Recent content by Wildcat

Waiting around to start building. I actually cleaned up the shop without being told to! This is as good as it gets, so I took a pic.

I've got a Suntour hub from the 80's that I made the same mistake with. I cut the spokes out, so the blame is all mine. I took it to the bike shop where they find ways to do everything. Except this problem. I used a vise but only gouged the hub. I even went as far to lace up the open side of the...

Can't go wrong with a Rollfast!

I may be building a frame, just using the headtube and bottom bracket from a scrap frame. I have questions on steel and bending steel. 1. What metal tubing will work for a home built frame? The shops around here won't know what tubing is for bikes, so I wonder what size and numbers thay would...

Welcome! A bamboo recumbent? I'd like to see that!

A Monark is a good start for a klunker. Does it have a nameplate under the cranks? As for a new headset, are you going to use the existing fork, or have another one in mind? A standard headset will probably fit the bike as is. I would agree with the other posters and go with a 3 piece...

That Huffman frame will work great as a BMX. If you wait a few days you could enter the build in the annual build off.

I would suggest taking the Racer, use 26" rims with 1.75 knobby tires, (or 1.90 might fit like this Continental). Then use a rear hub single speed, or 2 speed that has a coaster brake (like the yellow Varsity), or a drum brake if you can afford one. No cables and clean looking. It would look...

I understand their reasoning. Here's my Walmart Electra copy from China:

That's a lot different than what I have compiled. But yours is probably right because it's taken from actual numbers, no extrapolation. And mine is from some years ago, I can't remember where I found the list.

That's a great bike. My list shows an "F" serial number as 1941. E53500-H99999.

I decided to add a front brake, just in case I lost the chain. Then a short ride in the early morning heat. I followed it up with a longer stationary ride on the Lanai.

At my brother's place before I moved overseas. No one messed with my CWC!

From a history page, the tire size is "Special Schwinn Hurricane 26" x 1 1/2" tandem tire on Schwinn Tubular S-4 special tandem rims." That was only one year that showed the tire size. To be sure, get all the information on the old tires. The rims are probably original but it's hard to say for...