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Thanks man.. Did ya listen to the album, did ya like it?

I just can't imagine even the cheapest crappy-est rims made today not having enough lip to hold the bead, but I guess it's possible. However, it's even more possible to have a tire that's difficult to set. a cheap made bike containing a reject rim or two is likely, But mass produced bikes are...

Side tracking the topic but, although it's been several years since I've had to do this. as a kid in the 60's I couldn't afford the "Schwinn quality" tires and nobody but them stocked their S-2 size.. And as late as 1980, with a Peugeot, cheap brand tires didn't always fit either. But me learned...

'sob story' Strength and endurance. I can only work 15-20 minutes at a time then rest and attempt to gather the motivation for another 15-20 minutes.. long story short, for the curious who'll waste off topic posts in this thread, LOL bit by baby (fresh hatched) black widow spider 30 years...

It would have been turned into a stingray when I was a kid. I even would have swapped out the chain guard, stuck on S-2's, a fork crown and you'd never know . [wink]

Yup on the 'It's not a sting ray" deal. In the 60's I'd take any 20" Schwinn cantilever frame and turn it into a stingray. Decals availed at any Schwinn store too. Some I'd dip in acid but, me thinks those ones were not neutralized so, they've likely disintegrated by now. [wink] That though...

I've been getting more and more excited day by day as me daughter has a band who've kicked off a total kick butt album! Total Nancy Pants self released last November, by January at least 1 collage station listed as #1 album of 100, yet not for 1 week but 6, 6 weeks in a row!. It's such a cool...

Hate to burst the bubble but. 1st off if ya made a time machine, you'd be doing better than scrounging fer bikes and cars. buy a good stock fer nutin them return and buy every bike or car on the globe. Regardless, made me thinks about the romance of traveling back in time. peps would love to go...

Added aluminum scrubbing feature and if me finds da cheap tank, that I don't want, Ur up.

So, Aluminum foil trick? a 3" X 3" sheet doesn't work so swell but take a 12" X 12" sheet, wad it into a 2-3" ball, dip in water and go to town. the more wrinkles in the foil the better the scrubbing action. It works best when there's a combination of things working fer ya. Wrinkles become your...

Accordingly, Schwinn built the smooth joint pieces, sent them to Murray who welded them to the bar pieces. Albeit there's stories that Schwinn sent their equipment for building the frame pieces to Murray. Regardless, this was Schwinn's Magical smooth jointed technique since some time near 1950...

It's a Murray made built for Schwinn in February 84 then, but odd that the badge is not stamped, the 84's were stamped too. The rims should have tipped your off from the start because, they wouldn't have RxR tracks on them. Here's a link to an 84 and a ton of info about it...

Look at the numbers on badge right beside the I. top number is the year, following from bottom 3 numbers which will be the day of year, I.E. if bottom number is 0 then 0 then 1 it's Jan 1. and if bottom number is 3 then 6 then 4 Dec 31 and last number up would be year.. 6 { year made 1976 } 1...

There's something I have not done in 1,000 years but you got the answer right there. squeeze the spring in a little and tap the stop pin out. It'll probably just slide right out when spring is compressed but I'd be prepared to tap it just the same. .

Just dragged him home last night, craig's list find. Top is yesterday and bottom after 1st cleaning.. a scrub-a-dub with two table spoons of toilet bowl cleaner 1 cup of Industrial, concentrated 'all purpose cleaner' and gallon of water, with plastic scrub brush. a super duper hosing to get the...

Sound like you've got a little silver dolor mine there, lol.. and trade bait is usually a real good idea because, novice restoration of a bike is not profitable nor cheap.. In most cases; assembling a whole bike will cost ya more than buying one that's fully equipped. having a frame is a start...

to paint to spec or not to paint, that is the question. For the not to paint spec place rat-rod's the spot, and too paint The cabe's hot with ebay supplying the preformed masking patterns and decals. . You're inside of the book now, and with frame date and ID's just search the net. [wink] BTW...

Cool now ya got somtin to go from So, ya got a frame of bike that might have looked like this 1949 DX. There's other possibilities of type too but this is the basic, which is most likely to have had the skiptooth chainring. peeps like both deals on this, Rat-rod em cause they're good heavy duty...

,,Yes, I Figured that, you're catching on. However checking the crank is a estimate because, anybody can change it, and often did. It's used in dating as an assistance measure to help confirm what serial number that's on the frame which may not be listed or discovered yet. I'd open to see yes...

Yes, but at some point in time, post war or slightly earlier is when they began to electro forge the frame, pre-war, like most other heavy bikes built then were brazed, and can be identified as brazed for the smooth joints. Budd, it's not likely that the serial numbers are not there, and odds...