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Glad you enjoyed it. I am still digitizing the remaining wire recordings. Not sure what is on them: stay tuned!

It's still holding up and in the same general condition as when I bought it last year. Fortunately, I have not had any frame issues with the bike.

@@zipdude Awesome to hear. Yeah saw your videos about the busted rim I hope I don’t run into the same thing.

@@SkylineGTR06 I hope not too for your sake. It took months of time and follow up to get it resolved.

Yeah, you're right. I know better now.

I think your way is definitely the better way to go. This was the first time I've bought a bicycle for me in over 30 years, and thought that I would get the best chance of success by getting one right from the manufacturer. My thought was obviously wrong. I really do like the bike, but the customer service was non-existent. I felt like they thought they were doing me a favor to even help at all.

David, that's a great story. It helps piece the history of our culture together. I never knew that this show existed until I tried to archive the recordings that were on my family's wire recorder that was broken for at least 50 years. It's like unearthing a time capsule. Thank you for the information.

Thank you for the information. I really appreciate it. I didn't know about the Royce Union RHT previously. I checked it out, and it does look like a better value for the money. I might try to true the wheel myself. I honestly didn't think of that either. I've been out of the bike market since I was a teenager, so it's a learning curve for sure.

I still am going through some wire recording and digitizing them. This is the only one that I've found so far. You might want to check this location for a lead on some of the other known shows. radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/ Please like and subscribe to my channel to help my channel grow. Thank you.

The antenna came with the radio when I bought it. I think if you look around, you should be able to find an adapter that goes from banana connectors to the standard cable end to make your own. Looking for this obsolete stuff is half the fun of it.

Thank you very much. I appreciate that you enjoyed it. Please check back: I will be posting more recordings of the wire spools.

You may be right about the speed. Unfortunately these things have motors that aren't adjustable, so the play speed is what you get. I am going to do a video about the workings of a wire recorder in the near future. I appreciate you subscribing. Thank you very much!

Some of the wire reel recordings were from my family. Others I got from people selling them. This one was bought from a person in Florida, but the recording is from New York's Central Park. My best guess is that these folks once lives in New York and then went south for better weather when they retired, and their estate sold or gave them away. It's really wild when you sit back and think that this recording happened 72 years ago!

That's the plan. I really hope that they do. It would be nice for them to get a piece of their ancestry back to them .

I sure have. I know they have information on how to tie a cloth leader on the wire, but that’s just such a pain. I just use some painter’s tape to hold the end of the wire on the take up reel to keep in place until the recording gets started. The Webster Chicago machines seem easier to deal with a lack of leader wire/plastic than the Silvertone take up reel. I have learned a lot trying to get a machine working to play and digitize these wire recordings.

@@zipdude all I have are the WC machines. Granted the 180-1 was an improvement over the 80-1 because of the removable take up reel so plastic leaders are easier to deal with. The timer and auto stop are great improvements too.

@@oldradiosnphonographs I agree. I have both a 180-1 and an 80-1 that are both functional (but the 180-1 is in better shape). I think there's a piece missing/ broken on the Silvertone mechanism, which is most likely why my family just left it sitting there for decades. I also have some amp issues with the SIlvertone. Too many projects. Have to prioritize!

Yeah. It definitely pays off to take your time to carefully make the leader flat as you can on the take up reel. I noticed a decent amount of warble (not sure if that’s the right word) early on in the playback if I don’t.

Thank you. I will be uploading other recordings in the near future.