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Larkspur Bomber

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I recently had the opportunity to handle the sale of a bike that is a piece of the history and beginnings of the sport. The bike is seen in Billy Savages' Klunkerz movie in original footage shot by both Ray Flores and 'Evening Magazine". It has been stored away since 1980+ - and has little done to it, if anything. The bike was owned by Ian Stewart and passed to his brother Robert upon his death a few years ago. Robert is running out of room in his new place and some of the bikes must go.
This bike is a unique time capsule from the Bomber days in Larkspur and is in excellent condition. It represents that school of thought perfectly. Ian can be seen fishtailing it through a turn in some of the old footage (Klunkerz) The frame and many of the parts came from the Wocus bike shop stash in Klamath Falls, Oregon in 1976. There probably aren't a half dozen of these bikes surviving in this condition that we know of and most are badly rusted.
The frame is a post war straight bar 'Spitfire', Laguna fork, Morrow brake, etc. More pics can be seen at Clunkers.net, along with Roberts pre war Cantilever World ( also available ), seen here in a pic. Enjoy

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Nice bike CK!
repackpioneer said:
AB not CK
Ha! I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets you guys mixed up.
Glad the bike stayed local. :)
repackpioneer said:
The bike was owned by Ian Stewart and passed to his brother Robert upon his death a few years ago.
RIP Ian - always be cruisin!
Eric,
or AB fwiw, You got my vote this month on the other forum.....
One of the prewar Schwinns I use as a guideline for building a klunker.
So nice,
T
Rumpfy said:
Glad the bike stayed local. :)
Stayed in the family.
More pics of the "Ian" bike here: https://gallery.me.com/halaburt#100471

I love it's purity/simplicity; and the connection of the Stewart brothers to the later WTB/Potts bikes is a nice link to the primary focus of my collection. Thanks again, Alan!

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YETIFIED said:
Stayed in the family.
Barf.

Cool bike though.
yo-Nate-y said:
you don't like where it ended up?:confused:
Kinship is tricky business.
yo-Nate-y said:
Kinship is tricky business.
how so?
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