Hercules
05-30-09, 12:09 AM
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Hercules
Saw this ad in Craigslist today: https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/bik/1195776445.html
Just wondered what y'all could tell me about this one.
The wording says coaster brake, the picture shows hand brakes. Which one would the bike have been made with?
Are those the original style of handlebars? Or was this a more upright-style originally?
Any idea of age?
Just curious. Looks too small for me anyway.
Just wondered what y'all could tell me about this one.
The wording says coaster brake, the picture shows hand brakes. Which one would the bike have been made with?
Are those the original style of handlebars? Or was this a more upright-style originally?
Any idea of age?
Just curious. Looks too small for me anyway.
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05-30-09, 04:45 AM
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Saw this ad in Craigslist today: https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/bik/1195776445.html
Just wondered what y'all could tell me about this one.
The wording says coaster brake, the picture shows hand brakes. Which one would the bike have been made with?
Are those the original style of handlebars? Or was this a more upright-style originally?
Any idea of age?
Just curious. Looks too small for me anyway.
Just wondered what y'all could tell me about this one.
The wording says coaster brake, the picture shows hand brakes. Which one would the bike have been made with?
Are those the original style of handlebars? Or was this a more upright-style originally?
Any idea of age?
Just curious. Looks too small for me anyway.
The bike looks original, the bars look more like a Maes bend rather than the Lauterwasser which I would expect to see on it. Also the headbadge is not a style that I have seen before.Aaron
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
05-30-09, 07:16 AM
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The badge is original, but the style I have never seen before!
Hub date?
Trigger type?
Either would be a good clue to date perhaps.
Hub date?
Trigger type?
Either would be a good clue to date perhaps.
05-30-09, 10:36 AM
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Odd looking thing but $80 ain't bad for a working 3 speed. The style might grow on me.
05-30-09, 10:44 AM
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That is nothing but strange.
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05-30-09, 12:03 PM
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I noticed that one too. I think the headbadge is from the "owned by Raleigh" era (i.e. post 1960).
It's a little like the Hercules I picked up in January (sold by Montgomery Ward as a Hawthorne). The basic lines were the same but seat stays went as a pair all the way up to the head tube (i.e., twin top tubes like a mixte but following the same lines as that bike). Mine is a more conventional red color and has cruiser bars and a 1960 SA AW hub.
It's a little like the Hercules I picked up in January (sold by Montgomery Ward as a Hawthorne). The basic lines were the same but seat stays went as a pair all the way up to the head tube (i.e., twin top tubes like a mixte but following the same lines as that bike). Mine is a more conventional red color and has cruiser bars and a 1960 SA AW hub.
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05-30-09, 01:13 PM
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Here's one that showed up in Houston. I wouldn't mind having it, but don't want to spend $200 at the moment, either.
https://houston.craigslist.org/bik/1194225654.html
https://houston.craigslist.org/bik/1194225654.html
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