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The purists will hate me. I have been working on this one a while. Here are the plans: 1. Sandblast off all that rust. 2. drop some hot brass in around the joints to smooth them out. 3. Flatten and trim the drop stand tab, drill and tap a derailler hanger. 4. Cold set the rear to 135mm...

Most of you have seen my 1936 Mercury. It was my first klunker build and it is still my favorite bike. I like the frame for its flowing lines and because the bottom bracket is pretty high. It is also a bit larger than my 41 Schwinn with a longer top tube and seat tube so it fits nice. It has...

The only decent photo I have.

This project began when another forum member from MTBR.com saw this frame in a local craigslist ad. I had hooked him up a long time ago with some parts and he knew I was into older bikes because I had posted my Mercury and my Schwinn Excelsior and my Elgin. He offered to buy it and ship it to me...

The Elgin is pretty much done so I starting thinking about a build path for my 41 Excelsior badged DX. I found a sturmey internal and some nice Araya 7x rims and a drum for the front and I thought I was set until today. I was looking at craigslist and saw an ad that said he had some vintage drum...

I just saw this on craigslist and thought it may be worth a post for some of you So Cal rats. http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/bik/1932910875.html I may go and bring some old skip tooth bits I have to get rid of. Anyone else going?

I found this Elgin after a deal I was working on fell through. Lucky for me. Prior to going and looking at it I measured my Mercury's wheelbase, fork, top tube and took notes on the geometry. When I compared to this bike all the numbers are the same. I LOVE the fit and ride of the Merc so I...

I started this project back in January and it has proven to be the most challenging rebuild I have done. I have built and restored several modern and vintage mountain bikes but never anything this old. I have always wanted to do a retro mod klunker so when this popped up on Craigslist for a song...

Hello. My name is Aaron and I am from San Diego. I have been riding bikes in one form or another for 30 years. I have been mountain biking for the last 15 years. I have been collecting/restoring old mountain bikes for several years and I build modern bikes on occasion for friends and I build all...