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The finished bike Build thread is here https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/typhoon-too.116655/ The weather isn't cooperating for decent pics so I'll post up a couple from my disaster area of a shop along with something from earlier when the Typhoon was done but not really. Here we see the two...

I thought I was going to take nicer pictures of this, but that's not looking good so I'll post up the finished thread and get on with other things... I bought it because the front fender has a fin on it. That's only a slight exageration, I've been looking for a 1962 Schwiin on and off for a...

I apologize in advance for this post, it probably belongs in some other section if not in some other forum. But it's a pet peeve of mine going back to my motorycle days and I just ran across it numerous times while searching for other info and I have to vent. We've all seen it. Search the web...

For a while now I have been looking for a 1962 Racer (year of birth bike), but this one crossed my path and I ended up bringing it home today. I'm still looking for a '62, I may have found a frame but we'll see how it works out. I have a few ideas for this but I haven't even torn into it yet...

I know better than to do this. But I did it anyway. And now I'm wondering what I was thinking. This is one of those bad examples that everyone can learn from? Back in the late '80s I took a trip out to Aspen to visit a friend. Of course I brought my mountain bike along with me... I've forgotten...

After some wandering with my dog this afternoon I decided to change the direction I was going to go with my recent Typhoon find. ingola's build likely influenced me along with the klunker threads here. I'd like to be using a '62 frame also because that's the year I was born, but a few weeks...

This thread may be a bit premature, but if nothing else it will help me keep info/ideas in one place so here goes. For a lot of years I had an idea to build up a multi-speed Typhoon. I finally kind of scratched that itch a few years ago with a Sanctuary 7 that I already posted a thread here...

Newbie here. I recently got a Typhoon frame which is what led me to this site, but in the past I played around with a Sanctuary 7. I wasn't sure if it would fit in here but I see a couple other builds using one so figured I'd post up some info on mine. The background is, I bought it instead of...

A question for the masses... Is putting a drum brake on the front of a Schwinn Typhoon a recipie for disaster, or is the fork sturdy enough to take it? The pessimist in me envisions a shuddering front end under braking, but I'm no expert on this stuff. The fork in question:

Greetings, New guy here. When I write intros on forums they're typically very short or very long... and I'm guessing this one will drone on so here we go. In high school I started working as a mechanic in a Schwinn shop, and worked there for about ten years. Then I got a job in another...