I guess I'm in for this build off. My main goal is to just actually finish a bike, lol. I haven't been collecting parts but I have a fair amount of stuff still laying around.
The frame I'm going to use is what looks like a late 30' schwinn frame. I posted the story of how I got it in the bike evaluation section a while ago but I'll repeat it here. Last summer I heard about this old dump up in Idaho where from the 30's-60's they had pushed junk off a cliff that was overlooking a river. There was all kinds of stuff from cars to old fridges. So me and a good friend found out where it was and headed up. We were mostly looking for car parts but I saw what looked like an old bike frame poking out from a bunch of rubble. It was a huge pain to get out because it was entangled in the springs of an old mattress and the mattress was pinned down by a bunch of other junk. Eventually I got it out but that wasn't the end of the adventure. To get down to this place you have to scale down a steep cliff, so you can imagine how fun that is to go back up with a bike over your shoulder :shock: . I eventually got it all the way to the top and I've never worked that hard for a bike.
This gives you an idea of the terrain, definitely want to be up on your tetanus shot before going down there. Most of the stuff is trashed pretty bad from the ride down the cliff or the heavier stuff rolling over it.
Here are some pictures of the frame when I got it home. It's in decent shape but the fork is toast. The stays are going to need a bit of tweaking but I don't see any broken welds. It's got some dents here and there but they add character. Right? I started soaking it today in pb blaster and hopefully in a week or so I'll actually be able to get it apart. If the crank is original it also might help with the year of the frame.
I gave this bike to my brother in law a little while ago but I kept the wheelset. I think these are wheels and tires I will go with on this one, but I'll probably paint the rims.
I got this awesome seat from Uncle Stretch a while ago and it's never found a home on a bike, so I think it'll go good with this build.
For the fork I think I'm going to go with a ratrap that I have. I'll probably have to modify the rockers to work with the taller tires though. That's as far as I've got in seeing what will work.
The frame I'm going to use is what looks like a late 30' schwinn frame. I posted the story of how I got it in the bike evaluation section a while ago but I'll repeat it here. Last summer I heard about this old dump up in Idaho where from the 30's-60's they had pushed junk off a cliff that was overlooking a river. There was all kinds of stuff from cars to old fridges. So me and a good friend found out where it was and headed up. We were mostly looking for car parts but I saw what looked like an old bike frame poking out from a bunch of rubble. It was a huge pain to get out because it was entangled in the springs of an old mattress and the mattress was pinned down by a bunch of other junk. Eventually I got it out but that wasn't the end of the adventure. To get down to this place you have to scale down a steep cliff, so you can imagine how fun that is to go back up with a bike over your shoulder :shock: . I eventually got it all the way to the top and I've never worked that hard for a bike.
This gives you an idea of the terrain, definitely want to be up on your tetanus shot before going down there. Most of the stuff is trashed pretty bad from the ride down the cliff or the heavier stuff rolling over it.
Here are some pictures of the frame when I got it home. It's in decent shape but the fork is toast. The stays are going to need a bit of tweaking but I don't see any broken welds. It's got some dents here and there but they add character. Right? I started soaking it today in pb blaster and hopefully in a week or so I'll actually be able to get it apart. If the crank is original it also might help with the year of the frame.
I gave this bike to my brother in law a little while ago but I kept the wheelset. I think these are wheels and tires I will go with on this one, but I'll probably paint the rims.
I got this awesome seat from Uncle Stretch a while ago and it's never found a home on a bike, so I think it'll go good with this build.
For the fork I think I'm going to go with a ratrap that I have. I'll probably have to modify the rockers to work with the taller tires though. That's as far as I've got in seeing what will work.
I'll be watching :wink:
