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  1. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Y’all rock
  2. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Just now: Adorable, Overheard: One older twenty-something explaining a “Limited Slip” rear end to a younger twenty-something….. that was delightful!! I think from 1940’s until prolly the1980’s…. This information was genetic. Passed via rNA
  3. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    oops sorry @Karate Chicken Industries full credit for that encouragement really appreciate that thank you
  4. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

  5. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    i thot i might need 2 chains… Would you believe…. friggin 4 links is all it needed…. Anybody need a slightly short red pintle?
  6. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Oh yeah Uncle O… brakes….. . I’d think….That’s next
  7. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Thanks Cap’n! Appreciated!!! I’ve the athleticism/body of an Idaho Potato. It will get stressed but not like i am friggin’ Glen Plake over here
  8. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Off to rolling frame test…. W/Huffy tandem wheel as klunky donor…. I kinda like the aged/look of it… Found a B6 that suits pretty good… hardware bottomed out but… safe enuf to get a quick ride… it’s fast…. Stands up real nice… Lots to think about…. Chain line is slightly off…. I could switch...
  9. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Went w/ the axle… that can be re-purchased… plus… way more material, than the original, remaining.
  10. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    I wanted gum/tan wall, been eyeing Billy Bonkers” by Schwalbe… ot Conti Town and Country…but new that is not possible in the supply line… some eta dates cut it too close for the Build-Off…. 559 seems what they’ve LEAST had available in all this… plus…anywhoo.. fatter is better eh? Cool about...
  11. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    W/klunkery “intellectual homage” on that “Bontrager B”.. in case you glanced….
  12. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    W/2.4 Hookworms… yeah… might be ok.. mock up, obviously…. Plenty of room once i finesse the axle…
  13. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    now…. Decision time…. do i make my rear stln rim non-returnable… gimme a moment
  14. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    taking a look at the rear drops…. The Park FFG-2 is for forks but it works great for seeing the relativity of the attachment point After ~60 years… that’s pretty cool. Needs say…. Just a little fudge…
  15. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Wheel!….. Finally!!!…. Stolen (brand) “Rampage” … 11t hub driver hmmm… might go fast but will be not creamy enuf for an Uncle…. in “mock up” here…. Not sure
  16. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Thanks! That’s great stuff @MattiThundrrr
  17. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    No one knows as much as all of us…. This is why i am here
  18. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Interesting… just where it slides in… lotsa modern axle steel left to support the Uncle Ook… Straightbar gets to be itself … that’s really pretty good @Captain Awesome Sooper cool… thanks everybody
  19. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Thanks everybody. You are appreciated
  20. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Alert!…Things are happening!….. Question to group…. Do i desecrate/improve the ‘50’s Straight bar by altering/file/grind the R dropouts to accept a modern 14mm axle? …. ~4mm of classic 1950’s Arnold-Schwinn steel would have to go…. @Captain Awesome @hammer mechanic etc…. for example input...
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