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OH NO! ... not another one... :eek: 1936 Schwinn #C97 - I bought this on RRB a while ago, absent wheels and seat; but complete with a bent frame and bent fork and cruddy spray bomb repaint(?)... I scrubbed the cruddy primer/repaint off with steel wool and lacquer thinner revealing a pretty...

Jarod: How well did the oven cleaner work? I have a set of fenders that had original paint plus one layer of barn paint..., I tried oven cleaner to remove the top coat, and it stripped them down to the bare metal in a matter of seconds! :eek::confused:

Who can ID these rims? They are drop center, more recent than the 60's I believe. Their unique characteristics are sharp angular bends, very raw completely unfinished welds at seams, and some numbers stamped. They are real straight with nice plating so I built them up:

Very impressive!

That is a postwar Schwinn ballooner... circa 46 to 61 or so.

What is that all over the sidewalk and street? o_O

pics would help... what standard, function and appearance, are you trying to achieve?

Skip - I'll be interested in your assessment of the 29'er BIG TIRE ride experience... I have this theory that all that rotating mass will feel more sliggish than an equivalent 26in assembly. You are the guy to ask... :)

Shelby on the girls.... probably about 1935.

The serial # decodes as 46 also.

That's a nice start.:)

Hi JD... The separate seat post clamp reveals this as postwar, 46 - 47. The prewar frames had an integral-to-the-post, split in tube, seat post clamping action. The "46" on the fork is a year reference and cinches it. That's a shame about the paint. In my experience recovering the...

If you can rebuild any hub, you can rebuild this one... no meaningful difference in difficulty. Yes standard (1/2in) cogs were and are available and interchange. Yes you must change the cog to 1/2in in order to use a 1/2in chain and chainwheel.

The short answer is, most components were standardized for about 70 years within a few variations. The steer tubes on the various forks will be found in several lengths. There will be no problem in outfitting one of these old frames that will be expensive or difficult to solve.

In my experience, the new chinese hubs are everything I hate about the junk that is sold today. But the operation of the brakes is the one function that has been satisfactory. The brakes have been very strong on the ones I have serviced.

Rack is wrong color... but you knew that...:) Tha handlebars & grips are uncharacteristic of that model.

Nothing, they are both sub-optimal for transfer of power resulting in acceleration, climbing, speed, or endurance. A person can tolerate just about anything for putting around at low speeds or short distances, hence "cruisers", toys, and objects of creative expression need not be well designed...

Are you allowed a modified fork? or bolt on relocation? or a bolt-on relocation, extension, drop, of rear dropout?

Jeez.. can't you ever just be like... mediocre? :rolleyes: