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Googling "chem dip" just pulls up a lot of "hits" for a carb and parts cleaner by that name. It sounds like you're talking about Plasti Dip instead: http://www.plastidip.com/ "40 years ago, we made it to dip tool handles. Now our fans are dipping cars." http://dipheadsunite.com/

Depending on who you believe, the Homegrown line were either pretty good bikes in their day, or are still some of those older bikes that are worth hanging onto: http://detours.us/blog/ambassador-program/a-durango-story-the-schwinn-homegrown/ As I recall (and Wikipedia supports that) they were...

Welcome to RRB from another Columbus-ite! :113: I agree with the "so much more creative freedom compared to what I could ever afford to do to a car" -- I've built two bikes (so far) and started on a third for less than the cost of a new set of tires for my Jeep!

McDonald's lawyers can't really do anything if someone paints up a red and yellow bike and plasters McDonald's logos all over it and rides it around town. At that point, it's art and it's even free advertising! If that someone tries to SELL that bike, though, or decals with McDonald's logos...

Wow -- I like what what you've got designed so far! :113: I'm a little worried about what it might mean for MY current project bike. Just two nights ago, I was thinking about a "fake tank" for my bike, and reading about vintage tanks with lights and/or horns -- this thread might result in me...

Radio Shack has some buzzers that are 90-100+ decibels, which is loud enough for OSHA to regulate working conditions in loud environments: http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html My first apartment was in a 100-year old converted house, with a locking outer door at the bottom of...

I thought I was going to have to buy extra-long tandem cables for the back brake and shifter: Just regular length cables and housings from my local bike shop. Admittedly, there's not much slack with 25" tall apehangers but there's enough slack to turn the handlebars all the way back and...

Another welcome, FROM another Columbus member! Nice lookin' bike -- if I hadn't been out riding mine today I'd be a little worried.... ;)

1) Cool idea, and one I'm going to share with a buddy since one of his bikes' springer forks is kind of "bouncy." :113: 2) I laughed way too loud at the "dog waiting to throw the toy" story! 3) As far as "how long will it last?" those things are pretty darn indestructible -- they're made out...

"Unless you consider how many illegal drag races have taken place since the invention of the automobile." Yeah, but the ILLEGAL drag races weren't all over television on Saturday afternoons -- just like the often-cited "99%" of law-abiding motorcyclists weren't really newsworthy. ;) "Then...

There's a really great "history of Kustom Bicycling" website at http://bikerodnkustom5.homestead.com/brainhistory58.html (Unfortunately, the site has a lot of dead links at the bottom where we should be able to cilck to go from year to year, so often you have to just change the year in your...

I'm starting to think that craigslist is a waste of my time this summer. I got a great deal last summer on an 80's beach cruiser, got a great deal on this summer's "project bike" back in May and since then I've missed two other great deals due to lack of e-mail response by the sellers. Me...

Rustoleum Satin Black -- I thought I just got a bad batch last summer so I'm glad to see it wasn't just me! Painted some tube doors for my Jeep and that stuff was still tacky 48 hours later -- I wound up sanding the fingerprints off and reshooting with their flat black and I was driving around...

I'm not sure what this is, exactly, but it seems like it might be a good price! If anybody can read between the lines and/or translate what this is, let us know? "sell bicycle for 35 dollars - $35" "sell bike. for only 35 dollars short of breath and a piece that takes the side of the pedals to...

It sounds like you've got a higher risk of punctures than some of us, so that conversion makes perfect sense! :) I've been thinking about putting Slime sealant in my cruiser and/or 27 road bike tubes -- when I was a teenager, I used to average about one flat tire per year riding the same roads...

So basically it comes down to "because it's a cool and different, albeit slightly complicated way to help puncture proof tires??" That works for me! :) As I said above (and provided a link) I'm all in favor of experimentation and trying new things -- I was just wondering if there was in fact...

I know that three advantages to going "tubeless" with mountain bikes are 1) saving weight, 2) being able to run VERY low air pressure for better traction without fear of pinch flats, and 3) Stan's Sealant or Slime fights against punctures from thorns/glass/etc. by sealing them instantly. I also...

That looks like it's in great shape -- congratulations on a great find! :113:

Thanks, guys! I certainly AM treasuring it -- I think a lot of us have an old bike from when we were kids that we'd love to have again, and I think I'm VERY lucky to get this one back! I meant to mention above (in the part about my dad moving twice since then) how that meant the bike managed...

In 20 or 30 years we may be asking similar questions about this trike: http://columbus.craigslist.org/bik/4539623187.html A guy here in Ohio converted one of the newer Schwinn Stingray choppers into a trike with a "removable cargo bed." He has two other customized Stingrays on craigslist as...