Hey guys. I saw the stripped and teased bike one of the most recent buiuldoffs and decided i liked it enough to make my own because i figured the owner might not want to let go of it and if he did i wouldn't be able to afford it. so i looked at his bike build and built mine as close as i could to match it. i hope this doesn't offend anyone that i copied it and want the original builder to know i did it because i loved the bike.
This is what i started with, a 60's model schwinn american i bought for at Greenlee's, a local bike shop (not including the tank).
i took the sanding wheel out and stripped the frame and cleared it and put it in the shed until i get more parts to work with and on
i already had this electra wheel laying around which i will strip and paint for the rear wheel. i ordered a new wheelset from electra and will build the rear wheel hardware into the newly painted front wheel.
This is an old 26 x 1 3/8 for the front that i took off an old 60's rollfast. i stripped the chrome and primed it. . . ready for paint.
and here is the rear primed and painted seafoam green, not the same as the original but i thought i'd do something different so they weren't exact matches.
got my horse buggy tire today and mounted it on the rear wheel for a reason im not sure of. just wanted to see it on there.
found an exact match to the tea infuser on ebay and grabbed it up and found a matching booklight at target and did some drilling, cutting, and fitting and mounted it to the frame.
here's how i laced the wheels - i took a new 26 x 1 3/8 and my new electra wheel and put them side-by-side with matching wheels and lined up the stem holes. then i taped them together and moved the spokes one at a time from the old wheel to the new wheel. then i tightened them and took them to greenlee's to be trued cuz i haven't mastered the art of truing wheels yet.
rear wheel mounted.
front wheel built and mounted.
fork came in from danimal so i did a mock up with it. also found a green insulator at a yard sale for a quarter and used a dryer vent hose clamp to hold it on and installed the led flashlight i bought on ebay.
ordered this from schwinns warranty department .
hit it with some chemical stripper.
stripped and cleared.
got half the tank on and i would like to thank bikebuilder for the seatpost. i got the seat on ebay and put on the pedal assembly with a new chain.
this is the last pic i took before i traded for some other bikes from gaskill. after the photo i installed a 333 gripshit set and some bow pedals. so whoever owns this bike now, i hope you enjoy it as much as i enjoyed building it!
![4283992618_750642ed26.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/6d7/6d78e3a1b794902f94338d7360eeabec.jpg)
This is what i started with, a 60's model schwinn american i bought for at Greenlee's, a local bike shop (not including the tank).
![4283248387_972a17e0fd.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cc8/cc8a0ce9da311b0f2ecc6e5415fc8673.jpg)
i took the sanding wheel out and stripped the frame and cleared it and put it in the shed until i get more parts to work with and on
![4283247749_4d7e2e335a.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c16/c16a2806bd082997f8f8eb3d66be1024.jpg)
i already had this electra wheel laying around which i will strip and paint for the rear wheel. i ordered a new wheelset from electra and will build the rear wheel hardware into the newly painted front wheel.
![4283990198_6918eaf689.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ea0/ea0d423688a43e029eee7fec1cee547f.jpg)
This is an old 26 x 1 3/8 for the front that i took off an old 60's rollfast. i stripped the chrome and primed it. . . ready for paint.
![4283246247_0967bbd624.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/8d3/8d37d9a34a4b694b6b16465872cfa257.jpg)
and here is the rear primed and painted seafoam green, not the same as the original but i thought i'd do something different so they weren't exact matches.
![4283978068_8258a5341c.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/5a2/5a201a756b4fd027b77cea72bea47e3c.jpg)
got my horse buggy tire today and mounted it on the rear wheel for a reason im not sure of. just wanted to see it on there.
![4283977476_a14556ee56.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0fd/0fdc3a3fc640150c9037d66547af9c8a.jpg)
found an exact match to the tea infuser on ebay and grabbed it up and found a matching booklight at target and did some drilling, cutting, and fitting and mounted it to the frame.
![4283233955_e1e0da8ee4.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/dc3/dc3131d08d659ff842f32201eae77467.jpg)
here's how i laced the wheels - i took a new 26 x 1 3/8 and my new electra wheel and put them side-by-side with matching wheels and lined up the stem holes. then i taped them together and moved the spokes one at a time from the old wheel to the new wheel. then i tightened them and took them to greenlee's to be trued cuz i haven't mastered the art of truing wheels yet.
![4283976556_d3591dfcd2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c1a/c1a571bf51dbd811c1456bb11a0417c5.jpg)
rear wheel mounted.
![4283969674_41a7d6bef9.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1fb/1fb2fcfbbf1eca0e8180f3970c19f098.jpg)
front wheel built and mounted.
![4283205315_688b411332.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/f44/f44a32f15098df2aae9ae83dd701399c.jpg)
fork came in from danimal so i did a mock up with it. also found a green insulator at a yard sale for a quarter and used a dryer vent hose clamp to hold it on and installed the led flashlight i bought on ebay.
![4283203203_a7ff718237.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ff0/ff03de96c771cbc1c2b16670bd38f353.jpg)
![4283938940_919a3d87f1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b01/b016bae51ad047de47c1aaeca9383d0d.jpg)
ordered this from schwinns warranty department .
![4283193965_12844cd38c.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/83e/83e9615b275890f023810cd899d29c8d.jpg)
hit it with some chemical stripper.
![4283937042_c3c274fed5.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ddc/ddcdfbb3563f52f550f185e2d07c94f4.jpg)
stripped and cleared.
![4283934736_414e55af0a.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/dee/dee666f2dce2f35145347f2777ebb651.jpg)
got half the tank on and i would like to thank bikebuilder for the seatpost. i got the seat on ebay and put on the pedal assembly with a new chain.
![4283188689_5aeb5ddc88.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4bf/4bf2fe607de2d7fcac831be0e0d90b8a.jpg)
this is the last pic i took before i traded for some other bikes from gaskill. after the photo i installed a 333 gripshit set and some bow pedals. so whoever owns this bike now, i hope you enjoy it as much as i enjoyed building it!