1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

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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!!!


 
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!…

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A quick squizz on the grinding wheel….


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Ahhh!…. Snowy white like Krampus’ shrubbery





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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….

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

y’all been so nice and helpful
 
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