Hi I found some great info on rebuilding on this forum, I thought I'd do an intro. I'm Abe, I'm a designer in Los Angeles,Ca. I love the cruiser bicycles. I just got a new to me bike, it seems to be a MW Hawthorne about 1950-1952 I believe. I just fixed some wangly spokes and regreased the hub and it just about rideable.
My Wife and I started doing the Cyclone Coasters ride in the Long Beach, there's a ride this Sunday BTW.
We also have a 58 Schwinn cruiser and a 52ish Schwinn DX, both pretty much rat bikes, I'll find pics for those soon. This Hawthorne is the first complete bike and tank bike I've ever had. I feel it was a good buy, but not as great as some of the deal I see some of you guys score.
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy8/ ... thorne.jpg
the 58 is based on the serial number, all just extra parts
the dx was just a frame and fork find
My Wife and I started doing the Cyclone Coasters ride in the Long Beach, there's a ride this Sunday BTW.
We also have a 58 Schwinn cruiser and a 52ish Schwinn DX, both pretty much rat bikes, I'll find pics for those soon. This Hawthorne is the first complete bike and tank bike I've ever had. I feel it was a good buy, but not as great as some of the deal I see some of you guys score.
![mwhathorne.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/26b/26b7eb6f040fa379b9940eea7e1a8e95.jpg)
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy8/ ... thorne.jpg
the 58 is based on the serial number, all just extra parts
![1958.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c2c/c2ce89451a7add925d8b0033ef84281f.jpg)
the dx was just a frame and fork find
![1952.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/875/875f8f93b38e94ec3508bcc7b397fc73.jpg)