Hi All,
I've got two bikes I'm working on. The first has been an ongoing project that I work on as I find the right parts. It's a late '60's Schwinn Stingray that has been a BMX bike since the mid '70's. It was my brother's but I've been riding it on and off since the early '80's. I've had to re-weld it in a few places as the abuse of offroading it took its toll. I plan on building it up as a "retro-bmx" bike, meaning that I'm trying to get period correct pieces. I built my first Schwinn bmx bike using motocross motorcycle handlebars and lowered the banana seat all the way down. I've got NOS Ashtabula neck, forks and cranks. I also have a set of motomags and rat trap pedals. I plan on painting it black using a grey ghost seat. I also want to use the Maxxis Max Daddy tires 20 x 2.0. It should look pretty cool. Bike two is a late '50's maybe early '60's (pre stingray) 20 inch Typhoon. I plan on building it up as a small "bobber". It's a cool frame because the 2 small bars under the top bar are straight rather than curved.
I'll post pictures of the projects soon.
Neal
I've got two bikes I'm working on. The first has been an ongoing project that I work on as I find the right parts. It's a late '60's Schwinn Stingray that has been a BMX bike since the mid '70's. It was my brother's but I've been riding it on and off since the early '80's. I've had to re-weld it in a few places as the abuse of offroading it took its toll. I plan on building it up as a "retro-bmx" bike, meaning that I'm trying to get period correct pieces. I built my first Schwinn bmx bike using motocross motorcycle handlebars and lowered the banana seat all the way down. I've got NOS Ashtabula neck, forks and cranks. I also have a set of motomags and rat trap pedals. I plan on painting it black using a grey ghost seat. I also want to use the Maxxis Max Daddy tires 20 x 2.0. It should look pretty cool. Bike two is a late '50's maybe early '60's (pre stingray) 20 inch Typhoon. I plan on building it up as a small "bobber". It's a cool frame because the 2 small bars under the top bar are straight rather than curved.
I'll post pictures of the projects soon.
Neal
