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I did some clean up on this today but it's hard to tell. It does not clean up well... but I'm just going to go with it. And since the paint is so trashed, I'm not going to worry about the rusty parts. I'll remove the rust but I'm not going to start mixing and matching parts from other bikes to...

I was working on the Racer today when I got the idea to hang this thing and see what it weighs. 12.5 lbs! Ok, not really. It's spun around once already so it's about 32.5 lbs.

Disappointment yesterday. My parts order showed up and was missing two of the top three things I wanted. Turns out there was a software glitch and they weren't in stock after all. And the third thing that I wanted and got? Won't fit where I wanted to use it. Live and learn. One of the out of...

I was recently thinking about converting a hub from quick release to bolt on. When I looked for an axle online the price was $35. For an axle? I have no idea what the deal is but $35? For an AXLE? I have bought two new front hubs recently. Alloy hub, quick release axle with skewer. $20. I can...

Yeah, I get it. But my career was in the auto industry. Different time/industry but having parts sit around for months was not good. Stuff was often used in days or maybe weeks, certainly not months. Or if we were really pushing limits it was hours, but that made for some stressful times. ;-)

I cleaned up the hub a little and found a date stamp. 56 10 I'm surprised it's from that late in the year if the frame was stamped in June, but it is what it is. I'm more used to dating tires, where the 10 would have meant the 10th week, not month, but the web says month, so month it is...

Not for nothing but I'm something of an Ohlins fanboy. They usually have yellow springs so to me (and others I'm sure) yellow looks normal no matter what the other colors are.

I asked a question over on CABE and got what I think is a reasonable explantion for the serial number. The listing stops just shy of this serial number, but that was a Wednesday. There is no data for the numbers stamped on Thursday and Friday of that week. So it's likely this bike was stamped...

Thanks for the info! Yeah, I did some more reading and it seems I have a 26" MTB rim in there instead of a 26" x 1whatever that I should be comparing it too. I'll search for rims later, I'm not all that excited about using the Breeze rims on this.

Upon further review, the serial number is not W85460, it's W95460. But that number doesn't show up in the database. So who knows what year it really is. Not that it matters really, it was never going to be a collectors piece.

My original plan was to replace the Schwinn S6 (or S5 or whatever they are) rims with some "normal" 26" rims. In fact I had one just like I wanted to use. So I held it up to the bike for a reality check. What? Ok, I knew that the Schwinn 26" rim back in the day was bigger than the typical 26"...

Serial number on dropout. W85460 But it also has something on the bottom bracket? Much cruder but looks like it was done before it got painted, so??? "LPDJ2274" from what I can tell. It's got the "upside down" trigger that works like a trigger instead of a thumbshift. Winged headbadge...

For a while now I have been looking for a 1962 Racer (year of birth bike), but this one crossed my path and I ended up bringing it home today. I'm still looking for a '62, I may have found a frame but we'll see how it works out. I have a few ideas for this but I haven't even torn into it yet...

Ok, I've thought about it. I have no idea if this one will get finished in time, but I'd like to start a thread before I tear it down, to keep all the info in one spot. I may as well do it in the Skinny section of the Build Off? If it's not finished I'm assuming the thread gets moved so later...

The seat is already indexed by the bottle cage bolt that holds the base in place. It can move a little but not all that much.

I may have another one in the wings... I just got back from picking this up. A 1956(?) Schwinn Racer. I have an idea of what I want to do, but if you've followed my posts here, my ideas are subject to frequent change. It's rattier than I was expecting, but that kind of opens the door to some...

The spokes showed up! SO I spent sometime this evening lacing up the two speed hub. No process pics, I just wasn't into it tonight. But I did weigh the wheel when I was done. So now I'm here. I could finish it up with the Biopace chainring but a round one is supposed to show up on Wednesday...

Very fine steel wool was standard practice for rusty chrome rims at the bike shop I used to work at in the '80s. I HATED how that stuff felt in my hand (still do, along with cotton balles, but I digress) so I rarely did it, but it was done. Didn't use it on fenders and stuff though, Mainly rims...

I know better than to do this. But I did it anyway. And now I'm wondering what I was thinking. This is one of those bad examples that everyone can learn from? Back in the late '80s I took a trip out to Aspen to visit a friend. Of course I brought my mountain bike along with me... I've forgotten...

I guess this would be my "#1" even though I haven't really played around with guitars for a couple years now. It's still hanging there on the wall with a few others, and I swear I'll pick them up again, soon... It's a Warmoth body and neck I put together in 2010 (YIKES! It's been that...