My son whooped me for the first time last fall...
Of course he was 16 and I was 56. We were on evenly geared bikes too, he had my Cannondale CAD2 and I was on my Schwinn Traveler.
Carl.
It's all about getting the jump sometimes...he can really sprint...I gotta shift up a few gears and crank on it usually if I'm just cruising...but it's fun..he really likes to brag when he gets ahead...he'll have to get a lot bigger before he can beat me on the top end with the aluminium Panther.
Bike looks fast already. I like the radial spoked front wheel.
Thank you OJ. The fasteners on these wheels are really cool too. They are caps that thread into the hollow axles with allen screws.
Yellow and black on a 'ray is always righteous. Very cool that you and your son ride together. Cherish it, he's got a tough row ahead of him (what with what our generation is leaving behind).
furyus
Thank you...yes hopefully things evolve well for him.
Very nice bike ! looks like a excellent rider (with a crank and chain)
Thank you 1HP. Just so happens I got a sprocket today...and pedals.
Dangerously close to having a runner with no brakes....
I wanted a Scrambler sprocket like Schwinn used on the Scrambler BMX bikes.
Varsity sprockets are cheaper though.
Easily converts into a Scrambler sprocket. Looks like this part was almost brand new. No sign of a chain ever being on the big ring.
Trimmed down the chain guard mount so the front of it sits lower. Bearing cup is so sticky the sprocket is just pressed up against it.
I think the coaster Fastbacks suffer a bit in the looks department because the chain guard is tilted back. I've whittled about as much as I could out of the mount bracket but it's close to level. Not bad.
Got cables coming from Porkchopz along with a seat clamp and stem. Had to get off of there before I found anything else I couldn't pass up.