the track

[@bikestrikesrazors]

I've only ever ridden recumbents on the track, but maybe I'll try and bring it down to the Hellyer velodrome in San Jose and ride it there. :)

[@tmshowier]

3:02 هذه الصتاعة عندما كانوا حرفيين يعملون لأجل الإنسان..قبل إنفجار التكنولوجيا..!

[@bikestrikesrazors]

تم بناء هذا بالتأكيد عندما كان بناء الدراجات أكثر من حرفة جيدة ، وأقل من عملية حقن الإيبوكسي في قالب. شكرا جزيلا على المشاهدة ، TM!

[@tmshowier]

2:33 مقعد للنساء😜👍

[@tmshowier]

0:05👍

[@dinodaniel2237]

Nice video!

[@bikestrikesrazors]

Thanks for watching, Daniel!

[@jensenhealey907efi]

Nice find. Where did you find this at?

[@bikestrikesrazors]

This guy was disassembled and bagged up at a Goodwill. :)

[@jensenhealey907efi]

@@bikestrikesrazors Wow, that is an amazing find then!

[@bikestrikesrazors]

They somehow had a clue that this wasn't a "normal" bike, so they weren't giving it away. I had to pay, but much less than if I got it from a collector.

[@EdgarGrefve]

Nice bike! btw is a path racer and Track bike the same type of bike?

[@bikestrikesrazors]

Thanks very much for watching, Edgar! A Path Racer is very similar to a track bike, but it's designed to also ride on the road. Here's the official Wiki definition: "Path Racers are characterized by high bottom bracket and track ends that is dual purpose for both road and track racing and use 120mm spacing for the rear hub, which may be fixed-gear or single-speed coaster brake, angles not quite as steep and bottom bracket lower than a pure path (track bike)."

[@EdgarGrefve]

@@bikestrikesrazors Thank you for explaining.

[@MisterSal9895]

How does it ride? What kind of steel was used on the frame? Curious since this track bike on the heavier side.

[@andyZ3500s]

Evan thought 531 came out around 1935, I know that some bikes were built with 1/32 wall 4130 cromoly aircraft tubing.

[@bikestrikesrazors]

There are no decals on it to help with tube identification. I only took it for a quick spin around the court and between the flexy bars and the clamp on the stem that didn't seem to want to stay tight, I couldn't really get a feel for the bike. I'll need to sort that out.

[@MisterSal9895]

@@bikestrikesrazors Interesting. Seems like a sketchy bike. Hopefully it can be fixed.

[@bikestrikesrazors]

@@MisterSal9895 Oh yeah, I'll get it squared away in short order. :)

[@Lhaffinatu]

Do you intend to restore it?

[@bikestrikesrazors]

If I knew who made it or the exact age, I'd have something to go on as far as decals or even paint, but for now, I'll leave it as is.