Rat Rod
Owner & Founder
So through a bit of horse trading Dan Koenig of Ichi Bike and I agreed to a trade and I ended up with his 53 Schwinn Klunker...this thing's a BEAST!
This bike has a variety of really cool parts, but if you know me, I can't leave well enough alone. The drive-train consists of an SA 8 speed rear hub and SA front drum brake. I've never owned a modern SA internally geared hub so I'm not sure if they are difficult to adjust and keep adjusted or not. Right now it's not wanting to shift into certain gears and I'm hoping it's just a cable adjustment issue. I basically pulled the bike out of the box, slapped it back together and tried riding it around. My first impression was that the bike felt HUGE for a cruiser....the super wide bars and laid back post contributed to that effect I'm sure.
The red grips and red cranks will have to go and I would also prefer to have a black seat on the bike as well. Not sure what else I will swap out just yet.
So anyway...this will be my next little project to play around with and make my own.
This bike has a variety of really cool parts, but if you know me, I can't leave well enough alone. The drive-train consists of an SA 8 speed rear hub and SA front drum brake. I've never owned a modern SA internally geared hub so I'm not sure if they are difficult to adjust and keep adjusted or not. Right now it's not wanting to shift into certain gears and I'm hoping it's just a cable adjustment issue. I basically pulled the bike out of the box, slapped it back together and tried riding it around. My first impression was that the bike felt HUGE for a cruiser....the super wide bars and laid back post contributed to that effect I'm sure.
The red grips and red cranks will have to go and I would also prefer to have a black seat on the bike as well. Not sure what else I will swap out just yet.
So anyway...this will be my next little project to play around with and make my own.