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Iron Ranch Vintage Bicycle Swap Meet
Sept. 18, 2010
Vancouver WA / Portland OR
23100 NE 10th Ave, Ridgefield WA
Official start time is 8am, but it gets going earlier, peters out around noon. Swap spaces are outside and are pretty cheap. No admission charge. Always a good crowd, lots of stuff to buy.
I can't find the 2010 Iron Ranch flyer on-line. If someone can link me to one so I can post it here, that would be great.
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Upcoming 2010 Vintage Bicycle Events in the Pacific NW
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August 28th, Tacoma WA, Annual Lemay Open House and Bicycle Councours. Vintage cars (2000 on display) and vintage bicycles. Epic.
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Sept 18, Vancouver WA / Portland OR, Annual Iron Ranch Bicycle Swap Meet and Whizz-In. 23100 NE 10th Ave, Ridgefield WA. Bring some stuff to sell! Bring a fat wallet so you can buy a bunch of stuff that you never knew you always needed! Drink beer with Canadians! See the sheds of awesome-ness! Starts early, peters out at around noon.
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2011 - Plan ahead! The 2011 Kent swap is happening the last Sunday in March at the National Guard Armory, just like always. Bring some vintage bike stuff to sell, bring a fat wad of cash, have a good time.
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Bendix wrenches now available! Double ended with slight
rotational offset for optimal placement. For working on coaster Bendix hubs two wrenches are required. For working on 2 speed hubs only one is required. $22 plus $3.50 shipping for a pair. $12 plus $2.50 shipping for just one. (Schwinn catalog not included.) Laser cut steel, nothing fancy, will last practically forever. One end is 7/8", the other is 47/64". These work on Bendix hubs from the 1950s (smooth shell), 1960s (red band) and 1970s, USA and Mexico.
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Old Schwinn bikes have been a passion of mine for well over a decade. Although these bikes are relatively easy to work on and understand, there are fewer and fewer bike shops that are able to work on them competently. It seems that with some guidance the average person could work on their classic bike with good results.
So I'm writing and photo-illustrating some Tech Guides for people who want to wrench on their own bikes, but who don't want to go it alone.
Many of these Guides are intended for the owners of vintage Schwinn bikes, and detail Schwinn-specific quirks and tips. Several of these Guides detail the repair of multi-speed hubs that were manufactured in the 1950s and 1960s, and this information will also be applicable to other brands of bikes.
Click on the "Service Guides" tab to the left for additional information.
For local bike service, see below.
Vintage Bicycle Repair
- Hub Repair
- Chicago Schwinn Overhaul Service
- Wheel Building
- Fender Rolling
If you're lucky enough to live in the greater Portland Oregon area, and have a vintage hub that needs to be overhauled, I do offer this services for a fee. I know not everyone has the time and inclination to wrench their own bikes, and having the time and tools and the space to do it is also somewhat of a luxury. I have a modest full service bike shop tucked away in the basement, and have fifteen years of Schwinn-specific experience to back it up.
Contact me at: geoff@greenephantom.com
Hub Repair
Hubs that I service include: All Bendix coaster brake, New Departure coaster brake, Bendix Two speed Manual Shift, Bendix Two Speed Automatic (red, yellow, and blue band), and Sturmey-Archer Three speed, freewheeling and coaster. Limited parts availability.
I can also service New Departure DuoSpeed and Triplspeed hubs. No parts availability.
I can also service Atom drum hubs and the Schwinn Disc Brake hubs. Limited parts availability.
Wheel Building
I'm limiting my wheel building to vintage applications. You can mix it up a bit, toss a Nexus 7 internal hub into a vintage S-2 hoop, or toss some modern alloy hoops onto old-school Bendix hubs. Or we can build you up some vintage wheels with old hoops and old hubs. Let me know what you've got to work with and where you'd like it to go.
Fender Rolling
For Middleweight and Heavyweight fenders. Dents can be removed from your vintage fenders, and in most cases the paint will be intact. Usually the fender struts will have to be removed, but sometimes small areas can be done with the struts intact. If you're going to be repainting fenders, you should really have them rolled first.
I don't do the fender rolling, I am merely promoting it for Missing Link Bicycles at NE 72nd and Sandy. If you've got vintage fenders that you'd like rolled, take them to Missing Link. Joe will be glad to help you out. Check him out on the web at www.missinglinkpdx.com and keep in mind that his site is still under construction.
Well, scroll on up and click around on the navigation box to see some of the great stuff on this site. I've tried to make it informative and entertaining. Enjoy!
Cheers, Geoff
