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PM. About German and stuff. Non-build related. I think, you'll be on top of the stairs with your Rädchen, anyways...

OK, OK, I've been lacking a little precision: The last years haven't been kind to my bike builds... And by hurting my bikes, it is in fact hurting me. It's just that I'm getting something back for it. "Kids are very strenuous and mean a lot of overhead. But you get something back in exchange...

OK, now I'm going to test your German... Das isn geiles Rad, das Gegenteil von einem Lowrider! Hätte es nicht die Anschaffung eines größeren Autos auch getan? Mwaaahaha!!! Sowas wär 1000x besser als mein Aldi-Faltrad, was ich für Notfälle habe, und was 10.000 % uncool ist. Say, you seem to...

Update. I found a company selling aluminum cruiser bikes in Germany. They didn't have ny frame for me. At first. No they got a bike back whose wheels had been damaged during trnsport. And I was able to talk them into selling me the frame! SUCCESS!!!!! Aluminum frame (7005) with V-brake stubs...

Well, if I WERE on a plane from U.S., I wouldn't have this problem. But I'm not. I'm currently not planning to visit U.S., sometime soon. Way too expensive (esp. with a complete family that wants to come along). Even if you don't knock the bike down, it doesn't cost a fortune to take a complete...

@Wildcat Oh, thx for calculating! @Nagant OK, so this option seems to be off. Bending an aluminum cruiser frame (esp. if I have no control over the packaging) is a lot easier than a steel chassis... Doesn't cost them half the effort to make a piece of modern art out of a cruiser... I've already...

Kent. WalMart. 99 $. I think, I'm gonna cry. No such thing here on the other side of the Atlantic. No WalMart, nothing similar. Think, I've found someone who can weld the crack on my bike. Let's see if he can do it and if it's going to hold up. I'll keep you posted.

@c.p.odom : The thing I thought about is more like a chopper with the riding position of a reclining/sofa bike but being a lightweight chopper. Gotta upload a sketch and maybe later my more detailed plan... @905cruisin : You got pics? 20 lb sounds swell! BTW: Are you selling? ;o))

@c.p.odom ?!?!?!?! WHAT WOULD SHIPPING ONE OF YOUR FRAMES TO EUROPE COST?!?! ARE YOU STILL BUILDING THOSE?!?!?! CAN YOU BUILD MY DREAM BIKE?!?!?! I've been searching all over the place to find someone who actually BUILDS Aluminum frames, means, someone who can weld Aluminum decently, and would...

Man, there's SOOOO many cruisers in U.S., still (I thought that fad was over and back in the U.S., there were as few cruisers as here), but NOTHING, here. Just discovered Mango cruisers. Anyone have any experience with these? Seem to be lightweight Aluminum. And cheap. But: How do I get a bike...

Wow, an old GT/Dyno! Didn't know they made these! There seem to be a lot of different beautiful and rare cruisers around in U.S.! I also saw a really beautiful Marin cruiser, once. Only once. Now I regret that I'm living on the other side of "the great pond". I mean, I had my Schwinn imported...

Yeah, right, and @rickpaulos: What I had wanted to say all along: You said "it could have been a better bike if Schwinn would have decided what it was supposed to be." The Panther very obviously SCREAMS: "CUSTOMIZE ME!!!" all over. That was what this bike was supposed to be. OK, it IS a bit...

@mikeeebikey: And where'd you get your (obviously, from the Avatar!) aluminum cruiser? That dics brakes you got in front? Yeah, this was the experience with my cruiser: Aluminum IS a lot stiffer and a LOT lighter than steel. I mean, HAD I been able to get myself a cruiser frame made of...

@Bicycle808: You know what? I => AM <= biassed!!!!! The Schwinn is my only aluminum bike!!!!! I got 3 others that are steel, but no cruisers. My favorite material is Columbus Nivacrom... So hard to come by that I had to give up the idea of having a cruiser made from that material (which probably...

Dang, thread is ages old now. Hope somebody's still reading this every now and then. My Schwinn Black Panther just broke. Bought in 2005, but looking at yours, it COULD be that I bought a NOS 6 year old bike... How about yours? Still alive? What happened? I'm kinda tall, so I bought a 400 mm...