After several years of tolerating my hobby (obsession) my wifey has told me it is time for me to build her a bike. She had a picture in her head of what she wants so we spent some time surfing the interwebs looking at pictures of different bikes to find the one in her head. It turns out the bike she wants is the one I sent to member Lauren Stanger a few weeks ago :x
So the hunt began for a late 60's-early 70's Schwinn Lightweight. After calling out to my rat rod brethren, my fellow Coasters members, and ads on CL, I was waiting to see what popped up. I got a few leads but nothing that was just right. Then I get a call from a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend. He has a Breeze that fits the bill. I pick it up and I am very pleased with this beautiful blue '68.
The down side is that my wifey is quite adamant that she wants her bike to be Cherry Red. I am dreading destroying this blue beauty. Luckily I also picked up this rough Breeze in the deal as well.
Now to find the right parts for this build. :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:
I picked up this '10 Schwinn Gateway at Target for a whopping $45 brand new. I did not like the ride and only got it because it was cheap and had a decent set of 700c wheels (28"???).
Started swapping parts over today. I wasn't sure how the bigger wheels would fit the frame and I had to squeeze the fenders in there as well. Winner, winner, Chicken Dinner!!!!
I was pleased to see the kickstand still worked with the bigger wheels as well.
Stay tuned for more!
So the hunt began for a late 60's-early 70's Schwinn Lightweight. After calling out to my rat rod brethren, my fellow Coasters members, and ads on CL, I was waiting to see what popped up. I got a few leads but nothing that was just right. Then I get a call from a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend. He has a Breeze that fits the bill. I pick it up and I am very pleased with this beautiful blue '68.
The down side is that my wifey is quite adamant that she wants her bike to be Cherry Red. I am dreading destroying this blue beauty. Luckily I also picked up this rough Breeze in the deal as well.
Now to find the right parts for this build. :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:
I picked up this '10 Schwinn Gateway at Target for a whopping $45 brand new. I did not like the ride and only got it because it was cheap and had a decent set of 700c wheels (28"???).
Started swapping parts over today. I wasn't sure how the bigger wheels would fit the frame and I had to squeeze the fenders in there as well. Winner, winner, Chicken Dinner!!!!
I was pleased to see the kickstand still worked with the bigger wheels as well.
Stay tuned for more!