Some very early history

[reilley1]

I put this together today for Rick Twomey.
Eric Richter's "Rick's Bike Shop" special


      

You guys probably saw it in "Joe Kid"
It is one of the original diamond shaped frame as modified by Rick Twomey

Originally built for and raced by Eric "Rocketman" Richter
    

Hand painted graphics:

      
  
      

Ashtabula non-stamped reinforced fork
Motomags I s
Carlisle Tire front/Unknown rear
Schwinn BB, Diamond Cranks, Sprocket, Headset and seatclamp.
Union Pedals

      

Box Bars
Schwinn 1966 AS stem
Waffle Grips
Royce Union Stamped Kashima saddle

      

As you can tell, the back end was pff a Scwinn Stingray, front end was modified to handle longer cranks

      

History for sure.

[retrogeezer]

wow, cool.....

thats what I call a survivor bike!

[Bren Gunn]

That's history...   fantastic bike

[OrgasmDonor]

geroooooovy dude, nice relic man

[theRuler]

that is excellent
the pictures could have been taken 30 years ago!

[silentpartner]

in the begining..........................................................
excellent, i'm geting all nostalgic

[kdw712]

he reaches into the hat
and pulls out another cracker 

 

i am sure you must have a time machine 

[region11]

The bikes you put together are amazing

[aditup2004]

 

Fantastic.

[DR VINOAH]

wow im speechless

 

oooooooooolllllllllllllllddddddddddd sssssssssssccccccchhhhhooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllll

[Moose]

Cool 

[dirtyvans]

how cool is that, thats a proper mod - welding on a different rear end!

the original bikes in unrestored condition rule

[daz bmx it!]

Unreal! (all i can add is use some lawn feed on that grass?)

[Jazzchimp]

Now that's real history!!

[reilley1]

Eric Richter

[reilley1]

I also put together an even earlier version of the Rick's Bike Shop special (circa 73) and was recently shown at the Los Angeles CA Vintage show

[theRuler]

thats well cool