[CR]Sears/Austro-Daimler

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Paul Cooley" <pcooley@cybermesa.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 22:44:41 -0600
Subject: [CR]Sears/Austro-Daimler

When I picked up my PX-10 on the side of the road, it was accompanied by a Sears 3-speed, evidently made by Austro-Daimler. I impulsively dragged it home too. The frame is nicely lugged, but the dropouts are stamped steel. I've thought about cleaning it up, but, ultimately, unless there is something valuable about the bike, it's headed to the local recycle-a-bicycle group.

Is my assumption that it's not worth much thought correct?

The odd thing about it is there is only a rear brake. I would assume that if a bike were to only have one brake, it would be the front. The rear brake bridge is also a solid plate made by "ESGE". The one brake is a Weinman model 810.

Nothing else is very unusual about the bike.

Paul B. Cooley
Santa Fe, NM
http://carfreefamily.blogspot.com