50s Western Flyer

[horsefarmer]

Soon continuing the build my brother started in 2019....

https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/western-flyer-bomber.108917/

 

[horsefarmer]

Bike came with a new set of alloy 26" wheels.

I changed out the tires and tubes for 26 x 2.5" Sunlite Sandy Beach tires. Wow they fit no problem.
Wheels came with Shimano Nexus 3 rear coaster but no hardware....

Digging and sorting thru buckets and boxes I was able to find the shifter and misc parts....

Only hold up is the Non-turn washer has the tab in wrong position for hooking up the brake arm...

I'm gonna grind the tab off and weld a new tab in the right position.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That's a nice bike, Hoss. Gonna have a primo position in your fleet when it's done.

 

[horsefarmer]

Thought I'd show the modified washer...

It seems like a generous size frame all around. Hoping for a fun rider.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

The wishbones are so nice.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

That's one thing I love about my 50 Western Flyer is it's got room for plenty of tire.

 

[Phil Fink]

Nice bike.

Not sure if I did my 3-speed bike the wrong way, but I was able to loosen the lock nut on the reaction arm, and twist the axle so that the flats and the tab on the yellow-painted steel fixed washer aligned to the frame (Worksman).

 

[idiotboy]

Nice bike.

Not sure if I did my 3-speed bike the wrong way, but I was able to loosen the lock nut on the reaction arm, and twist the axle so that the flats and the tab on the yellow-painted steel fixed washer aligned to the frame (Worksman).

I was just about to say the same thing, I did that with a sturmey archer 2 speed on an old rollfast frame. Great bike, I think it’s so cool that you’re continuing your brother’s build

 

[horsefarmer]

I never installed a 3 speed Nexus which shifts with a rod like most IGH but installed a nexus 4 which uses the different cable shifter that turns a barrel and is fixed and maybe that's the reason for the different washers Shimano offers... anyways - how we learn.