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yeah, on our Thursday night rides we get a pretty eclectic mix of bikes. Anything from ballooners to banana seats to BMX and whatever you can imagine in between. This was actually a small turnout with only 5 of us. More often it's 7-10, and there have been times we were close to 20 deep.

Ahhhh. Yeah, that is cool looking, but no, I don't have one. I will have to go through the parts stash and see what I DO have...

Hmmm. I have at least a couple of old Schwinn clamps. But I think the Schwinn seat tube is smaller in diameter. I may just experiment to see if the clamp will expand enough to work well…

Reviving this thread to throw out an update: this race is being run again tomorrow, Saturday July 15th, 2023. If you’re within an hour or two of Frederick, MD and you like old bicycles and bike history it’s definitely worth coming by to check it out. https://www.highwheelrace.com/

Put 10 miles on it this evening. Fancy new shifter works great, as does the rest of the bike; the only concern is that I keep having to tighten the seat post clamp just a little more and I don't know how much the bolt will take. I hate these goofy seat post clamps that are welded to the frame...

Well this came out better than I expected I bought a length of this stuff to cut up to put the name on the panel

WOW. I'm terrible about keeping up with everybody else's builds, so I'm just catching up with this one now. This is amazing! I get a 1970ish MoPar vibe off of it...

The graphics on this build are amazing. Can't wait to see the finished product.

That fender ornament is AMAZING.

LOVE this build! There's SO MUCH going on and it all works together!

Fork darts!

ok here's a question: anyone have an easy way to integrate a cable guide into a homemade clamp like I'm looking at using here? I'm trying not to have four separate clamps along the top tube...

Thanks! Some credit for the idea goes to Schwinn... I have two Fleets and a Panther and I have always loved the look of the slimline tank.

So I remembered where I saw clips/clamps like that: And in digging out of the box of lights and reflectors, I found these too: Which is good, because the plastic reflectors that I had years ago hacked with a Dremel to fit on the rack were getting on my nerves. Ahhh, much better. I also...

Hmmmmmm very interesting...

Well, you guys have me convinced. Off to find some suitable lumber, with visions of woodie wagons dancing in my head. I should warn you I don't have great luck working with wood, but we'll see what I can come up with. Question for those of you who have created wood "tanks", or more...

thank you! I've had pretty good luck using this method before on old, weathered chain guards: In retrospect, I kinda think I should have been more careful with this one about getting even coverage like I did on the Manta Ray one, since the paint on that part of the frame is in pretty good...

And here's one more idea: For the record, I showed my wife both the guard idea and the wood tank/billboard idea and she told me to cut it out. She said it looks good as is and I should stop trying to find stuff to add to it. Her analogy made me laugh... she said it's like when you cut your own...

So here are some progress pics in decent light. And now I have ANOTHER idea. I'd like to get the name Beachcomber somewhere on the bike, but there's not a whole lot of real estate available. The tank from my initial idea stages is way more beat up than the frame and I don't want to get...

The AMC branding continues... I mentioned earlier that my friend's Schwinn Cruiser 5 is an inspiration for this build. I decided to try to create a seat tube graphic reminiscent of the Cruiser 5. I looked up "pinstripe designs" on Google and came up with lots of hits. I found one that was the...