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Tire looks great, but I'm leaning more towards the shorter sissy.. A good wrenching session tho!

Trying a taller sissy for balance

Looking good, but new seat may be kinda tall..

Fat and thin tires

As the last two were 20" and 24" , thinking of 26" this old Electra may work

Notice the three springs underneath, should be comfy!

As I just traded my last two muscle bike builds, and the old insomnia was kicking in, so this arrived:

Pending...

It’s pretty wide, has the bridge for the rear brake mount, and I even have the cassette from the rear wheel.

Aftermarket front fork . $100 pick up only. Thanks for looking! Bike is in Boulder Creek, Ca95006.

Are u gonna add a front fender?

As my other build "Roll your own" is pretty much finished, I thought it may be fun to build another. This frame is pretty wide, originally a 5 speed, so my choices are limited to a couple of wheelsets I own. My initial idea was to use some Monark forks on this, but these 26" chrome ones were...

Not too much visible progress, but I've rebuilt the front hub, raised the bars a touch, angled them back a little and raised the seat an inch or so :)

I find the 26" sized muscle bikes to be almost too large, they lose the convenience and rideability of the smaller bikes.

This overhead view shows the difference between the tire sizes :)

Got the 2.125 rear tire on, makes quite a difference, comfort-wise !

I flipped the seat post around to scoot the nana back a touch, and grabbed the first pair of grips I could find. I love how lithe she is, but you certainly feel the 1.75 under you. I just picked up a 2.125 and tube at the local bike co-op, I'll try and pop that on later today :)