Trexlertown spring 2015 swap meet report part 2

     Here is the second batch of photos I took from the swap at the firehouse next door to the Lehigh Valley  Velodrome (T-Town). This show happened May 1st-3rd and is the second year it has been a three day event. It is mostly antique bike stuff: balloon tire bikes, muscle bikes, some lightweight stuff, etc. You never know what will show up though. Attendance was a bit thin both for vendors and buyers. In previous years the field was packed. Not this year though. Again, we got a couple things for the shop and a few bikes, mostly bread and butter type stuff. There were some cool things on display and tucked away though from the previous day. Enjoy!

 Score of the weekend, in my opinion. Bastide stayer bike. Fork facing the wrong way.

 Split seat tube Meca Cycle, by Mercier.

 Nice Iver Johnson with arching top tube.

 SUPER COOL ornately engraved and drilled Campagnolo Nuovo Record crank set. No, it was not for sale, I asked!

 Raleigh that was recently sold at the Copake auction a few weeks ago all cleaned up and looking great!

 Home spun rear derailleur on the Raleigh consisting of an early Gran sport upper pivot with spring and barrel adjuster, Nuovo Record parrellogram and cage, and different lower pivot bolt, very cool! The current owner said the bike had all types of "tinkerer" touches.

 Jeunet track bike.

 Uber rare ultra short campy Nuovo Record seat post! HA!

 Nice Ciocc track bike also recently sold at the Copake auction a few weeks ago.

 Schwinn King Sting with all types of OLD SCHOOL BMX goodies on it.

 Nice Hewitt mixte frame and fork.

Spring 2013 swap meet photos

Photos were taken in Copake(NY), Grand Rapids(OH), and Saline(MI).

Early turn of the century racer. Unknown maker. restored.

Mid to late 1930s Schwinn World. Equipped with New Departure track hubs, Messenger saddle, and Schwinn Paramount stem, and what appears to be Lauterwasser handlebars.

Schwinn Streamline Aerocycle

Beautiful lineup of balloon tire bikes- Shelby, Schwinns, and even an Elgin thrown in there.

Schwinn Cyclotrucks. The seller had 3 Cyclotrucks and a frameset. The black "US Army" one is prewar because it has a reinforced headtube and rear facing dropouts.

Rare Elgin Twin 60.

Early turn of the century hubs.

Nice selection of clean and restored BMX bikes.

Unique bottom bracket reinforcement on what might be a Bastide.

A Flying Gate design, but I have never seen one with the curved 'loop' under the seattube. Appears to be 1950s- dropouts and other fittings. Takes a unique unit type bottom bracket.

Bastide pedal

 Sorting out some pedals at the shop I came across this rare Bastide stamped pedal. It is probably made by Lyotard. Hopefully the other side will surface but we do commonly buy stray pedals with the idea that we will find the other side in the future.

Here are pictures of a Bastide that I saw at a swap meet and should have bought. . .

Bastide seen for sale at a swap meet

We did not buy it, but we should have, or more importantly, I should have for myself. It was a cool bike, outfitted with BSA bits.
Hilary Stone wrote a very nice summary about Bastide available HERE on Classic Lightweights website

Notice the Schwinn Paramount style dropout adjusters.


This Bastide fork was seen at Cirque, not for sale.