Vintage Huffy Bicycle Serial Numbers
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*Vintage Huffy Bicycles Identification
*Huffy Bicycle Model Numbers
*Huffy Bicycle Serial Number Chart
BikeChecker is a FREE service for people purchasing a second-hand bike, which allows you to check that the bike is not listed as stolen on the BikeRegister Database. Enter a frame number or unique BikeRegister ID below, and click on the magnifying glass. By looking at a bicycle’s brakes, frame, seat and tires, learn how to date an old bicycle in this free video from an experienced vintage bicycle dealer. Expert: Vin Vullo Contact: www.oldroads.com.
Owner’s Bicycle Identifi cation Record NOTE: This information is only available on the bicycle itself. It is not available from Huffy. Each Huffy bicycle has a Serial Number stamped into the frame. The Serial Number (1) can be found on the bottom of the crank housing as shown. Page 4: Warning And Safety Information. Some bicycles used model numbers as well as serial numbers, others (like Schwinn) did not. For the majority of old bicycles, alas there are no complete serial number records, including for Schwinns prior to 1948 (due to a fire at Schwinn–this part of the story is repeated a jillion times on the internet). AGE / VALUE: 1964 Stingray serial number. AGE / VALUE: 1965 Schwinn Sting RAy w/ spoiler. AGE / VALUE: vintage huffy bike. AGE / VALUE: VINTAGE RALEIGH BIKE.Click on the colored letters at right to : Send Email to NBHAAWelcome to Classic Bicycle Heaven! This website is dedicated to identification, cataloging and restoration advice on bicycle history, especially Classic American bicycles 1920 thru 1965. Be it Schwinn, Shelby, Columbia, Evans, Evinrude, Elgin, J.C. Higgins, Western Flyer, Hawthorne, Hiawatha, Roadmaster, Pierce, Iver Johnson, Indian, Rollfast, Firestone, B.F.Goodrich, Good Year, Bowden, Manton & Smith, Mead, Ranger, Ingo-Bike, Murray, Mercury, Huffman, Huffy, Dayton, Colson, Monark, Silver King, Rocket, Stelber, Ross, Harley Davidson, Whizzer, Dynacycle, Wasp, Pow-wow, Travis, Marman, Jack & Heintz, Sherrell, or what have you, (if you don’t see the name of your bicycle here...just ask us) National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA) can identify virtually any American-built bicycle or motorized bicycle from this period.The Archive contains over 80,000 original catalogs, photos and advertisements ranging from the 1860s thru 1960s. Hundreds of books ranging from one of the first English language bicycle books in the 1860s to more modern works such as Pryor Dodge’s THE BICYCLE are included. Countless head badges, games, clocks Neon signs, pins, original drawings, blueprints and other bicycle memorabilia are part of The Archive.
Also included are over 300 original old vintage bicycle movies (NOT videos- but REAL 16mm FILMS) dating back to the 1930s and mountains of related historical memorabilia. The Archive materials represent a lifetime of collecting painstakingly accumulated over a period of nearly fifty years. The contents of The Archive were not recently obtained. Aside from limited displays at major museums and industry events, these items have never been on full display to the public. But you will begin to see many of them by merely visiting this site. We have accurately identified over one MILLION vintage bicycles and we are the largest source of information on American-made classic bicycles on earth! NBHAA can assist private collectors with information and advice on history and restorations. We are available with movies, videos, slide shows, speaking engagements, and have access to the curator’s collection of over 1,000 bicycles. NBHAA is not affiliated nor connected in any way with a defunct museum. Nor are we part of a club or group. Although we do have specific fees for certain services such as detailed research and copies, we have never and do not ask for ’memberships’ of any kind. Anyone who says so or thinks so is mistaken. Furthermore, we are not represented by nor connected with any other persons or organizations. Although we do not sell bicycles or parts, we can assist you in locating those who do.If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us directly via E-mail or snail mail. Remember, ALL identification requests and inquiries must be accompanied by a photo (and self-addressed stamped envelope for snail mail). We regret that due to the volume of inquiries we receive, we cannot respond to snail mail as rapidly as e-mail (we have a substantial backlog of the latter). All photo submissions become property of NBHAA and we regret we can no longer return photos due to the volume of mail. Thus, submitted for your approval are NBHAA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). We will be continually adding to this section over time, so stay tuned for more info and expansions. Check back often. It is said that President Harry Truman was once trying to mount a horse when the horse caught one of its own hind legs in a stirrup. Supposedly, President Truman looked at the horse and said, ’Well? If YOU’RE gonna get on–I’ll just stay off!’ We think of this story when people write in asking for us to tell them what they have... and then proceed to tell US what they figure they have via DIY (and they are usually WRONG) and how much it is REALLY worth! One fellow with a rusty carcass wrote in and asked for an identification and appraisal... but then proceeded to quote a year for it that was 20 years off (insisting HE was right because he ’saw a ’pittchure’ on the internet that looked ’just like it’). Then quoted a price of several thousand dollars–supposedly that a shop had begged him to take (why didn’t he take it instead of bothering us with his absurd arguing?) for the incomplete rust bucket (and a common one at that)!
Another Einstein wrote in asking for info on his ’CWC Chicago Welding Bicycle’ and–of course–no photos. Then got mad when we corrected him by stating the bicycle was probably made by CLEVELAND WELDING COMPANY, not ’Chicago Welding Company.’ Why THAT ticked him off we have no idea (it resulted in a deranged potty-mouth email–which is always the sign of great intellect and true brilliance). Yeah. He went straight to the Feces File.
Our latest genius wrote and wanted to argue about Silver King hextube Serial and Model number... figuring he knew more than we, via garbage he picked up either in a web forum, a DIY site or one of the awful mistake-laden ’books’ lurking about. His statement? ’Well, everybody KNOWS that hextube years are the same as the model number!’ Which is an idiot thing to say, because it is NOT true and it does not matter where you read it or heard it. NOT TRUE. He was also arguing that 1949 hextubes did not exist. Again... straight to the Feces File. We are not here to argue with know-nothing-know-it-alls and this is not a blog or forum or a place for wild guessing.
Since starting the first newsletter for Classic Bicycle collectors back in the 1970s and right up to present times with NBHAA.com, we can assure you. Over 40 years, we have heard it all. And we get letters nearly every day. Many of them with just plain ridiculous stuff. From the folks who make up ’rare Schwinn prototypes’ out of Columbia frames with Rollfast tanks, Wald parts, rain gutters, wood, screws and gorilla snot... to the guy who claimed he ’helped Mr. J.C. Higgins clean out his J.C. Higgins bicycle plant’... we SEEN it all....HAVE HEARD it all. SO when someone writes in swearing that their 1966 Ross middleweight is a RARE 1934 Elgin worth $10,000... sorry, but we just don’t have much patience for such silliness and we are not that gullible. This kind of absurd stuff plays well on DIY web sites and forums and homegrown newsletters and books made out of photocopied pages, but not here with us. Sorry.
People... if you think that ALL of the facts in this hobby are merely derived from opinion and consensus and info in ’forums’ and DIY web sites, then all is lost! And if you approach us from the standpoint of ’don’t bother me with the facts–I’ve already got my mind made up’ then it is pointless to ask for information that you’ll just reject anyway. This is NOT a DIY ’forum.’ If you already know it all, then why bother? Think about this. If you are unwilling to be taught, it is pointless to ask the teacher to teach.
Of course, there is the old mechanic’s joke that says it costs one price if the mechanic does it... but the bill is MORE if you help! Think about that principle and apply it here. copyright ?Leon Dixon and NBHAA 1997, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014. All rights reservedQ: What is NBHAA?A: National Bicycle History Archive of America is a historical archive–a library containing over 80,000 catalogues, books, photos and other related items pertaining to bicycles. We began collecting these items in the early 1950s–many were ancient even then. Our earliest items begin in the 1860s and range through the 1980s. We also have rare original vintage bicycle movies (actual 16mm FILMS) ranging from the 1930s through the 1980s. The world’s only bicycle movie archive. The Archive also has access to your curator’s collection of over 1,000 classic bicycles, so we know what we are talking about. NBHAA is an archive, but not a museum. Q: How can I get identification of my bicycle or part?A: Contact us WITH CLEAR photos and all frame numbers! AND READ THE FOLLOWING: Since 1977 we have identified well over one MILLION old bicycles for collectors. We can identify almost any bicycle manufactured in North America between 1920 and 1970. We can also assist with bicycles made prior to this AND after this time. However, our era of specialty is between these dates. Also, since we primarily focus on American-made bicycles our involvement with non-domestic (foreign) bicycles is limited. In some cases such as Raleigh and certain other imported makes, we do have a good amount of archival material. In other cases, we can advise you where to get information. How do you get an identification? email us with PHOTOS! We have to SEE what it is you have. Names and descriptions alone are almost useless without photos. See instructions elsewhere in the FAQs section on taking photos. Accompany your photos with a short letter and please use salutations in your letters. The internet has spawned a whole new genre of rudeness. If you write without even saying hello and start right in with something like, ’I got a Monark and a Schwinn. Send me everything you got on them–and I need it yesterday!’ This is not going to impress us and it won’t do anything to get you the real information that you need and can use. Take the time to send a decent note and take some decent photos. THEN we can respond with accurate information about whatever bicycle or part you may have. Q: What is the best way to contact NBHAA for information?A: HERE ARE THE GROUND RULES FOR REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM National Bicycle History Archive of America. Because of serious abuse of our free identification service and information by some individuals here is the deal. We are NOT obligated to provide free information just because you demand it. Remember that WE are doing a favor for YOU by answering your questions. You are NOT doing a favor for us by asking them!
1. Please read the FAQs section FIRST. It contains valuable info to assist you.We have accurately identified over 1 MILLION bicycles for people over many years.
2. THIS IS NOT A FORUM OR BLOG and we do not deal in fairy tales or consensus or guesses or mere opinion here. We are not here to conduct debates. That’s DIY stuff and that’s not what you’re here for. If you were already getting ACCURATE info in DIY forums and blogs, you would not be here asking us for info anyway! When we give you information it is FACT. Do not presume that you can compare facts we say with guesses made in DIY forums and blogs. We are NOT guessing and we won’t waste your time or ours with such silliness.
3. WE DON’T DO TEXTING AND IMS. Send a clearly written REAL E-MAIL LETTER–the old fashioned way–with a real salutation and PHOTOS of whatever it is you are asking about. DO NOT send anything without photos. If you are too busy to start with a civilized greeting and send a real email letter WITH photos, then we are too busy to respond to your request.
4. DO NOT send any request that starts out something like ’got a old Schwinn–send me everything you have on it and tell me how much it is worth.’ If you can’t even say hello first and then you word your inquiry like a demand, it won’t go well for you.
5. DO NOT send any request that starts out something like ’got a old red bike–send me everything you have on it and tell me how much it is worth.’ If you can’t even say hello first and then you word your inquiry like a demand, it won’t go well for you. And who on earth that is sane will possibly know what your ’red bike’ is without even SEEing it?
6. DO NOT send anything that starts out ’got a 1936 J.C. Higgins–what’s it worth?’ There is no such thing as a prewar Higgins (and a lot of the other silly things people insist they have these days like 1934 Silver King Flo-Cycles and nonsense). If you figure you already know all there is to know and have already done your own ID, then there is nothing we need to bother with after that. Either WE do the ID ... or YOU do the ID, but we can’t have BOTH. If you have already decided you have a 1936 Higgins (or other such silliness), you’ll just pick a fight with us when we tell you what you have never existed.
7. We only do dollar value appraisals as part of an Official NBHAA Detailed Report (see more info elsewhere in this FAQs section). We do not appraise anything that we have not at least seen in a photo. GOTTA SEE IT... and any appraisal has to be part of an Official NBHAA Detailed Report.If you ask for appraisals using other back-door terms like ’gimme a ball-park value’.... OR ’I need a guestimate of how much this bicycle is worth...’ YOU ARE STILL ASKING for an appraisal–no matter what words you use to disguise it. You can say you want a glass half-full of water. OR you can say you want a glass half-empty of water. It may sound like something different, but in the end, you still want the same amount of water! And we are happy to do appraisals, but only as part of Official NBHAA Detailed Reports.
8. Please take good, clear photos of ALL numbers and letters on the frame and note their location. We can’t read blurry, fuzzy, dark photos. If necessary, wire-brush the numbers or highlight them with white or yellow chalk. And don’t assume that you can interpret the numbers and write them down, so you don’t need to do photos. What YOU see, is usually not what WE see. We cannot go by your descriptions. Just SHOW us. And we need to know WHERE on the frame you got these digits. This is important.
9. LABEL your photos before you send them. If we get an email with several attachments–none of which are labeled–then WE have to go back and do your work for you and figure out that PDHxxxx98887666 ACTUALLY is a photo of the chain sprocket or tank or rear carrier. If that’s what it is... name it so BEFORE sending it so we don’t have to waste time opening each photo and re-naming it to make it understandable!
10. We cannot use links or go to visit some other web site to see the photos you want to ask about. And we can’t look at photos of some other bicycle that you think is ’just like’ yours. We have to see YOURS.
11. You are NOT a ’customer’ until/unless you buy something. And IF you buy does not make you an owner of US, just owner of what you buy. Buying something does not mean you suddenly have rights to make perpetual demands. And...up until the time you DO become a customer, you are just somebody who is looking for a freebie. Don’t imagine that we are obligated to do your bidding just because you demand it. Or that we are so honored that you demand that we work for you for free. While we are happy to dispense this free info... but to get it, you will need to follow OUR rules. You can’t dictate YOUR rules or DEMAND that we GIVE you info YOUR WAY...and then feign that you are insulted because we gave you rules to follow! This isn’t Burger King! And it is not a communist country If you are too proud or too stubborn to follow OUR rules, then you really don’t need OUR advice and info. Especially for free. And if all this info is so readily available, then why did you come to us in the first place?
12. You are approaching US asking for information–not the other way around. WE ARE HELPING YOU. Accept your status when you come asking for help or info and do so respectfully and courteously. Courtesy begets courtesy. Rudeness, demands and snide retorts will get you no where except back to your DIY forum or blog, WAGs or even The Feces File..
13. And for the web-crafter geniuses who just can’t resist getting in a dig to let us know that the NBHAA web site is not the latest and greatest software and format and that it may not LOOK the way some of you web site professors think is 2013... this site is not here to show off our web skills. And snide remarks WON’T get you a job for a site that already costs us money just to put up and keep going–none of which the nasal critiques from ’web masters’ do anything at all to pay for!
14. And for the other geniuses who think they can pick ’clever’ arguments with us because they THINK we are guessing and B.S.-ing just like they do in web site ’forums’... what we tell you is FACT. Not opinion and not guessing. We don’t do opinions and guessing here. Our information is based on 50 years of experience directly with these bicycles and our over 80,000 original vintage bicycle catalogues, photos and factory records.
15. IF you are someone who does not want to hear the facts about what you have, then don’t waste our mutual time asking, getting an answer and then being pissed because we didn’t tell you the thingie you bought for a jillion dollars is a fake or a frankenbike, or isn’t worth ten bucks. For instance you have a frankenbike made of parts from several different companies and years all mixed together and it is not worth what you paid for it. Don’t get mad at us–get mad at whomever sold it to you.
So remember WHO you are and WHY you are contacting us and the fact that you want something for nothing! You are not doing US a favor... we are doing YOU a favor! IF you can’t be courteous and follow our rules... or you send poo emails, you will be banned to the Feces File and that’s that.Sure, it’s abhorrent. But rolexreplica must ask why such images exist at all and what they are really saying? The Benetton commercials featuring boat people and replicawatches that caused so much heat a few years ago were not accidental. Nor were they an ill-conceived or inaccurate reflection of life in the 1990s. One need only remember Dior’s New Look and the innocent Pepsodent ads of the 1950s to understand how far we’ve regressed, however fashionably. But it must also be remembered that while advertising is intended to increase sales, it is an art form too.
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*Vintage Huffy Bicycles Identification
*Huffy Bicycle Model Numbers
*Huffy Bicycle Serial Number Chart
BikeChecker is a FREE service for people purchasing a second-hand bike, which allows you to check that the bike is not listed as stolen on the BikeRegister Database. Enter a frame number or unique BikeRegister ID below, and click on the magnifying glass. By looking at a bicycle’s brakes, frame, seat and tires, learn how to date an old bicycle in this free video from an experienced vintage bicycle dealer. Expert: Vin Vullo Contact: www.oldroads.com.
Owner’s Bicycle Identifi cation Record NOTE: This information is only available on the bicycle itself. It is not available from Huffy. Each Huffy bicycle has a Serial Number stamped into the frame. The Serial Number (1) can be found on the bottom of the crank housing as shown. Page 4: Warning And Safety Information. Some bicycles used model numbers as well as serial numbers, others (like Schwinn) did not. For the majority of old bicycles, alas there are no complete serial number records, including for Schwinns prior to 1948 (due to a fire at Schwinn–this part of the story is repeated a jillion times on the internet). AGE / VALUE: 1964 Stingray serial number. AGE / VALUE: 1965 Schwinn Sting RAy w/ spoiler. AGE / VALUE: vintage huffy bike. AGE / VALUE: VINTAGE RALEIGH BIKE.Click on the colored letters at right to : Send Email to NBHAAWelcome to Classic Bicycle Heaven! This website is dedicated to identification, cataloging and restoration advice on bicycle history, especially Classic American bicycles 1920 thru 1965. Be it Schwinn, Shelby, Columbia, Evans, Evinrude, Elgin, J.C. Higgins, Western Flyer, Hawthorne, Hiawatha, Roadmaster, Pierce, Iver Johnson, Indian, Rollfast, Firestone, B.F.Goodrich, Good Year, Bowden, Manton & Smith, Mead, Ranger, Ingo-Bike, Murray, Mercury, Huffman, Huffy, Dayton, Colson, Monark, Silver King, Rocket, Stelber, Ross, Harley Davidson, Whizzer, Dynacycle, Wasp, Pow-wow, Travis, Marman, Jack & Heintz, Sherrell, or what have you, (if you don’t see the name of your bicycle here...just ask us) National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA) can identify virtually any American-built bicycle or motorized bicycle from this period.The Archive contains over 80,000 original catalogs, photos and advertisements ranging from the 1860s thru 1960s. Hundreds of books ranging from one of the first English language bicycle books in the 1860s to more modern works such as Pryor Dodge’s THE BICYCLE are included. Countless head badges, games, clocks Neon signs, pins, original drawings, blueprints and other bicycle memorabilia are part of The Archive.
Also included are over 300 original old vintage bicycle movies (NOT videos- but REAL 16mm FILMS) dating back to the 1930s and mountains of related historical memorabilia. The Archive materials represent a lifetime of collecting painstakingly accumulated over a period of nearly fifty years. The contents of The Archive were not recently obtained. Aside from limited displays at major museums and industry events, these items have never been on full display to the public. But you will begin to see many of them by merely visiting this site. We have accurately identified over one MILLION vintage bicycles and we are the largest source of information on American-made classic bicycles on earth! NBHAA can assist private collectors with information and advice on history and restorations. We are available with movies, videos, slide shows, speaking engagements, and have access to the curator’s collection of over 1,000 bicycles. NBHAA is not affiliated nor connected in any way with a defunct museum. Nor are we part of a club or group. Although we do have specific fees for certain services such as detailed research and copies, we have never and do not ask for ’memberships’ of any kind. Anyone who says so or thinks so is mistaken. Furthermore, we are not represented by nor connected with any other persons or organizations. Although we do not sell bicycles or parts, we can assist you in locating those who do.If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us directly via E-mail or snail mail. Remember, ALL identification requests and inquiries must be accompanied by a photo (and self-addressed stamped envelope for snail mail). We regret that due to the volume of inquiries we receive, we cannot respond to snail mail as rapidly as e-mail (we have a substantial backlog of the latter). All photo submissions become property of NBHAA and we regret we can no longer return photos due to the volume of mail. Thus, submitted for your approval are NBHAA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). We will be continually adding to this section over time, so stay tuned for more info and expansions. Check back often. It is said that President Harry Truman was once trying to mount a horse when the horse caught one of its own hind legs in a stirrup. Supposedly, President Truman looked at the horse and said, ’Well? If YOU’RE gonna get on–I’ll just stay off!’ We think of this story when people write in asking for us to tell them what they have... and then proceed to tell US what they figure they have via DIY (and they are usually WRONG) and how much it is REALLY worth! One fellow with a rusty carcass wrote in and asked for an identification and appraisal... but then proceeded to quote a year for it that was 20 years off (insisting HE was right because he ’saw a ’pittchure’ on the internet that looked ’just like it’). Then quoted a price of several thousand dollars–supposedly that a shop had begged him to take (why didn’t he take it instead of bothering us with his absurd arguing?) for the incomplete rust bucket (and a common one at that)!
Another Einstein wrote in asking for info on his ’CWC Chicago Welding Bicycle’ and–of course–no photos. Then got mad when we corrected him by stating the bicycle was probably made by CLEVELAND WELDING COMPANY, not ’Chicago Welding Company.’ Why THAT ticked him off we have no idea (it resulted in a deranged potty-mouth email–which is always the sign of great intellect and true brilliance). Yeah. He went straight to the Feces File.
Our latest genius wrote and wanted to argue about Silver King hextube Serial and Model number... figuring he knew more than we, via garbage he picked up either in a web forum, a DIY site or one of the awful mistake-laden ’books’ lurking about. His statement? ’Well, everybody KNOWS that hextube years are the same as the model number!’ Which is an idiot thing to say, because it is NOT true and it does not matter where you read it or heard it. NOT TRUE. He was also arguing that 1949 hextubes did not exist. Again... straight to the Feces File. We are not here to argue with know-nothing-know-it-alls and this is not a blog or forum or a place for wild guessing.
Since starting the first newsletter for Classic Bicycle collectors back in the 1970s and right up to present times with NBHAA.com, we can assure you. Over 40 years, we have heard it all. And we get letters nearly every day. Many of them with just plain ridiculous stuff. From the folks who make up ’rare Schwinn prototypes’ out of Columbia frames with Rollfast tanks, Wald parts, rain gutters, wood, screws and gorilla snot... to the guy who claimed he ’helped Mr. J.C. Higgins clean out his J.C. Higgins bicycle plant’... we SEEN it all....HAVE HEARD it all. SO when someone writes in swearing that their 1966 Ross middleweight is a RARE 1934 Elgin worth $10,000... sorry, but we just don’t have much patience for such silliness and we are not that gullible. This kind of absurd stuff plays well on DIY web sites and forums and homegrown newsletters and books made out of photocopied pages, but not here with us. Sorry.
People... if you think that ALL of the facts in this hobby are merely derived from opinion and consensus and info in ’forums’ and DIY web sites, then all is lost! And if you approach us from the standpoint of ’don’t bother me with the facts–I’ve already got my mind made up’ then it is pointless to ask for information that you’ll just reject anyway. This is NOT a DIY ’forum.’ If you already know it all, then why bother? Think about this. If you are unwilling to be taught, it is pointless to ask the teacher to teach.
Of course, there is the old mechanic’s joke that says it costs one price if the mechanic does it... but the bill is MORE if you help! Think about that principle and apply it here. copyright ?Leon Dixon and NBHAA 1997, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014. All rights reservedQ: What is NBHAA?A: National Bicycle History Archive of America is a historical archive–a library containing over 80,000 catalogues, books, photos and other related items pertaining to bicycles. We began collecting these items in the early 1950s–many were ancient even then. Our earliest items begin in the 1860s and range through the 1980s. We also have rare original vintage bicycle movies (actual 16mm FILMS) ranging from the 1930s through the 1980s. The world’s only bicycle movie archive. The Archive also has access to your curator’s collection of over 1,000 classic bicycles, so we know what we are talking about. NBHAA is an archive, but not a museum. Q: How can I get identification of my bicycle or part?A: Contact us WITH CLEAR photos and all frame numbers! AND READ THE FOLLOWING: Since 1977 we have identified well over one MILLION old bicycles for collectors. We can identify almost any bicycle manufactured in North America between 1920 and 1970. We can also assist with bicycles made prior to this AND after this time. However, our era of specialty is between these dates. Also, since we primarily focus on American-made bicycles our involvement with non-domestic (foreign) bicycles is limited. In some cases such as Raleigh and certain other imported makes, we do have a good amount of archival material. In other cases, we can advise you where to get information. How do you get an identification? email us with PHOTOS! We have to SEE what it is you have. Names and descriptions alone are almost useless without photos. See instructions elsewhere in the FAQs section on taking photos. Accompany your photos with a short letter and please use salutations in your letters. The internet has spawned a whole new genre of rudeness. If you write without even saying hello and start right in with something like, ’I got a Monark and a Schwinn. Send me everything you got on them–and I need it yesterday!’ This is not going to impress us and it won’t do anything to get you the real information that you need and can use. Take the time to send a decent note and take some decent photos. THEN we can respond with accurate information about whatever bicycle or part you may have. Q: What is the best way to contact NBHAA for information?A: HERE ARE THE GROUND RULES FOR REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM National Bicycle History Archive of America. Because of serious abuse of our free identification service and information by some individuals here is the deal. We are NOT obligated to provide free information just because you demand it. Remember that WE are doing a favor for YOU by answering your questions. You are NOT doing a favor for us by asking them!
1. Please read the FAQs section FIRST. It contains valuable info to assist you.We have accurately identified over 1 MILLION bicycles for people over many years.
2. THIS IS NOT A FORUM OR BLOG and we do not deal in fairy tales or consensus or guesses or mere opinion here. We are not here to conduct debates. That’s DIY stuff and that’s not what you’re here for. If you were already getting ACCURATE info in DIY forums and blogs, you would not be here asking us for info anyway! When we give you information it is FACT. Do not presume that you can compare facts we say with guesses made in DIY forums and blogs. We are NOT guessing and we won’t waste your time or ours with such silliness.
3. WE DON’T DO TEXTING AND IMS. Send a clearly written REAL E-MAIL LETTER–the old fashioned way–with a real salutation and PHOTOS of whatever it is you are asking about. DO NOT send anything without photos. If you are too busy to start with a civilized greeting and send a real email letter WITH photos, then we are too busy to respond to your request.
4. DO NOT send any request that starts out something like ’got a old Schwinn–send me everything you have on it and tell me how much it is worth.’ If you can’t even say hello first and then you word your inquiry like a demand, it won’t go well for you.
5. DO NOT send any request that starts out something like ’got a old red bike–send me everything you have on it and tell me how much it is worth.’ If you can’t even say hello first and then you word your inquiry like a demand, it won’t go well for you. And who on earth that is sane will possibly know what your ’red bike’ is without even SEEing it?
6. DO NOT send anything that starts out ’got a 1936 J.C. Higgins–what’s it worth?’ There is no such thing as a prewar Higgins (and a lot of the other silly things people insist they have these days like 1934 Silver King Flo-Cycles and nonsense). If you figure you already know all there is to know and have already done your own ID, then there is nothing we need to bother with after that. Either WE do the ID ... or YOU do the ID, but we can’t have BOTH. If you have already decided you have a 1936 Higgins (or other such silliness), you’ll just pick a fight with us when we tell you what you have never existed.
7. We only do dollar value appraisals as part of an Official NBHAA Detailed Report (see more info elsewhere in this FAQs section). We do not appraise anything that we have not at least seen in a photo. GOTTA SEE IT... and any appraisal has to be part of an Official NBHAA Detailed Report.If you ask for appraisals using other back-door terms like ’gimme a ball-park value’.... OR ’I need a guestimate of how much this bicycle is worth...’ YOU ARE STILL ASKING for an appraisal–no matter what words you use to disguise it. You can say you want a glass half-full of water. OR you can say you want a glass half-empty of water. It may sound like something different, but in the end, you still want the same amount of water! And we are happy to do appraisals, but only as part of Official NBHAA Detailed Reports.
8. Please take good, clear photos of ALL numbers and letters on the frame and note their location. We can’t read blurry, fuzzy, dark photos. If necessary, wire-brush the numbers or highlight them with white or yellow chalk. And don’t assume that you can interpret the numbers and write them down, so you don’t need to do photos. What YOU see, is usually not what WE see. We cannot go by your descriptions. Just SHOW us. And we need to know WHERE on the frame you got these digits. This is important.
9. LABEL your photos before you send them. If we get an email with several attachments–none of which are labeled–then WE have to go back and do your work for you and figure out that PDHxxxx98887666 ACTUALLY is a photo of the chain sprocket or tank or rear carrier. If that’s what it is... name it so BEFORE sending it so we don’t have to waste time opening each photo and re-naming it to make it understandable!
10. We cannot use links or go to visit some other web site to see the photos you want to ask about. And we can’t look at photos of some other bicycle that you think is ’just like’ yours. We have to see YOURS.
11. You are NOT a ’customer’ until/unless you buy something. And IF you buy does not make you an owner of US, just owner of what you buy. Buying something does not mean you suddenly have rights to make perpetual demands. And...up until the time you DO become a customer, you are just somebody who is looking for a freebie. Don’t imagine that we are obligated to do your bidding just because you demand it. Or that we are so honored that you demand that we work for you for free. While we are happy to dispense this free info... but to get it, you will need to follow OUR rules. You can’t dictate YOUR rules or DEMAND that we GIVE you info YOUR WAY...and then feign that you are insulted because we gave you rules to follow! This isn’t Burger King! And it is not a communist country If you are too proud or too stubborn to follow OUR rules, then you really don’t need OUR advice and info. Especially for free. And if all this info is so readily available, then why did you come to us in the first place?
12. You are approaching US asking for information–not the other way around. WE ARE HELPING YOU. Accept your status when you come asking for help or info and do so respectfully and courteously. Courtesy begets courtesy. Rudeness, demands and snide retorts will get you no where except back to your DIY forum or blog, WAGs or even The Feces File..
13. And for the web-crafter geniuses who just can’t resist getting in a dig to let us know that the NBHAA web site is not the latest and greatest software and format and that it may not LOOK the way some of you web site professors think is 2013... this site is not here to show off our web skills. And snide remarks WON’T get you a job for a site that already costs us money just to put up and keep going–none of which the nasal critiques from ’web masters’ do anything at all to pay for!
14. And for the other geniuses who think they can pick ’clever’ arguments with us because they THINK we are guessing and B.S.-ing just like they do in web site ’forums’... what we tell you is FACT. Not opinion and not guessing. We don’t do opinions and guessing here. Our information is based on 50 years of experience directly with these bicycles and our over 80,000 original vintage bicycle catalogues, photos and factory records.
15. IF you are someone who does not want to hear the facts about what you have, then don’t waste our mutual time asking, getting an answer and then being pissed because we didn’t tell you the thingie you bought for a jillion dollars is a fake or a frankenbike, or isn’t worth ten bucks. For instance you have a frankenbike made of parts from several different companies and years all mixed together and it is not worth what you paid for it. Don’t get mad at us–get mad at whomever sold it to you.
So remember WHO you are and WHY you are contacting us and the fact that you want something for nothing! You are not doing US a favor... we are doing YOU a favor! IF you can’t be courteous and follow our rules... or you send poo emails, you will be banned to the Feces File and that’s that.Sure, it’s abhorrent. But rolexreplica must ask why such images exist at all and what they are really saying? The Benetton commercials featuring boat people and replicawatches that caused so much heat a few years ago were not accidental. Nor were they an ill-conceived or inaccurate reflection of life in the 1990s. One need only remember Dior’s New Look and the innocent Pepsodent ads of the 1950s to understand how far we’ve regressed, however fashionably. But it must also be remembered that while advertising is intended to increase sales, it is an art form too.
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