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Old 09-24-2009, 12:07 AM
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Default for sale: one slightly cracked 60's Rollfast Frame...

went out to the garage to look at my bike a few minutes ago (not 'cause i'm a bike perv or anything, i was just thinking up some new mods,) and i noticed the paint cracking around the top tubes (rollfasts are kinda anti-schwinn, they have two top tubes and one middle tube.) turns out, both top tubes are cracked, all the way around. yay!

i was wondering why it was vibrating so much today.

guess it's back to pedaling until my top secret, hand built, custom frames are done...
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Old 09-24-2009, 01:07 AM
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Default Re: for sale: one slightly cracked 60's Rollfast Frame...

dang that is sad. are you going to fix?
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Old 09-24-2009, 01:23 AM
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Default Re: for sale: one slightly cracked 60's Rollfast Frame...

if by fix it, you mean "throw it in the trash," then, yeah.

the tubes broke, not the welds, so i wouldn't trust re-welding it.

it cost me 40 bucks, and i got a few months of motor-biking out of it, so it was worth it.
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Old 09-26-2009, 12:39 AM
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Default Re: for sale: one slightly cracked 60's Rollfast Frame...

Hey Baird, why not braze the tubes, and then braze in a gusset, and there you go!

Mike

BTW is Baird your last name? My Grandmother from Escondido CA was a Baird, know anyone there?
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Old 09-26-2009, 01:02 AM
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Default Re: for sale: one slightly cracked 60's Rollfast Frame...

my first name's baird.

i could fix the frame, but it's not really worth it to me. it was pretty much a piece of junk when i bought it. i just needed something for my first build, to see if this motor bike "fad" was something i wanted to stick with...

now that i'm hooked, i just might be in the process of building custom cruiser frames and forks, the likes of which has never graced this industry before...

stay tuned...
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Old 09-27-2009, 09:11 AM
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Default Re: for sale: one slightly cracked 60's Rollfast Frame...

any pics of the full frame and a price............
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Old 09-27-2009, 11:18 AM
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Default Re: for sale: one slightly cracked 60's Rollfast Frame...

not yet. should have the prototype done by next weekend. i'll let you know.
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