Well I got this off of another RRB member last week.....
Thought about just doing a Class-1 clean up but one look at the bead-less S5 rims had me wanting to have a look at some wheel sets...
...going to convert it from a coaster brake into a single speed with rim brakes.
Found some 451mm BMX wheels with cassette freehub deal. Gonna put some dual pivot calipers like I did on my '69 9-speed Fastback.
Wheels and tires are ordered and on the way. Tires are coming from the UK so hopefully not too long of a wait on those.
Will be interesting to try a single gear with good brakes front and rear....Not getting too wild with this. It wont get painted during this build off if ever. Just kind of a fun little rat to play with.
I have a purple Pete seat kit that might be cool on this but I think this seat might be worth saving? Looks like it's a real Cotton Ghost/Grey Picker seat and it's in decent shape. Little hard for my tender rear end though...![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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Thought about just doing a Class-1 clean up but one look at the bead-less S5 rims had me wanting to have a look at some wheel sets...
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Found some 451mm BMX wheels with cassette freehub deal. Gonna put some dual pivot calipers like I did on my '69 9-speed Fastback.
Wheels and tires are ordered and on the way. Tires are coming from the UK so hopefully not too long of a wait on those.
Will be interesting to try a single gear with good brakes front and rear....Not getting too wild with this. It wont get painted during this build off if ever. Just kind of a fun little rat to play with.
I have a purple Pete seat kit that might be cool on this but I think this seat might be worth saving? Looks like it's a real Cotton Ghost/Grey Picker seat and it's in decent shape. Little hard for my tender rear end though...