colored tires

Quoted message said:

I was browsing the 1917 Hawthorne catalogue when I noticed that
Riverside (Montgomery Ward) bicycle tires were available for $5.65 per
pair with red, black, or white tread:

http://www.nostalgic.net/pictures/1219.htm

So much for colored tread being a modern fashion innovation.

The weird Hawthorne bike accessories start around page 30:

http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/

The 1919 Harley Davidson bicycle accessories are even better:

http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/index.asp?start=300

Alas, the page for quick action rubber-band tool for puncture repair
does not offer repair rubber bands in different colors:

http://www.nostalgic.net/index.asp?S=arc/ScannedLit/catalog+%2D+1919+Harley+Davidson+accy+17%2Ejpg

The 1919 Harley Davidson was built by the Singer (of sewing machine
fame) Company.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Quoted message said:

I was browsing the 1917 Hawthorne catalogue when I noticed that
Riverside (Montgomery Ward) bicycle tires were available for $5.65 per
pair with red, black, or white tread:

http://www.nostalgic.net/pictures/1219.htm

So much for colored tread being a modern fashion innovation.

The weird Hawthorne bike accessories start around page 30:

http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/

The 1919 Harley Davidson bicycle accessories are even better:

http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/index.asp?start=300

Alas, the page for quick action rubber-band tool for puncture repair
does not offer repair rubber bands in different colors:

http://www.nostalgic.net/index.asp?S=arc/ScannedLit/catalog+%2D+1919+Harley+Davidson+accy+17%2Ejpg

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Prices are about the same for fancy tires now:

http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm

"$5.65 in 1917 had about the same buying power as $95.76 in 2006."
Annual inflation over this period was about 3.23%.

Fancy tires these days are ~$45, +tax gets you to about $95.

--
Phil

Quoted message said:

I was browsing the 1917 Hawthorne catalogue when I noticed that
Riverside (Montgomery Ward) bicycle tires were available for $5.65 per
pair with red, black, or white tread:

http://www.nostalgic.net/pictures/1219.htm

So much for colored tread being a modern fashion innovation.

The weird Hawthorne bike accessories start around page 30:

http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/

The 1919 Harley Davidson bicycle accessories are even better:

http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/index.asp?start=300

Alas, the page for quick action rubber-band tool for puncture repair
does not offer repair rubber bands in different colors:

http://www.nostalgic.net/index.asp?S=arc/ScannedLit/catalog+%2D+1919+Harley+Davidson+accy+17%2Ejpg

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Does anyone but Coker still make button-tread tires for 26"/559mm rims,
especially in white? (I'm not sure the Cokers will fit but they cost too
much for my purposes each anyway).

Searching for white cruiser-style 26" tires, I have seen the cream Felt
Quick Bricks and the white Kendas at Bike Nashbar. The Schwalbe Fat
Franks are nice-looking, except for the Schwalbe logo and reflective
strip that would need to be removed (to have them appear "vintage".....
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A Muzi said:

The 1919 Harley Davidson was built by the Singer (of sewing machine
fame) Company.

Right through the '70's, Singer made many mechanical devices. The
"windshield wiper" on Navy destroyers built in the '70's being among
them. I don't remember ever having to replace or repair one of them.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was browsing the 1917 Hawthorne catalogue when I noticed that
Riverside (Montgomery Ward) bicycle tires were available for $5.65 per
pair with red, black, or white tread:
http://www.nostalgic.net/pictures/1219.htm
So much for colored tread being a modern fashion innovation.
The weird Hawthorne bike accessories start around page 30:
http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/
The 1919 Harley Davidson bicycle accessories are even better:
http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/index.asp?start=300
Alas, the page for quick action rubber-band tool for puncture repair
does not offer repair rubber bands in different colors:
http://www.nostalgic.net/index.asp?S=arc/ScannedLit/catalog+%2D+1919+Harley+Davidson+accy+17%2Ejpg

DougC said:

Does anyone but Coker still make button-tread tires for 26"/559mm rims,
especially in white? (I'm not sure the Cokers will fit but they cost too
much for my purposes each anyway).
Searching for white cruiser-style 26" tires, I have seen the cream Felt
Quick Bricks and the white Kendas at Bike Nashbar. The Schwalbe Fat
Franks are nice-looking, except for the Schwalbe logo and reflective
strip that would need to be removed (to have them appear "vintage".....

All-white or just whitewalls?
559 whitewalls are cheap here and at at every LBS I know.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

A Muzi said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was browsing the 1917 Hawthorne catalogue when I noticed that
Riverside (Montgomery Ward) bicycle tires were available for $5.65 per
pair with red, black, or white tread:
http://www.nostalgic.net/pictures/1219.htm
So much for colored tread being a modern fashion innovation.
The weird Hawthorne bike accessories start around page 30:
http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/
The 1919 Harley Davidson bicycle accessories are even better:
http://www.nostalgic.net/arc/ScannedLit/index.asp?start=300
Alas, the page for quick action rubber-band tool for puncture repair
does not offer repair rubber bands in different colors:
http://www.nostalgic.net/index.asp?S=arc/ScannedLit/catalog+%2D+1919+Harley+Davidson+accy+17%2Ejpg

DougC said:

Does anyone but Coker still make button-tread tires for 26"/559mm
rims, especially in white? (I'm not sure the Cokers will fit but they
cost too much for my purposes each anyway).
Searching for white cruiser-style 26" tires, I have seen the cream
Felt Quick Bricks and the white Kendas at Bike Nashbar. The Schwalbe
Fat Franks are nice-looking, except for the Schwalbe logo and
reflective strip that would need to be removed (to have them appear
"vintage".....

All-white or just whitewalls?
559 whitewalls are cheap here and at at every LBS I know.

ALL-white, not whitewalls, and preferrably with button tread.
Every place online that deals in lowriders has whitewalls.
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