As you know, I had managed to pull an old 1941 Hiawatha (Shelby Flying Cloud) bike out of the weeds in my own backyard. Well, I had been thinking some possible directions to go with it. One involved simply using 1960's schwinn pedal cranks and pieces to replace the rusted pieces.
This got me...
Been meaning to start a thread for this. Here's what's happening.
Got this trike conversion kit....
...and am going to use it on this bike.
Tire selection. Vee Rubber 2.35 Speedsters in brown. Supposed to be really fast.
First snag was realizing that I need to move the axle back as...
Inspiration for this build is a comfortable adult size cruiser with the looks of a 80's BMX bike.
My Build off 13 entry started life as a made in USA, 1986 Huffy Savannah 10 speed Bike.
This bike was purchased at auction and was most likely stolen and abandoned.
Outstanding original deep...
This is a 1980's Huffy 26" 10 speed Mountain bike of some kind. Abandoned or stolen and bought cheap at Police auction.
Unknown history includes duct tape looped around rear tire, loose "dork disc" and rear spokes not broken but bent and loose (maybe stretched) both rims seem to run true...