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Hi everyone. My name is Rick, grew up riding a Schwinn in the 60s and 50 yrs later.... I still ride a Schwinn! I have this thing for Schwinn balloon tire bikes, currently have a little fleet of 7 Beach Cruisers, recently found a complete '48 DX that had been under a house in San Francisco for...

Well then, I have myself a "Pig Bike" and I'll make it work!! Thanks!!

I am glad that I found this thread! A couple of years ago, I bought one of these from one of the neighborhood kids. He wanted a new bike, I told him to ask his parents and when he came back, he told me $20. I gave him a $50. bill! Anyways, the bike is a '51 but, someone added a set of original...

Thanks for the tip(s)!! Rick

Very nice bike!!

Should be the same...

Just keep your eyes open and perusing the classifieds like Craigslist. And, like was mentioned earlier, put the word out that you're looking! I have picked up 2 bicycles, that other people found for me. Personally, I only build Schwinns, and a couple of months ago I went to a job, crawled into...

I thought the same thing but, the price shown.... is for a box of 100! I can't believe that they are so cheap!! :D

Thanks for the link! I recently scored a complete '48 Schwinn DX that has been under a house for at least 30yrs, and am formulating a plan for it! I just ordered a pair of whitewall 'Quick Brick' tires from another site and I'd like to put a set of modern hubs into the original chrome wheel...

I just bought a set of aluminum wheels with a coaster brake to install on one of my single speed Schwinn Cruisers because it rode like a tank! I put the new wheels and tires on and it rode better but, it still wasn't how I wanted it to be... So, I counted the teeth on the rear sprocket of the...