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Rolling on my first build since I was a kid, this is way too much fun! Wanted to build a 24" krate adjacent" style bike. Started with a 52' schwinn DX style frame and added an S2 rim that I laced up with a shimano nexus 3 speed hub. next up should be the 26" springer frontend , a 24" slick tire, and a 20" wheel
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little by little its getting there! was able to get ahold of an old spitfire chainguard that fit, as well as a really really nice 5 speed stik shifter. took the front fender off of my sears spyder 5 speed for mock up and threw a back fender and seat and seatpost on to see for placement. Waiting on the rest of the parts to mock everything up and then its off for sandblasting and powdercoating
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a little more progress! Waiting on a seatpost clamp and a different seatpost (this one is sized for an original schwinn seat clamp I think, way too small for this reproduction seat.). Think I'm going to go with a slightly larger sissybar too. Figured out a way to mount a brake through the fender bridge using a cantilever shoe eyebolt, now I gotta figure out how I'm going to attach the rear fender. handlebars and stem look good, and the cranks and sprocket are all ready to go!
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no, Ill snap a pic the next time I'm at the workshop. took a bit to figure out since there isn't any kind of a brake bridge. saw a video where a builder used a cantilever shoe eyebolt to thread through the fender bridge. Found one on amazon for a couple of bucks and it did the trick.
 
And I think she's done! Had one of the top tube decals come off a bit on the way to take these pics ( maybe someone knows of a way to better protect them once they are on the frame) but other than that I'm really happy with it! I"m a photographer by trade so it was fun to photograph something that was mine for a change!
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