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Nickinator's Vintage Bicycles
Full restorations & preservation of original bikes
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Specializing in bicycles & parts from 1890's-1960s
World-wide shipping available.
Before & Afters
1940 Colson Snap Tank
Original paint with oxalic acid bath
1940 Elgin Sport
Full restoration
1951 Goodyear Hiway Patrol
Full restoration
1959 Roadmaster Skyrider
Full restoration
1941 Huffman Firestone AirFlyte
Original paint after rubbing compounds and oil.
Won "Best Unrestored" at Ann Arbor 4/17
1937 Hawthorne Zep
Original paint with oxalic acid bath
1940 Mead Ranger Champion (Autocycle) Original paint with oxalic acid bath
1917 Miami Flying Merkel
1 of 2 complete bikes known to exist.
Full resto and sourcing parts took two years....
1941 Colson Clipper Double Eagle Deluxe
Original paint after Navel Jelly soak & oil
1938 Elgin Bluebird
Refurbished an old restoration
1941 Colson Clipper Double Eagle Deluxe
Original paint, used Goof Off and oxalic acid to remove layers of spray paint and rust
1939 Monark Airman Comet
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Before
After
Extremely rare, dual suspension bike.
Only 1 other complete one is known.
This bike's frame and fork had flakey orange overpaint on it- so it was carefully picked off with razor blades (orig paint too fragile for solvent), revealing the original dark red paint. Some illustrations show this bike with painted fenders, others with more deluxe stainless, as this one has. Original Delta battery tube and Delta Silver Rays. Tank was patina matched and graphics were hand painted.
The rear suspension is very tricky to ride and brake- probably why few survived.
Featured Restoration
1939 Monark FloCycle "26X"
This rare, all aluminum frame, 26" bike was a complex 16 month restoration, with extensive frame damage and missing/damaged parts. Restoration was commissioned by the original owner's daughter. Currently on display at Riverside Cyclery in downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, on the route for Ragbrai.
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