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Road trip!  My father, bless him, is now helping feed the family addiction.  A friend of his from work offered us a group of bikes that his kids and grandkids have abandoned in his yard.  Off we went in the little red thunder truck (no exhaust, lot-o-rust).  Keep in mind, most situations like this are usually nothing to get excited about.  Most large bicycle groups like this tend to be half ruined, cheap Wal-mart bikes.  Nothing against some of the Wal-mart bikes, but there are some high end that you rarely see in store, and then the really low end, that everybody buys.  Anyway, I expected the typical odds of 1 for every 10, that is one good find for every ten boat anchors.
Upon arriving, I was much more happy and surprised.  A Schwinn Breeze, another Sears Daimler, an 80's Murray 10 speed, a 10-speed Niitaka, a lugged Free Spirit 10 speed, and a non-lugged free spirit 10 speed (a cheaper later production).  There was a few more in the mix, a few cheapies, and some very stripped out frames, but not a bad haul.  Most were girls frames, with exception of the Murray, and the cheapies.  My girls once again win out.

A Friendly Donation

A friend from work overheard me during a discussion of old bikes, and told me that she had a few in her yard that I could have.  Her husband was planning a dump run, so it would save him from hauling them.  Of course me and the kids loaded up the next day to help as much as we could.
There was a few of them lined up against the wall of a shed.  Two old womens Austrian Sears 3 speeds, one with the rear spokes wrecked and the other cannibalized and missing most of it's parts were at the front.  We loaded them, and there sat a black Hercules 3 speed.  Mens frame!  There was also a small child's bike, a Westpoint with a tank.  A few miscellaneous bits and parts and we were of to the Ant cave.