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SOMA makes the Lauterwasser bars in steel and aluminum.

It was a very good offer.... Chainless bikes are out there- keep checking craigslist shaft drive in bikes.

I have the rear triangle from a 1902 Columbia Ladies Chainless up on "deal or no deal" at the CABE- https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/columbia-chainless-1902-rear-triangle.205081/ it will take some fabrication to work it into a custom, but it would be pretty spectacular in the end! Free pick up...

Skateboard truck rebuild kits use urethane bushings you could stack inside the spring to stiffen it up- it might take a few kits, or some skatepunk could have some leftovers. Here's a new set...

If there is a bike co-op near you try them. The only reason I've gone to a bicycle shop for decades is to raid their dumpsters.

If it was a "special for Cuba" and German, it's most likely an East German bike. Lots of info at: https://www.ddr-fahrradwiki.de/Hauptseite A quick glance didn't show up a Rex brand, but I found some hits at: https://www.altesrad.net/phpBB3/ There were a bunch of American style buikes made in...

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Fill in between the truss and the top tubes with a flat tank? There was some obscure Colson ballooner with a tank like that. Dress it up with some chrome "sweepspear" trim off of a car? A frame that weird deserves some additional weirdness!

Nice Idea! Duct taping some hard drive magnets to the mast would work too.

I've thought about covering bars with heat shrink tubing, similar to the celluloid covered bars from the turn of the 20th Century.

I got some nifty machined aluminum adjusters from AliExpress-and they come in anodized colors as well: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32913541290.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.671f4c4d3nFIFS

Just rub the frame down with progressively finer wet and dry paper. Assess the raw finish to see where to start, usually around 600 grit. Search here, at the CABE and elsewhere for people who have polished up 1930's aluminum Silver King frames. Once you have it shiny to the point of new...

Beer can to the rescue!

Brooks Stevens breaker box is an icon: http://archive.mam.org/vmedia/BrooksStevens/Images768/BSA_0354.jpg For something a little more decorative, maybe get some inspiration from the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical center, a Mayan Revival treat...

Candy paint usually needs a silver or gold undercoat. Still looks good.

Check eBay for NOS Suntour, Shimano freewheels and other parts. ChiCom threaded freewheels are not great. I have a 1986 Nishiki Ariel that I really like, and a similar year Pueblo frame I'm "doing something" with.

A 10% solution of molasses and water has worked for me after keeping the chain submerged for two weeks. Do NOT let the water evaporate and makes sure the chain is totally free of oil before starting. A soak in paint thinner and a few applications of jet sprat gumout are advised.

The trick is to use a weak solution. Too much, which seems like too little, leaves the greenish yellow crud,

I THINK a girl's tank is the same as the boy's on these- just flip it upside down.

C'est tres cool! I was hitch hiking once in the 1980s and got a ride from a guy who had turned a hatchback Chevy Nova into a similar kind of camper. Just one bucket seat for the driver, everything else decked over with storage underneath and a tent that hung from the hatch. I'm still impressed.