OK I admit it, I've been holding out on everyone.
I've been secretly building a bike and only a few people know about it. I should be more honest and upfront with my forum friends, here and at the Schwinn site. This one is definitely one to aggravate the purists on that other site. And that's a good thing!
I picked up a '64 Schwinn Racer from a good friend in the bike biz... probably a '65 actually since it's a L4 (Nov 64) date code. Original paint and decals on the frame, but seems like maybe there had been some touchup at some point in the past. There was black overspray on some odd parts, like the bearing cups, and the ends of the fender stays. The Hat-In-Ring decal and the little red-white-blue frame rings were all there, so who knows?
I got it with fenders and a chainguard, but nothing else.
I found a seat, a good Schwinn marked black Mesinger seat and a good post from some Bantam. Found a spare old stem and a beat up set of bars that came off my wife's 72 Breeze (but were stamped 77, go figure).
A decent crank and a clover sprocket for now and it'll just need wheels to roll. And of course, I didn't take any pictures up till now...
I've been secretly building a bike and only a few people know about it. I should be more honest and upfront with my forum friends, here and at the Schwinn site. This one is definitely one to aggravate the purists on that other site. And that's a good thing!
I picked up a '64 Schwinn Racer from a good friend in the bike biz... probably a '65 actually since it's a L4 (Nov 64) date code. Original paint and decals on the frame, but seems like maybe there had been some touchup at some point in the past. There was black overspray on some odd parts, like the bearing cups, and the ends of the fender stays. The Hat-In-Ring decal and the little red-white-blue frame rings were all there, so who knows?
I got it with fenders and a chainguard, but nothing else.
I found a seat, a good Schwinn marked black Mesinger seat and a good post from some Bantam. Found a spare old stem and a beat up set of bars that came off my wife's 72 Breeze (but were stamped 77, go figure).
A decent crank and a clover sprocket for now and it'll just need wheels to roll. And of course, I didn't take any pictures up till now...