Hey Guys,
First post here. A friend of mine told me about this build-off when I was getting some parts from him for my latest bike build.
Just a bit of background since this is my first post on here. I built a '64 stingray and did some mods to it. mainly different wheels and tires. Rear is a Mutant Elektra with a 2.4 Odyssey Chase Hawk and a Velosteel hub. Front is a 1.5 inch mach 1 with CST operative tire. I built it to ride with the midget I re-did for my kid.
Here's the finished '64. I painted it mazda spirited green metallic.
I was calling that one the toad and my kid came up with the name toadster since it coasts so well. It will roll forever and if you're on even a slight incline it will go faster than you can pedal. It was way faster than the kid's midget so he ended up getting a mini bmx racer we call white lightening. Then he was way faster than the '64.
So the next bike I wanted to do would have gears. I found a '69 fastback frame and fork on ebay and off I went. I knew I wanted schwalbe duranos if I did a 1 3/8 rim bike. I also bought a sram 9 speed cassette and the nicest chain guard I could find. Frame had brakes with it but they didn't match and since I want this bike to fly I got some nice tektro dual pivot calipers for it. Found the Krate suspension real cheap so figured that would help with a rider and look cool.
Color for bike will be lambo orange. More specifically Arancio Ymir. Gonna hurt to paint this chain guard.
That's it for now. Kind of nice I can take my time now since the contest goes until jan 1st. will want to get it painted before the cold hits here though. My kid named this bike orange lightening. I was going to call it the orange dragon but orange lightning works.
Drive train will be sram xo derailleur and trigger shift for a 1x9 setup. Should be a runner.
First post here. A friend of mine told me about this build-off when I was getting some parts from him for my latest bike build.
Just a bit of background since this is my first post on here. I built a '64 stingray and did some mods to it. mainly different wheels and tires. Rear is a Mutant Elektra with a 2.4 Odyssey Chase Hawk and a Velosteel hub. Front is a 1.5 inch mach 1 with CST operative tire. I built it to ride with the midget I re-did for my kid.
Here's the finished '64. I painted it mazda spirited green metallic.
I was calling that one the toad and my kid came up with the name toadster since it coasts so well. It will roll forever and if you're on even a slight incline it will go faster than you can pedal. It was way faster than the kid's midget so he ended up getting a mini bmx racer we call white lightening. Then he was way faster than the '64.
So the next bike I wanted to do would have gears. I found a '69 fastback frame and fork on ebay and off I went. I knew I wanted schwalbe duranos if I did a 1 3/8 rim bike. I also bought a sram 9 speed cassette and the nicest chain guard I could find. Frame had brakes with it but they didn't match and since I want this bike to fly I got some nice tektro dual pivot calipers for it. Found the Krate suspension real cheap so figured that would help with a rider and look cool.
Color for bike will be lambo orange. More specifically Arancio Ymir. Gonna hurt to paint this chain guard.
That's it for now. Kind of nice I can take my time now since the contest goes until jan 1st. will want to get it painted before the cold hits here though. My kid named this bike orange lightening. I was going to call it the orange dragon but orange lightning works.
Drive train will be sram xo derailleur and trigger shift for a 1x9 setup. Should be a runner.
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those seats in his avatar are just a small sample of the goodies he's got. I bought a chain guard and sprocket. all the other Schwinn parts came from rob. all correct 1969 parts.
