White Lightning

by **TheDuke** on Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:36 am

Since the responce to this bike has been positive-- :lol:

I'm gonna build an 88(?) Schwinn Montague

And if you missed how I got it home(10mi)

Now it's time to remove the cable stays

Goodbye-derailer and cantilever mounts

Stripped down with an idea af what I have to work with

Boy this is fun!

by **xddorox** on Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:59 am

Man what a strange, yet cool, frame design! Did you play the music from "Romeo and Juliet" while dismantling it?

by **TheDuke** on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:08 am

Acually I was listening to the Punk channel on Sirius Sattalite Radio! Great motivation for running a grinder!L8 EM

by **Rat Rod** on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:16 am

That is a wild frame!

Awesome photos too.

by **TheDuke** on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:29 am

Thanks! The rear acually folds into the front after popping 2 quick relese's and a pin by the seat post. I'll be bolting those up because I'm trying to make her look old!L8 EM

by **TheDuke** on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:46 am

by **TheDuke** on Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:52 pm

Started to sand the frame down and realized the factory finish is hard! had to go to the roto stripper! After about an hour my drill crapped the bed. My cheap Ryobi cordless is obviously just for minor home projects! Gonna have to bring home the 18v Dewalt to finish stripping! The 3M Sanding disk had no problem doing this:

Which is funny considering it had origional paint plus a paint over! L8 EM

by **TheDuke** on Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:54 pm

Finally able to strip it to bare metal! A little bondo and touch sanding and shes ready for paint!OOOOWWWWWOOOOOHHHSHINNEYMETAL! Although I'm kinda flabergasted because someone else is using the same sprocket as me.What are the odds? Oh well!
Are we still having fun? (It snowed here yesterday. Hows my paint gonna dry?) TC EM

by **RecumbentCountry** on Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:14 pm

Would it be possible to hook cables from the front fork or handlebars to the rear triangle and have it turn also at the same time, if you crossed the cable so when you turn right the rear triangle would swing to the left so you could move sideways. the only problem is that you would have to move a bottom bracket up higher and on top of the front down tube. I think that would freak people out to see a rad rod swing bike classic.

What do you think?

Doug

by **Hooch** on Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:24 pm

man I wish I had a bike frame as cool as that old rollfast!
oh wait I did! lol

by **TheDuke** on Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:32 pm

Darn it Hooch!I had a feeling U'd comment about that frame! She's so old I have'ta take my time with her!LOL! That's the 1 I'm looking for a cool old stem 4! I'm watching ur progress 2 fella!L8 EM

by **cman** on Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:19 pm

Duke,, I see two cool frames. The old one is sweet. The Whitelightning could be a cool swing bike.

by **TheDuke** on Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:52 pm

I think it would be a cool frame to turn into a swingbike. Unfortuntly I'm not that mechanecly inclined! :oops:

(Or spelling!) If it involves a Hardwood floor I'm all over it! Or wood in general. Trying to come up with a cantilever system......................Maybe on another build! I might still have this frame!L8 Em ps:Will post some photos later because I aquired(free)some new handlebars an am not sure which way to go. :?:

by **RecumbentCountry** on Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:15 pm

TheDuke wrote:I think it would be a cool frame to turn into a swingbike. Unfortuntly I'm not that mechanecly inclined! (Or spelling!) If it involves a Hardwood floor I'm all over it! Or wood in general. Trying to come up with a cantilever system......................Maybe on another build! I might still have this frame!L8 Em ps:Will post some photos later because I aquired(free)some new handlebars an am not sure which way to go.

Anybody live near the "Duke" that could help him with the swing setup or graft up a drawing......

Doug

by **Gendry** on Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:28 pm

I had a Schwinn Montague in college. It was nice to fold it up and store it in the wardrobe, although the ride was a little scary if I forgot to tighten the quick releases!!

Good luck with your build!

Gen

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a neat idea to think about

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