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Attached the shifter cable to the rear hub. I bought this rear wheel on ebay so its nice to see it shift and seem to work. I also found a cool little chrome shimano cable clamp off of a womens frame I had lying around. I will use that to secure the cable to the chain stay. This is the first bike...

OK, copying everything to this thread. Going to do any updates from here on out on this one. thanks. I bought a camel back collegiate frame a while back on ebay. Wasn't really sure what i was going to do with it. I decided I am going to build it as a bike that I can ride anywhere. It will...

Thanks. Just bought a nice used Brooks Flyer saddle on ebay. I think its the honey color. Trying to figure out what color to paint the bike. Black sounds cool with this seat, but I also like the idea of color, with black rims and accents.

Sorry, had to do it. :roll:

DUH!

I guess I posted in the wrong place. Not really expecting to win or anything but I am doing this build anyways, so why not take part in the build off, right? viewtopic.php?f=21&t=39865 If a mod can move my build thread that would be cool.

I've noticed when i ride the bike trail here that runs along the river. Most people walking or riding cruiser type bikes usually say hello or good morning. Not so with the road bike riders I have said hello to. They usually just pretend they didn't hear me and zoom by. Once there was a big group...

I'm doing a camel back right now too. Yours is cool. The springer looks great on there, same with the handle bars.

If it was mine, I would insert a short piece of rod or tubing that was the same O.D. as the frames I.D. (could always be turned down to fit perfectly) and then weld it all up. Basically making a lug to reinforce that area. I'm no expert though.

This thing is gonna be sweet.

I was just messing around and took a womens schwinn lightweight frame that I got for free and cut the top tube out and flipped it to see if I could make a camel back mens bike out of it. Looks like it will work out.Thats another project though, and I am not getting into that for a while. Looks...

Phase one is complete, I got the bike back together and rode it. The rear hub performs as it should and the gear ratio is actually pretty nice for around here. Phase 2 will probably include paint, new pedals, seat and cleaning up all the chrome. I also need to find some more cable tie down things.

The anti-rotation washers came in the mail today, and were the correct ones. Put those on, put the crank on too. Kind of weird, the part of the frame that the crank and all that bolts too seems wider than the speedster? I could barely get enough threads to show to get it snugged down. I even...

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Re: I don't have a cool name for it.... schwinn build Haha I actually thought about calling the build tiger blood, because I had a blue little tiger when I was a kid. This bike kind of reminds me of a big version of it.

Re: I don't have a cool name for it.... schwinn build Here it is with the forks and the wheels on. I am waiting on some anti rotation washers I ordered before I can tighten the back wheel in. Its really close to rubbing, hope it works out with these tires. The seat isn't the one I'm going...

Re: I don't have a cool name for it.... schwinn build A week or two ago, a local welding teacher that I know gave me some parts. A few new tires, a few rims that the hubs were ruined and a girls ten speed schwinn frame. They had started to build a quadracycle and I guess the project ended...

I think they are neat. Not sure if I would use one, but I do think its a cool idea. Kind of reminds me how when I was a kid everyone seemed to have a crocheted blanket over the back or arm of their sofa.

Some of mine. Sorry for the ginormous pic. :roll:

Re: I don't have a cool name for it.... schwinn build Thanks guys. I have lurked here a little but this is the first time I have posted a build. I started building bikes when I was 13 for fun. I built a lowrider schwinn. I'm 31 now, and its fun to be building something I can actually ride now...