Rat Rod
Owner & Founder
I had this old Schwnn DX frame that someone had tried to create a fauxtina effect on....it wasn't pretty. I also recently picked up a set of Schwinn Sidewinder forks that I wanted to use on a build. Bought a wheel set off of @ind-chuckz and decided I would make this DX a strand cruiser.
Initially I thought about having the frame powder coated out of laziness, but the weather was nice over the weekend and I had a new wire brush cup sitting around so I decided to strip the frame down myself.
So after about 30 minutes of paint flying fun I ended up with a bare frame...
Then I primed it and painted it with some Valspar rattle can orange from Lowes....
So after the paint was all done and dried I built the bike up and got it dialed in like I wanted. About the only thing I will change is the rear cog. Need to go down to either an 18 or 16 tooth. My painting isn't the greatest, but it will do for this build. It's a very smooth riding simple machine. I even dug up an old RRB brass headbadge from 2013 that seemed to go perfect on this build.
Initially I thought about having the frame powder coated out of laziness, but the weather was nice over the weekend and I had a new wire brush cup sitting around so I decided to strip the frame down myself.
![schwinndx_007.jpg schwinndx_007.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/64/64259-schwinndx-007.jpg)
So after about 30 minutes of paint flying fun I ended up with a bare frame...
![schwinndx_008.jpg schwinndx_008.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/64/64260-schwinndx-008.jpg)
Then I primed it and painted it with some Valspar rattle can orange from Lowes....
![schwinndx_010.jpg schwinndx_010.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/64/64261-schwinndx-010.jpg)
![schwinndx_009.jpg schwinndx_009.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/64/64262-schwinndx-009.jpg)
So after the paint was all done and dried I built the bike up and got it dialed in like I wanted. About the only thing I will change is the rear cog. Need to go down to either an 18 or 16 tooth. My painting isn't the greatest, but it will do for this build. It's a very smooth riding simple machine. I even dug up an old RRB brass headbadge from 2013 that seemed to go perfect on this build.
![schwinndx_006.jpg schwinndx_006.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/64/64263-schwinndx-006.jpg)
![schwinndx_005.jpg schwinndx_005.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/64/64266-schwinndx-005.jpg)
![schwinndx_007.jpg schwinndx_007.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/64/64267-schwinndx-007.jpg)
![schwinndx_003.jpg schwinndx_003.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/64/64264-schwinndx-003.jpg)
![schwinndx_004.jpg schwinndx_004.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/64/64265-schwinndx-004.jpg)