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https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/liberty-schwinn-origins.47161/

3mm thick, as in 3mm wall thickness? Stainless? And you plan to bend it by hand at a somewhat small radius for 180 degrees without crushing it? Sounds like a pretty big ask. Have you ever tried to bend tubing that thick? If I'm understanding it, you plan to bend up a sissy bar with hand...

Back in the day I could ride wheelies pretty well. Then I didn't ride for ages and when I finally got back on a new mtb I could barely get the front wheel off the ground. I thought maybe I had completely lost it, but a guy I was with claimed modern frame geometries made it harder to do? I...

Yeah... but there's a reason motorcycle tires wear faster than car tires. And I'm not talking "sports-like" handling, I'm talking about simply making it turn easily. The road is going to turn eventually.

Not meant as a flame, but I don't understand why people willingly ride motorcycles with car tires. I get annoyed by the feel when a bike tire gets worn a little flat in the center, I can't imagine being on one that was flat across the entire thing.

That's funny. I have never found a set of V brakes that I like. I've even replaced them with cantis... Yeah I know the brake pad isn't aligned there, I fixed it after I saw the picture. But these are much more better than what it came with and match the levers I needed for the drum brake I...

I don't know what size tube you're loooking to cap but seach for domed caps for tubing. https://shop.wagnercompanies.com/post-and-end-caps/end-caps-for-pipe-and-tube?Tube_Size=.750%22+Diameter

There are doming punches but I've never had much luck using them. That tube size is kinda small, if you know anyone who makes jewlery they may have something or know of someone. I have a set of them, somewhere... I think... haven't seen them for years. There area also places that sell domed...

Oh! Forgot about this one. A very early pic that I've shown here before. Maybe even in this thread. I'm old, leave me alone!

I'm a big Schwinn fan due to working in a Schwinn shops for 10+ years back in the day. I wasn't a huge fan back then though.... funny how that works. Anywhos, being of Stingray age in the '60s I always wanted one but my bike was a Huffy Cheater Slick back then. A copy, but I still rode the...

With a bike? Check! Oh.... I'll bet you meant bicycle... ok. It's even older than that one but I don't have many of me

I've run bare aluminum on motorcycle parts and it works out fine for what I do. I wouldn't bother with anything if the part is somehwat polished or burnished. But then i"m not into show quality stuff either. To me, the issue with clearcoats is they can yellow/flake and make things worse than...

I'm not sure if it's brilliant, but it is absolutely soild. I've never worked on a stand that is more soild mounted than that one. There is NO (discernable) give or flex in any of it.

$30 for a plastic model kit? Dang, I've been out of it for a LONG time...

It's a male (inner) and female (outer) fastener that screw together.

I'd ride the '56 Racer because, you know, RACER. But I'd still lose. Cuz I'm old. And out of shape. But I wouldn't finish last! Probably. Well maybe.

I went with three votes per section too. Or tried to anyway. I wasn't successful... but I tried...

IMHO that isn't the result of something dragging across a fresh line. It may have been done by a machine or at least used some sort of jig to make it easier for a human and the start/stop point of the pinstripe wasn't dialed in quite right yet. First one after a long weekend maybe... That's...

Oh man, I'm trying to vote for three in each category, but there are so many cool bikes in this one! (Full disclosure, it's my favorite category of the three...)

If that paint doesn't say it needs a clear coat, it doesn't. Two-stage paints, aka color/clear, base/clear etc need a clear coat because the base coat isn't intended to stand up to the elements or chemicals. I'm not all that familiar with spray cans but I can't think of any two stage spray...