Escaped Convict (Done)

[Chainsaw]

Aaron, here's the pics of the bike from Gotavan. Don't know much about it but it looks like it had a Schwinn headbadge at one time.

 

[Chainsaw]

Didn't know the pics were so bad! Sorry about that. I'll try to get some better ones if you want.

 

[kingpin]

na u gotta go for a fat cruiser look with it bro...the big wheels look to 10-speedish to me....i actually dig it with 20s....and maybe a banana seat?

brett

 

[ACD]

Chainsaw that bike could well be similar to what mine originally was.

Kingpin (Love that avatar by the way) I think it's going 20 front and 24 rear. With apes and a banana seat if I can find or make one.

Aaron

 

[kingpin]

thanks aaron.

yeah bro thats the direction...just dont sacrafise that sweet cruiser bmx....at least nothing permanant any way!!! lol

 

[ACD]

OK despite the inquiries into swapping frames on this I am sticking with the original. I picked up this today at Walmart for $30 plus tax... close out item.

I now have a fork, wheels, tires, possibly bars, fenders, and who knows what else. Reinvigorated I spent 1.5 hours scrubbing the 3 layers of paint off with a scotch brite pad and carb cleaner. Cheap spray bomb paint bubbles right up with Carb Cleaner. Then I hand sanded the original factory paint off... it was Maroon. Only markings on bike were D 6034 on the drop out. Will start painting soon. I will either go with black and white stripes like a prison jumpsuit, or make the frame look like faux granite blocks in keeping with my "prison" theme.

 

[mastershake916]

I like the classic look.

I'd stick with at least a 24" rear wheel....2 20'" wheels makes it look weird.

I agree, looks great now.

 

[Chainsaw]

Great donor! I'm glad you're hanging in with your original selection. Your bike has sooooo much potential. I like the prison theme, lots of cool stuff you can do. How about a ball and chain anti theft device?

 

[armandgil]

That first pic in your more configs. looks very interesting. How aboot a fixie classic, it does have the dropouts you need. I'm thinking black frame granite everything else. An escaped convict has to be fast, or at least look fast. lol

 

[goldz56]

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Aaron, here's the pics of the bike from Gotavan. Don't know much about it but it looks like it had a Schwinn headbadge at one time.

Its a post war Schwinn DX

 

[Chainsaw]

Thanks Goldz! Do you think that's what Aaron's also?

 

[ACD]

My serial # is D 6034 which if it is a Schwinn places it as a 57' I think.

I primed and painted the frame today flat black. Will let it cure and do the white stripes. It will end up with a black and white striped (like a Zebra) frame and I may do the fenders in the faux granite. The ball and chain idea is cool.

Aaron

 

[sensor]

might wanna weld some chain ling together with a ball on top for a shifter if youve got a or 3 speed hub........might look kinda cool

 

[ACD]

Nope I have a coaster hub. Another cool idea though. Truth be told I will not be fabricating much on this. Lack of time. (OK that's a lie total lack of talent is more like it.)

 

[ACD]

Prepare to horrified......

I painted and assembled the bike today.

I had to use the Wally World Crank as the bearing race threads on the original were stripped. Sprocket is horrid looking, I will try to find one I like. My intention is to go with a banana seat and sissy bar but threw the Wal-Mart bike seat on for now. Wheels are not very true (big surprise) and there is a lot more things to tinker around with. Right now I don't like the fenders. That may change. I need to get a chain. Anyway.. enough talk...

Aaron

 

[ACD]

That picture is bad, sorry. For some reason it looks huge in front of the board tracker but trust me it is tiny. Without a banana seat I'll probably have great difficulty riding it. May have to recruit the boy... he'll be devasted I'm sure.

 

[socal_jack]

Wow, that's a bold statement! Not bad looking at all, I don't think anyone will be horrified around here, unless you stripped and painted a mint 50's Phantom, and even then it probably wouldn't be unanimous.

 

[ACD]

OK I can't afford a springer front but the Hawethorn did have a cool set of truss rods. So... A quick clean up, prime and paint, and a bit of a tweak.. (gentle bend as it were) and we now have a cooler front end. My 6 year old likes it anyway !!!

My neighbor says it looks like the bike Beetlejuice had. Now I have to go search for that. Didn't occur to me I was making a BeetleJuice bike. Still plan to make some sort of tank insert with Maine Dept. of Corrections on it. Also want a cool old metal 6V Falshlight to mount to the truss rods. Still looking for a banana seat.

Aaron

 

[kingpin]

wow that is tiny...what size are those wheels then?

 

[ACD]

Told you it was small bike, my 6 yo is small for his age too. Those wheels are 24".

Aaron