Well I am no stranger to bicycles but this is my first thread and first build on RRB's.
So this is what I started off with. A little flashy for my taste. lol
I didn't do much to the frame, I obviously pulled all the stickers and the head badge. But I also cut off the cable holders on the frame and I also removed the paint from the head set with a razor blade to happily find the head set was mild steel. So I left the frame out to get some rust on it. I also removed the paint from the head set hardware and stem nut and left them out to rust. Also Added this Cool "SpeedWell" Badge.
The wheel set is 700c in size with 700c x 38 tires. I really wanted a 2 speed kickback on this bike so I have a Sturmey Archer S2C kick shift.
I spent a long time looking for a fork and a crank set up that would fit the frame. I bought both at the Trexler town bike meet.
The fork looks to be Schwinn and the crank looks like a cheapy sears crank. I also bought the Nickel plated drop bars at Trexler town. No idea what they are from but a couple guys at the meet said they looked like early Columbia bars.
Sorry Bad photo of the bars on a crappy stem.
I cut apart the ugly techno sprocket and sorta made my own sprocket out of two. After making "my own" sprocket I went to the Bicycle museum of America and saw that what I made was basically a fairly common Schwinn design of the 20's-30's. No biggie.
I was going to use this seat post, I was really excited about it. Bought it for a good deal and it was rusty. I removed the paint and lightly wet sanded it to give it some shine but also not to remove the rust that was already there. After wet sanding I left it outside for a while. Sadly... Like a dummy I bought this thinking it fit my frame. It fits inside of my seat clamp but not into the actual down tube. The seat post is stamped "Made in England." So its a weird ball 1-1/16" diameter. My down tube is 1". I have been considering Grinding two flat spots down either side of it to get it to fit but I think it would look tacky if the grinded area was showing. The problem with grinding it to is that the seat post material is so thin. So I don't know, I guess I am on the hunt for another Lucky 7 seat post.
My shorty stem.
I have been slowly working on this bike since Sep 2011. lol I am a full time student, so I am limited on time. But I really want to get this bike finished now.
So final things that I need:
-looking for steel Quill style pedals that don't say "Japan" all over them. Possibly rusty and grungy.
-Lucky 7 seat post
-Real rusty chain
-Wood grips, I will probably make the wood grips when I have time.
Final things I need to do:
-Cut down stem on fork
-paint fork with paint matched paint.
-RIDE!!
Hope you guys like it!
So this is what I started off with. A little flashy for my taste. lol
I didn't do much to the frame, I obviously pulled all the stickers and the head badge. But I also cut off the cable holders on the frame and I also removed the paint from the head set with a razor blade to happily find the head set was mild steel. So I left the frame out to get some rust on it. I also removed the paint from the head set hardware and stem nut and left them out to rust. Also Added this Cool "SpeedWell" Badge.
The wheel set is 700c in size with 700c x 38 tires. I really wanted a 2 speed kickback on this bike so I have a Sturmey Archer S2C kick shift.
I spent a long time looking for a fork and a crank set up that would fit the frame. I bought both at the Trexler town bike meet.
The fork looks to be Schwinn and the crank looks like a cheapy sears crank. I also bought the Nickel plated drop bars at Trexler town. No idea what they are from but a couple guys at the meet said they looked like early Columbia bars.
Sorry Bad photo of the bars on a crappy stem.
I cut apart the ugly techno sprocket and sorta made my own sprocket out of two. After making "my own" sprocket I went to the Bicycle museum of America and saw that what I made was basically a fairly common Schwinn design of the 20's-30's. No biggie.
I was going to use this seat post, I was really excited about it. Bought it for a good deal and it was rusty. I removed the paint and lightly wet sanded it to give it some shine but also not to remove the rust that was already there. After wet sanding I left it outside for a while. Sadly... Like a dummy I bought this thinking it fit my frame. It fits inside of my seat clamp but not into the actual down tube. The seat post is stamped "Made in England." So its a weird ball 1-1/16" diameter. My down tube is 1". I have been considering Grinding two flat spots down either side of it to get it to fit but I think it would look tacky if the grinded area was showing. The problem with grinding it to is that the seat post material is so thin. So I don't know, I guess I am on the hunt for another Lucky 7 seat post.
My shorty stem.
I have been slowly working on this bike since Sep 2011. lol I am a full time student, so I am limited on time. But I really want to get this bike finished now.
So final things that I need:
-looking for steel Quill style pedals that don't say "Japan" all over them. Possibly rusty and grungy.
-Lucky 7 seat post
-Real rusty chain
-Wood grips, I will probably make the wood grips when I have time.
Final things I need to do:
-Cut down stem on fork
-paint fork with paint matched paint.
-RIDE!!
Hope you guys like it!