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How’s this build coming along @Robertk ?

Swapped bars. The surly bars were too low when descending some quick steep stuff, put me way too over the bars. She’s ready for the coaster brake challenge.

Oops. Forgot to post pictures in the finished section yesterday. Oh well.

Bars, grips, seatpost, and saddle installed. Rides pretty nice! I’ll get better pics soon.

Thanks!

Had a chance today to get the wheels on. Ended up needing to use a half link, lucked out that the chain came with one. This set up does put the rear wheel pretty far back in the drops. Hoping that’ll hold up ok. Without the half link the rear axle was in a nice spot, but the nubs on the tires...

Came out great. Looks super capable.

Whoa! That came out awesome!! The nobby nics look so good on there! Converted to disc? I feel like that era of Schwinns gets overlooked. I have one from around then that has cantilever tabs and was spaced for gears. Edit: here’s a pic-

Thank you. The wheelset/ rims were the main reason for the build. I have a lot of 26 and 29 bikes, this’ll be my only 27.5.

Spokes for the rear arrived. Got the rear wheel laced up. Diggin how this wheelset turned out. I’m going to need to do some cleaning to the inside of this rim. Looks like a previous owner may have used duct tape to set it up tubeless.

Waiting for rear spokes to arrive I poked through some boxes to find some items I’ll need to finish. Hoping the ‘no drop’ KMC chain will work out. For the 27.5 wheel to fit in the frame, it has to sit back a little in the drop out. If not, I’ll have to swap to a normal chain with a half link...

I don’t know the exact angle, but they do have a little bit of up sweep. I’ve owned 8 or so pairs and they were pretty consistent. They’re really just like the normal steel cruiser bars of the era with a cross bar and aluminum. I also have a red pair for sale on the museum

Yup! Made by Proper — https://www.ratherproper.com/store/p2/HubAdapter.html

I had been some what concerned about tire clearance with the 27.5 wheels. Got the front tire mounted and did some test fitting. Happy I went with the 2.0 tires now.

Chamfered the brake shoes and messed around with some neon paint earlier this week. Got the hub back together today. What I was waiting for for the rear hub arrived today. Flange adapters to run a 32 hole rim on a 36 hole shimano coaster. Got em bolted on. I’ll check through my spokes and see if...

Making slow progress while I wait for some small bits to come in. Getting the coaster prepared. (High temp grease not pictured) The spokes arrived for the front wheel, so laced it up. Kinda silly, but I’ve been wanting to build a wheelset with colored nipples that are put in at random. Silver...

So, the frame had a slight bend in the drive side seatstay. (That I failed to take a pic of). And the rear was slightly outta wack. Spaced at 115mm. I got it straightened out and installed the headset, fork, stem, and bb adapter. I need to order some different headset spacers. Also laced on a...

No intentional flex, ha. Those ringle hubs can be found on eBay for 20-30 bucks. The Kos was out because I need to change a flat. The straight bar has a little bend in the drive side seatstay, which has the rear triangle slightly out of straight sitting at 115mm. I’ll do some frame alignment...

Yea. Straight bar is the way to go for this one. Kinda cool the previous owner had a frame bag on it that left makings as I too have a straight bar frame bag. I think the p2 fork without Canti mounts looks best for this build too. Gathering parts. First is the stuff to put the fork and...