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Can you get your ‘72 to actually come to skidding stop with your brakes? My Dia-Compes are pretty much useless...

That was my first thought when I saw this thread!:21:

Love the creepy snake handler thumper chair! New name considering that addition and the sidecar.... Sidewinder or Cottonmouth, huh huh??

Bwaaahahahahaha!

I like the new photos! Looks like we sourced a few of the same parts. The bike looks great! :thumbsup:

I love it! The big and skinny wheel reminds of where my build started and makes me want to start over! Dang it!

This is Excellent!

Me too! It’s such a brilliant design and it works! Unfortunately the Dia-Compe brakes basically suck at my current vs 1980’s(last time I used calipers) weight class Flyweight to Heavyweight

Me too! I made the decision to go red based on the colors and number of teeth available for my $15 NOS Profile sprocket, I think red was it, wasn’t sure about it at first but it’s growing on me! Thanks!

Thank You! I’ve always like the fresh parts on the old frame, car, boat, whatever look! I’m satisfied.

Thanks! More to the back story, I wanted an OM Flyer to ride at the dirt track with my son but the wife scoffed at the price so I devised a plan to spend about the same amount slowly turning my cruiser into what it is now...Sshh!! I’m 30 pounds heavier than I was when I used to jump a different...

Thank you! I was going for clean and simple!

Wow! Awesome!

This is killer! I haven’t checked your thread since you were making the rear boxes. It turned out perfect!

Looks amazing! Good job!

Awesome!

A little background, Back in the 90’s I rode my mountain bike a lot and around that time one of my friends introduced me to 50’s and 60’s cantilever Schwinn’s and a guy that had a bunch for sale. Now my buddies black 50something cantilever had Redline Flight cranks which is really what made me...

I tried making some brackets to hold the rear brake and ended up not using the most effective one because of flex. I’ll spare the details because it was a fail. I ended up spending more money than I did just purchasing an NOS(luck) Schwinn/Weinmann rear caliper brake adapter. I lucked out on...

I spent the better part of today cleaning out this shed which housed mostly crap from previous tenants and cat poo and rat poo and loads of cobwebs. I now have my own workspace though so I’m ecstatic!:banana:

I’ve changed some stuff and here’s how she sits... I still need to fab up something for the rear brake and I think that’ll be the end of this build. I really like the red wheels! What else is different?