45 miles on the Big Gear Bike Wednesday. This thing is brutal, but so much fun! The little hanging card is Mexican Loteria, which is intended to hang and flutter in the breeze until it flies off and is lost to the world. At least that’s what the woman who sold them to me said 🤷🏼♀️. I have...
The second image shows a stainless hose clamp, which I was using when I rode this bike off-road more often. I haven’t used the clamp for 4 years now. My girlfriend and I just rode these bikes 27 miles yesterday, she gets the green bike because it’s lighter and faster 😉 Green bike was first...
Thanks. Yes, it is a simple bolt on adapter. I mounted it on the outside of my rear dropout because my rear triangle is already spread slightly to 135mm to fit a Paul MTB singlespeed rear hub. I know I should just weld it on there, but I have used it for more than 6000 miles now without any problem.
A few early photos of headset installation and testing some BMX bars on the green bike. I ended up going with some Surly bars, as these were too tall for my purposes.
I have several vintage Schwinns with the two speed kickback hub. These work great, and I have rebuilt many of them. The step between the gears is pretty wide, about 30%. That’s a lot compared to modern derailleur bikes, but it simplifies your braking and leaves the bike very clean looking.
Schwinns of that era all had the same 1” steer tube on the fork. I had posted about this earlier, but my post was removed because I added an eBay link to my own 1 1/8” conversion headsets. What did you decide to do?