RCain

Recently added a new school S&M RV 24" and an S&M Speedwagon 20" bringing the total to 16 complete riders

Got mine yesterday, Thanks Steve, it looks great!

If it's not to late I'd be in for an XL. I don't use paypal so if they're still available PM me with the invoice amount and an address and I'll drop a M.O. in the mail monday.

Nick is legit. He donated a bike for a bmx dad who was going through a tough time over here a few years ago. Honestly I'm kinda surprised that anyone "Tuned in" to the bmx world hasn't heard of him and his program.

One more thumbs up for Brian Foster.

Very cool find, super clean! What's the story on the find and how it survived so intact? Seems like Idaho is somewhat of a hotbed for the early Geese, does the decal say where in Idaho the bike shop was?

Keep it like it is. There are tons of those old cruiser frames and parts out there that can be had cheap. I wouldn't risk losing parts or breaking dads OG ride.

I Have a '79 De Coster thats rough but in rider condition. I also have a couple of early 80's Geese frames that could be used for donor parts. I am considering having the top tube stretched to 21.5" to make it ridable for me on the track and as a work commuter. Understand that have a great deal of appreciation for "Original", survivors and survivor parts, but I'll hack that De Coster up witout remorse for several reasons. It's not rare or particularly valuable. Many, much nicer, examples exist. Destroying its originality will cause little or no harm to the hobby/collecting community. It would mean taking an old bike that's hanging on the wall and turning it to something I would use and enjoy. So yes, I believe that some bikes are more deserving than others. I would never advocate cutting up any frame that was in really good condition, and I would always like to see rare frames returned to their original state. But if commonly found rough frames get cut up to make something functional I have no problem with it at all as long as it is turned into something unique and not made to look exactly like another (More rare) model.

Great frame, I'm looking forward to seeing it built up.

If that is the case then I appologize for my mistake, when I saw the bike I thought it looked very familiar so I looked through the archives and mistakenly pegged it as the same frame. The bottom of the frame decal on Marks bike had a slight tear in it and none of Patricks pics revealed an angle that clearly showed where it would have been, so I assumed (Yeah ...I know.) that the pics were staged to hide the damaged decal. Again, I appologize .

First off congrats to Patrick on a well deserved win. Honestly, I didnt look close enough at the GJS to notice that some parts were a few years older than the frame. Even if I had noticed (which I doubt)it probably wouldn't have bothered me too much. My favorite bikes are always the "Survivors", I obcess on the class every year and I was saddened by that frame having been the survivor runner up in '09. Maybe it wasn't Patricks choice to part it out, it's a great bike no doubt, but in my eyes it's still a shame and I couldn't bring myself to vote for it. It would be like seeing Mykes Gurney blinged out with all the cool kid parts and entered in next years BOTY. But thats just one guys opinion, I'm not at all upset that it won, just not my cup of tea. Again, congrats to all of the class winners, and everyone that entered this year, no doubt in my mind the strongest field ever.

Most excellent sir!

Truely awesome bikes, every one of them!

After a little digging. "In the 1960's Rollfast,a brand owned by DP Harris Hardware, was selling the "Rollfast Scoot" manufactured by HP Snyder Mfg. Mossburg decided to purchase the Snyder operation in 1973. They invested money in new technology such as carbon fiber. The Harris Company looked to AMF to supply bikes for Rollfast when a previous agreement fell through with the new owners of the Snyder operation. This arrangement with AMF lasted only one year. Mossburg tried to produce bikes under there own name but failed. The Snyder factory was closed in 1975 and demolished the year after. In 1976 an auction was held to liquidate the equipment. Emory Manufacturing from Jacksonville, FL ended up with most the frame and fork making equipment and continued manufacturing the bikes under the brand "Aerofast"." Emory Mfg. also purchased the "Webco" name and remaining stock and jigs in the early 80's. Looks like manufacture for the Mossburg brand was most likely just 1974-'75 assuming that they finished out the year('73)with D.P.Harris/Rollfast

That cleaned up really nice Michael, very very cool!