Can't say I wish I had a Facebook to check out all the Pet and Bike Photos, looks like a cool page though!
Lets See Those 26" BMX Styled Cruiser Builds
- Thread starter Carbon
- Start date
Help Support Rat Rod Bikes Bicycle Forum:
Can't say I wish I had a Facebook to check out all the Pet and Bike Photos, looks like a cool page though!
- Joined
- May 10, 2016
- Messages
- 1,448
- Reaction score
- 3,554
Love it! one popped up for sale recently. Was really hard not to buy as its my beverage of choice. Love the upgrades!
Taco Tuesday run with my riding partner.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I gotta get some decent pictures of the bike and post it up on the 26” box thread.
Small update on my Huffy Colorado. Picked up some SE Power Wing bars for $12.50 from performance bicycle closing sale.
The bars are much more comfortable then the GBP bars I previously had on there. I’m happy with the new look.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Don't know if this really qualifies. More an old mountain bike (minus v-brakes and 14 gears) turned road cruiser with old mini-motocross bars and a Nexus 4 with coaster brake. But I thought this thread deserved to be brought back.
I'm thinkin I'll put the front brake back on.
I'm thinkin I'll put the front brake back on.
Last edited:
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2013
- Messages
- 120
- Reaction score
- 136
'49 Schwinn Panther
S2 wheels w/Bendix, Mijon stem, vintage cobra-style grips, vintage Tange headset, vintage HTI pedals, vintage Buckeye stamped Ashtabula cranks, vintage Sugino 39t chainring, vintage AS bolt Schwinn seat clamp, Schwinn seat post, solid aluminum MX handle bars, custom decals. vintage Kashimax seat guts and NOS '81 Wald fork.
S2 wheels w/Bendix, Mijon stem, vintage cobra-style grips, vintage Tange headset, vintage HTI pedals, vintage Buckeye stamped Ashtabula cranks, vintage Sugino 39t chainring, vintage AS bolt Schwinn seat clamp, Schwinn seat post, solid aluminum MX handle bars, custom decals. vintage Kashimax seat guts and NOS '81 Wald fork.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Wow. Just wow. That Panther...
Chuy
My Colorado laced in aluminum rims into OR hubs believe these Huffys have to be one of the most unique cruisers around not high end by any means
1940 Schwinn Excelsior
BMX fork 80's Ross stem Schwinn speedster bars unk BMX euro BB conversation sugino crank u-brake brazed bosses wheel set Schwinn Sierra
BMX fork 80's Ross stem Schwinn speedster bars unk BMX euro BB conversation sugino crank u-brake brazed bosses wheel set Schwinn Sierra
Ratted out needed laid-back post not to many around (cheap) 13/16 so my creation reenforced with bolt it works!
I get a lot of questions about my huffy when I take it around other BMX people. At first they give me the wonky eyes and then a confused look. It's a nice riding 26 BMX Cruiser for sure.
Some updates. I had a sturmey archer two speed on the cook cruiser and it is such a poor functioning hub, the brake was terrifying to use even on flat surfaces. I put about 4-600 miles on the hub and after our last fire road cruise it was kaput. I had three broken Bendix manual two-speed hubs which I got one working. Saw the crazy prices for oem snifter and cable on ebay so I made my own. Shifts good...brakes are not so good though.
The second bike I built up for our for our road cruise in a klunker style with a truss fork, 10 speed drive train and drum brakes, it was cool, you could ride it all day long but you could not really get rad on it. It was hard to input the bike to my riding style and the brakes were bad too, not to mention 37 feet of blue cables flapping about
so I stripped it down and put a regular bmx fork on it and a coaster brake and wolla! It was a whole new bike, very fun to ride. Enjoy.
The second bike I built up for our for our road cruise in a klunker style with a truss fork, 10 speed drive train and drum brakes, it was cool, you could ride it all day long but you could not really get rad on it. It was hard to input the bike to my riding style and the brakes were bad too, not to mention 37 feet of blue cables flapping about
Thanks for the info Paul..im trying to find a decent coaster brake my cruiser build I'm doing now. Something that stopsSome updates. I had a sturmey archer two speed on the cook cruiser and it is such a poor functioning hub, the brake was terrifying to use even on flat surfaces. I put about 4-600 miles on the hub and after our last fire road cruise it was kaput. I had three broken Bendix manual two-speed hubs which I got one working. Saw the crazy prices for oem snifter and cable on ebay so I made my own. Shifts good...brakes are not so good though.
The second bike I built up for our for our road cruise in a klunker style with a truss fork, 10 speed drive train and drum brakes, it was cool, you could ride it all day long but you could not really get rad on it. It was hard to input the bike to my riding style and the brakes were bad too, not to mention 37 feet of blue cables flapping aboutso I stripped it down and put a regular bmx fork on it and a coaster brake and wolla! It was a whole new bike, very fun to ride. Enjoy.
