Here is yesterday's find. A real addball. It is a Ted Williams Free Spirit FOLDING BICYCLE and BUILT IN WEST GERMANY. I thought Ted Williams bike didn't come around until the late 70s or early 80s. Apparantly not. Every single part seems to be foreign in some way. My mom had one almost exactly like this back in the 60s when she lived in Germany (U.S. military family). Except it was a different color and had German writing where "Free Spirit" is. It appears to be mostly complete and I do have a front basket which I didn't get in the picture. It has aluminum fenders and I'm surprised they didn't get scrapped. Its in really nice shape and will clean up well. Can anyone tell me ANYTHING about this bike? What year it is, why all the German parts? Value? etc. Typical stuff. Also, I paid $50 for it, which I thought was a great deal.
The seat pan, springs, and those triangle like patterns on the sides and the logo don't look right for the 60s or 70s, in fast, it kind of makes it look older. At least compared to American seats, they sure look different.
The SERIAL NUMBER is "518 45 917". VERY STRANGE, it does not have "502" as what we typically see.
HOW ABNORMAL IS THIS THING?
