Hello all.
I’m new to bicycles. I tried taking apart one as a kid and failed miserably. Since then, I’ve always wanted a lowrider bike, as well as a trike. Thirty years later, I found a vintage DeSoto trike on the curb with little surface rust. I have already taken it apart completely and I am almost done removing rust and a couple layers of paint. Unfortunately, I have no idea what parts, sizes, etc. that I will need to get this bike completed. Please, if anyone can help my progression in knowledge, I will greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
I’m new to bicycles. I tried taking apart one as a kid and failed miserably. Since then, I’ve always wanted a lowrider bike, as well as a trike. Thirty years later, I found a vintage DeSoto trike on the curb with little surface rust. I have already taken it apart completely and I am almost done removing rust and a couple layers of paint. Unfortunately, I have no idea what parts, sizes, etc. that I will need to get this bike completed. Please, if anyone can help my progression in knowledge, I will greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
) then you can do a lot of "good enough" fitting. I once turned a 5-speed Derailleur Schwinn into a 3-speed Internal hub bike with a few ratcheting cargo belts and a rubber hammer, and widened front and rear made for a 20" 1.25" rim to a 2.5" BMX rim with cargo belts, wooden blocks and a deadblow...steel is very, very forgiving. You can even file the dropouts to accept larger axles (although that's a one-way street)-in short, you have a lot of fitting options if you can't find a perfect match or if the original parts are an unusual custom fit-and that's without getting into brazing or welding.
Welcome to the BIKE SIDE fellow Padawan...
