Well, I haven't posted anything on here since I traded karfer my stretch a while back but I finally got a 49 Hawthorne from MikeS. I took the wheel/tire set from the V12 i traded mike and luckily it fit on the 49. I completely striped down the bike, sanded it and painted it red oxide. I also sanded the bearing cups and the headset to give it a "brushed" look i guess. I put on a bmx neck with some cut down apes. My friend cut and welded my seatpost to move it back more and it came out pretty good and sturdy. Notice the shim I had to pound on the stem to make it fit! **Anyone know anyone selling those seatposts that are nicely bent so you dont need to cut and weld it?** I threw on a brooks saddle (thanks to Karfer and College Cyclery) and I was good to go. Still to come is a skip tooth chain ring from MikeS and some cream tires from Felt! Any ideas for names???
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