Monark Silver King

[Foreigner]

There are few cruisers for sale, including couple alu framed that fetch silly money on US sites. Lovely as it is, this one looks like had a front collision to me?

Vintage Monark Silver King cruiser bicycle made by Monark, Chicago, USA. Superbly styled aluminium f

Vintage Monark Silver King cruiser bicycle made by Monark, Chicago, USA. Superbly styled alu... in General Auction in... (21 Sep 24) by Braintree and Bo...

www.easyliveauction.com

 

[chickendrumsticks]

There are few cruisers for sale, including couple alu framed that fetch silly money on US sites. Lovely as it is, this one looks like had a front collision to me?

Vintage Monark Silver King cruiser bicycle made by Monark, Chicago, USA. Superbly styled aluminium f

Vintage Monark Silver King cruiser bicycle made by Monark, Chicago, USA. Superbly styled alu... in General Auction in... (21 Sep 24) by Braintree and Bo...

www.easyliveauction.com

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I think you may be right. But there's no obvious distortion of the tubes that I can see.

 

[grantoury]

I think it is as it should be, its just a weird shape. It is a beauty. Reminds me of early French aluminium rando's.

 

[Foreigner]

I think it is as it should be, its just a weird shape. It is a beauty. Reminds me of early French aluminium rando's.

Not so sure, looking at another one on sale in the same auction it does have straight steerer?

 

[ferrus]

The first one has that stylistic flare on the casting making the forks maybe seem bent back, but I think it’s fine

 

[grantoury]

This looks most like it. I can't find an example without those trusses though, so perhaps not entirely original. Not sure about the fork, to be honest.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Lovely as it is, this one looks like had a front collision to me?

In my opinion, that fork is how it should look. The bike features quite unusual construction. Aluminum tubes combined with cast aluminum, almost like lugs, but as you can see, much more extensive. The cast aluminum gives a false impression of the fork angle due to it's mass.

I can't find an example without those trusses though

I found a couple of examples with no truss, but they're all step through models. Perhaps it was restored using a ladies fork

 

[bikeworkshop]

I don't think the auction house know what it's worth.
I'll be surprised if its much under a thousand sale price - the Monark Silver King is an iconic model