1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

[Uncle Ookie]

Thanks Cap’n! Appreciated!!!
I’ve the athleticism/body of an Idaho Potato. It will get stressed but not like i am friggin’ Glen Plake over here

Thanks Cap’n! Appreciated!!!
I’ve the athleticism/body of an Idaho Potato. It will get stressed but not like i am friggin’ Glen Plake over here

oh dang @chicken

Thanks Cap’n! Appreciated!!!
I’ve the athleticism/body of an Idaho Potato. It will get stressed but not like i am friggin’ Glen Plake over here

oops sorry @Karate Chicken Industries full credit for that encouragement really appreciate that thank you!!!

peace!!!

 

[Uncle Ookie]

oops sorry @Karate Chicken Industries full credit for that encouragement really appreciate that thank you

 

[Uncle Ookie]

Just now: Adorable, Overheard:
One older twenty-something explaining a “Limited Slip” rear end to a younger twenty-something…..

that was delightful!!

I think from 1940’s until prolly the1980’s….
This information was genetic.
Passed via rNA

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

oops sorry @Karate Chicken Industries full credit for that encouragement really appreciate that thank you

Lulz, no worries.

 

[Uncle Ookie]

Lulz, no worries.

Y’all rock

 

[horsefarmer]

Classy frame and cool build.

 

[Uncle Ookie]

Classy frame and cool build.

Thank’s neighbor! It is a frame i saved from the scrapyard. i am Trying to honor all the history and tradition.

peace!

 

[Uncle Ookie]

More fettling…..

brakes today…. Front brakes seem ok for 5 miles rolling frame test… can we agree…. Some miles on regular Chicago city streets is like “Off Road”…one time?….. I got two flats from a Chicago Bike-Winter.org style pothole

old MX brakes reach/fit…. Here’s a trick i learnt….peeling off some of the glassy, old pad reveals nice soft stuff underneath!…

A quick squizz on the grinding wheel….

Ahhh!…. Snowy white like Krampus’ shrubbery

 

[Uncle Ookie]

Brake is in…

 

[Uncle Ookie]

…. And some natural rubber frame bumpers….

 

[Uncle Ookie]

…. For now… slap dash….just so it does not get more “ klunks”

The Roadmaster loaned her front deep v for now… it is too floppy for the final but i needed to get it on reliable footing and that’s got a Schwalbe for now…. Let’s see how it does on a shake-down tonight

 

[Uncle Ookie]

Oh yeah the triggerless bell nestled kinda nice in the stem

 

[Uncle Ookie]

I’ve grown weary of Phillips fasteners stripping on old school brakes…. I replace them all w/hex

 

[Uncle Ookie]

…. Just works better… phillips seem always to slip…. Same nylock even

 

[Uncle Ookie]

#KeepPushingThePedalDown

 

[Uncle Ookie]

Would love to have a rear brake… for skids and such…. But in 1958 that was not as much a priority for this bike… as was a fender….

… Any ideas on making this hole be for a R brake?….

y’all been so nice and helpful

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Phillips was designed to slip. It's to prevent over torquing

 

[Uncle Ookie]

Shake down ride… It’s def a stand up bike, fast fun. Some notes for the work stand. Lot’s to mull over

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

… Any ideas on making this hole be for a R brake?….

Weinmann used to produce an adapter that was designed for this. They are tough to find anymore.

 

[deorman]

Sometimes the "Phillips slip" is exacerbated by either the driver or the screw actually being JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard).

https://www.vesseltools.com/handtools/screwdrivers/jis-japanese-industrial-standard