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Lots of cool ideas on this bike.

This is a slick ride. I’ve got to get a silver king one of these days.

Great looking build.

I like the chopper fork on it! Also nice work on the seat post.

They are the worst. There are a few scratches and nicks, but not too bad.

This frame had some old bike licenses stuck to it. They are the reflective type and have been there a long time. I hate having to remove stuff like this. It took several hours of slow progress to get them off with out totally destroying the paint. I think the plan is to give all the patina parts...

You’ve got to at least mock up that chopper fork!

There are a million ways to do it. This video is a pretty good example of the technique I used. I find the truck is knowing when to stop and thinking about how Mother Nature would do it.

It’s a 27 on a modified 29 frame and a 29 grill. If you go to page one of this build there are a few pictures of it.

It will layer up pretty quick. The trick is to spray water on it and then lightly dust on the spray paint. Then more water and more paint. It’s actually kind of fun.

I had a few minutes today to do a quick patina job on the rear fender. This is what I started with. When I was painting the intial layers I actually dropped the fender in the grass which gave it all those marks it was a happy accidnt. The next thing I did was take some fine sandpaper and sand...

@bikebuilder I have been on the site off and on. This is the first main build off I’ve done in a long time. Your swing bikes are awesome! Are you still making frames?

Looking great so far! Great work on the bracket.

Love this bike, and the process was awesome to follow along with!

turned out great!

Good to see you on here. Not many of us from Utah!

Back to the pivo stem. I changed it before because the Columbia fork stuck up higher. I like that it drops the bars right down to the top of the spring mount. One picture before the light totally faded. Also got the paint on the fender, now I just need to age it to match the rest of the bike...

The really early ones had ovals. I have a 1961, which is when they first changed to ten speeds. By 1962 they had gone to the round ones.

Another varsity I built a number of years ago. There’s a build thread somewhere in this site. Clear coated bare metal frame and 700c coaster wheels.

I recently put together this 1963 varsity. These early varsity’s are a little less common. I believe this was the first year with 27” wheels. These wheels are 700c with a nexus three speed. Original friction shifter still shifts the nexus. This is a great riding bike and is super fast.