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Re: Red Rocket Bomber (sho's done 11*30*08) Good morning all… I’m thinking all the klunkers turned out great… GOOD JOB EVERYONE… Got my headbadge finished… I stamped it and then filled the letters with solder… Not near the contrast I wanted, but it will have to do… Might make another and paint...

cman i'll try to get you some real photos by this weekend... bwt i'm realy not trying to hijack this thread... ponytailmike mike

Hooch man you find some of the best bikes... :shock: a Schwinn World Travler with a cyclo setup... :shock: bet that is a 1/8 inch chain... I atempted to get a cyclo cog from harris... but they were all sold out... :cry: i hope you are going to restore her... she is a classic with the perfect...

well i just checked my 2007 Schwinn product catalog... and of course all the road bikes have geometry spec... but no info for the cruiser... however... the SSX is stated under frame... "Schwinn 1955 Classic Cantilever Design, Quality Kickstand, Fender and Rack Mounts" hope this helps btw the...

Hello all… It’s been so cold here… I have not been able to make it outside to work on Red… But finally… A warm day here in the mid-west… Had a Spokesmen Club meeting Sunday at 2:00 pm… I was up and working on Red at 8:00 am… 34 deg when I started and 56 deg when I had to get ready to go… I...

Re: DX Klunker that checkerboard is Kool... did you use anything special to lay out the pattern??? ponytailmike mike

Re: Red Rocket Bomber (fork darts 11*05*08) This stencil trick worked out really well… I started with a piece of foam insulation board… Then laid three pieces of masking tape one on top of the other… I folded back a corner on the tape this time… Used an x-acto knife to cut out a pattern…...

That Spitfire looking good... ponytailmike mike

that has to be one of the best frame modification... and excelent job with the brazing... love it... ponytailmike mike

Looking good... Keep up the good work... ponytailmike mike

WOW!!! That turned out nice... Very good separation of color... It’s perfect... Can't wait to see her finished... ponytailmike mike

Re: Red Rocket Bomber (more paint 11*02*08) It was a beautiful weekend… 70 degrees both Saturday and Sunday… Red got all hung up in some masking tape I had laying around… Looks like she struggled for a bit… I decided I would kool her off a bit and grabbed the wrong rattle can… I just could...

Re: Red Rocket Bomber (just an update 10*31*08) Happy Halloween… BOO… :shock: This is my rear brake cable… It’s a modified gyro SST front brake cable… That’s a 1/8 inch locking collar I picked at the hardware store… The original cable used an alloy plug molded to the cable… The locking...

A pinstripe would separate the two blues nicely... My first thought was a hunter green... Minor contrast... :? On second thought is a nice bright orange… Maybe a dark orange… Separate the blues with a kick of color... 8) Just thoughts... ponytailmike mike

Re: Late in the game WOW... That Jamis is Kool... I'm really liking that concept though… But… if that Jamis was mine… I think I would up date the drivetrain with a triple chainring… And find me another donor for the spitfire… I’ve got an old teranaut mountain bike of that early 80’s vintage… I...

Re: Red Rocket Bomber (paint 10*26*08) Hope everyone is happy and well… Got most of the bugs worked out… At least for now… The wind was blowing a nice constant 5mph with 15mph gust… Certainly not a good day to paint… It is in the lower 60’s… Why not… Red Rocket needed paint… I used...

Re: Red Rocket Bomber(new photos and a video 10*15*08) So I’ve been riding Red for a week… And the brakes were working out great… But the side pull brakes had a lot of flex in the arms and thought For a Klunker… That will be hitting the trails as well the pavement… I needed a brake set up...

W :shock:W!!! Keep the progress comming... ponytailmike mike

Re: Red Rocket Bomber(new photos and video 10*15*08) Hey all… First I wanted to say I wish I had time to respond to all the builds… They are all looking great… good job fellow Klunkers… Red Rocket is in the first stages of drive train and brake mock up… But she is a rider now… The dual back...

Re: Red Rocket Bomber Hey all… Saturday morning I went out shopping (aka thrift storing)… Found a nice set of weinmann aluminum rims… They are 1.5… narrower than what I would usually use… But I liked the blacked out rims… The tires I had laying around from a sale this spring… Innova, 24x2.10...