SHOW US YOUR KLUNKERZ

[Bicycle808]

I'm gonna have to take a pic. I shouldn't expect much for a 10$ tire, but I'm still mad. one looks like a baloon tire, the other like a middleweight. Both have the same size on the sidewall.

Wow.... that really sucks.

 

[jamesdart]

Ok I measured it. The old tire is 3/8" wider, and 3/4" taller overall. They are both kenda 26x2.125. Maybe not much but not really what I was looking for.

 

[Bicycle808]

That's really weird. Which Kenda is it, the k80?

 

[IRMB]

1939 schwinn cantilever frame clunker

 

[jamesdart]

What do have on the back a 7 speed?

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Very nice IRMB!

Luke.

 

[IRMB]

What do have on the back a 7 speed?

8 speed

 

[Araya51]

1939 schwinn cantilever frame clunker

I see that your running with an Ashtabula stem (goosneck).. Looks so tough.!!!

 

[Bicycle808]

IMO, the Koski forks are the best part of the build.

 

[Robertk]

great job IRMB! Love those frames. Got any pictures of the rear dropouts?

 

[IRMB]

great job IRMB! Love those frames. Got any pictures of the rear dropouts?

 

[Robertk]

fantastic! Thx

 

[IRMB]

fantastic! Thx

I'm building up another cantilever clunker in the next few weeks.

This one will be a 1938 with a fresh paint job and lots of chrome.

Here's a teezer pic

 

[Robertk]

drool...tell us about the paint work

 

[IRMB]

drool...tell us about the paint work

I had a local builder/painter do it.

The previous owner had sandblasted the frame - which ruined the faux-fillet brazing on these bikes. That fillet look is actually lead that's been melted on, then sanded.

Lead does not like being sand blasted.

So we had to remove all of it. Refill the welds with modern filler.

Sanded the frame. Filled its rust pock-marks.

spaced the rear end out to 135 mil.

fixed a weld on the chain stay bridge.

Epoxy primer.

Matched the paint color to the original.

Ordered a couple NOS schwinn decals.

It was a long process.

 

[Robertk]

sounds like a labor of love...great job!

 

[LIVE TO RIDE]

Man that's gonna turn out great!Ive wanted a prewar canti frame for the longest time now.

 

[Bicycle808]

Yeah, i like prewar cantis, too... but my real perv is on the model C.... i almost bid on this piglet: http://www.ebay.com/itm/23139853819..._trkparms=gh1g=I231398538199.N7.S1.M27.R1.TR2

 

[IRMB]

Yeah, i like prewar cantis, too... but my real perv is on the model C.... i almost bid on this piglet: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231398538199?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l4455&_trkparms=gh1g=I231398538199.N7.S1.M27.R1.TR2

that went pretty cheap. 20' rattle can paint job not withstanding.

 

[Bicycle808]

that went pretty cheap. 20' rattle can paint job not withstanding.

Yeah, the paint was terrible. They even bombed the clamp and BB cups... truly, the mark of a professional job. Truth be told, the horrible paint is what had me "watching" the auction; I don't care about paint, and i knew the price wouldn't get too crazy with the finish looking like that...