late 30's Roadmaster build.

[chepe13]

Here is where my current bike project stands, it's a late 30's cwc made Roadmaster. I have spent the last week sanding and priming it, I finally layed the flat black on it this past Thursday and today I took this quick snap of my mock up.

I still need to spray my forks and order my seat, I am going with a Brooks B66 in vintage brown. Until then though, I need to decide what bars and wheels/tires I am going with. I have a pair of brick clay colored tires and the white ones pictured, along with a set of black rims and some chrome HD 12 gauge spokes. I can't decide what I want to go with, I am leaning to the black wheels more than the chrome. I just need to figure the tires out.

What tire/wheel combo do you guys recommend? Some input would be greatly appreciated, thanks. I'm going to sell the wheels that I don't use incase you guys might be interested, they are both new and have not been ridden.

 

[scott brownsey]

chrome HD wheels and white tires b sweet

 

[El Duderino]

i would go black or some other painted color. personally I am a fan of tan tires

 

[El Duderino]

Ive got an all black with the red tires and pedals. it does look good.

On a side note. my dad experimented with staining his tires. maybe an option

 

[badmuller]

I think the chrome wheel is too shiny for that flat black. Go with the black wheelset.

 

[rusty1]

brick tires on chrome rims, nice lookin bike!

 

[boybluela]

Man that thing is sweet...I think it'd look sick with the white or cream tires on the black wheels

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Looks great so far! White tires with chrome wheels will really look cool 8)

 

[SSG]

The thing about white tires is that they'll be grungy cream before too long :mrgreen:

 

[chepe13]

Wow, thanks a lot for the feedback guys. I was not a big fan of how thin the black rims looked with either set of tires. They were too skinny after seeing the HD wheels mounted, the HD wheels are a over 2'' thick while the black wheels are 1.75. So I'm sticking with the chrome wheels. The black wheels will be on sale here shortly, would anyone be interested? they have never been ridden.

 

[scott brownsey]

sure would be cool if you had the tank

 

[crump582]

Love the frame and set up you have... Is that a repop fork or original?

 

[chepe13]

sure would be cool if you had the tank

Man don't even remind me. It had the tank when I bought it, along with original tires tries rods and front fender. I work in my moms garage bcause my 1 bedroom apartment is too small. My mom threw that stuff away.

 

[chepe13]

Love the frame and set up you have... Is that a repop fork or original?

Thanks man. It's a repop fork. Took some small mode but got it to fit.

 

[chepe13]

These small details are holding things up! I can't find bars that I like. I want some low rise bars, but that are as wide as the half moon bars. I'm still waiting for my saddle, once it comes in I might be able to narrow down what bars I might get.

 

[scott brownsey]

sure would be cool if you had the tank

Man don't even remind me. It had the tank when I bought it, along with original tires tries rods and front fender. I work in my moms garage bcause my 1 bedroom apartment is too small. My mom threw that stuff away.

o no thats to bad but she is ur momma so be easy dont beat her lol

 

[chepe13]

This build is being derailled by small stuff!! Haha, my seat arrived today and it was not the right one, I ordered a Brooks B66 but I recieved a B135 instead, I like it but It is not the color i wanted. I'll decide whether or not to keep it by tomorrow. Also, the more I have looked at the Bike, the more I have realized that I want to go with black rims and clay tires, I'll have the other set just incase I want to change things up.

 

[chepe13]

Waiting for my seat still!!!
Here is a quick snap of the wheel choice that I am playing with right now. My black wheels are being trued atm.

 

[El Duderino]

great choice

 

[chepe13]

I finally got my Saddle in the mail today! I absolutely love it. Even though I do not have all my parts yet I decided to slap some spare parts on and go for a cruise around my hood. She rides great! My black wheel are in the shop so i through on my HD wheel set with the white tires, I have not decided what bars i am using yet so I through on some old schwinn bars and coke bottle grips I had laying around. I heard all the problems that people had with brooks saddles but let me tell you, this thing is amazing right out of its packaging. Anyways here are some pics.