Recent content by Zack01GC

Sorry, 26". I should have specified. Wow, have the prices gone up on those bikes. I bought the gray and lime green Cranbrook from Wal-Mart this past September for $75.

I believe it is a Shimano. At least that's what the brake arm says.

I need a wheelset, front and rear. Where is the cheapest place I can get both front and rear? Steel, aluminum, whatever is cheapest. I have several wheels around, but I just want a fresh set. I hate lacing wheels.

Okay, so I took apart my wheel with the junk hub the other day, and I can NOT get it back together. I'm pretty good about reassembling things when I see how they were taken apart... however, the guts just fell out when I tipped the wheel. I tried putting it back together, but nothing fits. Not...

Gotcha... but I'm talking about using a completely different wheel (including hub) because of that discovery.

The cup is chipped in the hub. There is a 1/4 chunk missing entirely. I know, change the hub... but I hate doing that, and lacing wheels. I'd rather just buy another than have to do all of that (again... did it twice. No thanks) I think I might just paint the New Departure once I true it...

Well, I finally got my front wheel painted the way I wanted, and I went to clean the rear wheel to start prepping it, and I find that it has a decent chunk missing from the outer bearing cup, hence the reason it wouldn't spin smoothly. Now, the problem is that the only other rear wheel I have...

I may have just made a mistake getting carried away. I sanded and primed the new crank (from a 1960 Schwinn I believe) in order to paint it. That was dumb.

Re: My new 1940 or 1950-something Hawthorne The wheels are anodized aluminum, but they are in bad shape. The spokes are beyond polishing (steel wool couldn't even make them look halfway decent), and it looks to me like someone grazed the entire front rim with 80 grit. Just enough to put...

Re: My new 1940 or 1950-something Hawthorne Nope, the first 4 pics are at my apartment, The next 5 are at my mother's, and the last is at a friend's garage. Love apartment life! Not!

Re: My new 1940 or 1950-something Hawthorne Thanks for the info. I noticed the earlier Hawthornes (40's) have a straight downtube, so I was leaning towards 50's. Front fork, frame, and truss rods are ready for paint. Going to keep the colors and scheme a secret for now, because they may...

Re: My new 1940 or 1950-something Hawthorne Being toted around: Made some progress. LOTS of light thin glazing/spot putty on this one thanks to some pitting. Almost ready for paint, on that note. I have some more progress pics, but they won't save from my e-mail for some reason...

Picked this bad boy up today for a few bucks from a seller on craigslist: Within 15 minutes of getting it home: And the product of an hour or two of playing with it, and some light 80-grit sanding: I'm not sure whether I should restore it or not, It's a little crustier than expected...

Welcome. I just joined and am also from Pittsburgh.

Thanks guys