you should have an ear to ear grin riding that one
Between the long spring saddle and the rear spring it has about 5" of rear travel. Almost as much as my mountain bike. The only problem is that it weighs in at about 60 lbs and instead of discs and lots "O" gears it has a 60 year old coaster brake and 1 gear :shock: I probably won't be grinning, it will be the kind of face you make when you are succkin wind.
As always my procastination prevented me from doing all of the stuff to the bike I had planned. I was planning to add some pinstriping and lace a Nexus hub into the rear wheel. OH Well maybe on next the build off bike I will get my ship together "probly NOT".
Here is a parts list of the stuff I used;
Frame = 1936 Dayton Twinflex. Made by Dayton /Huffman which later became Huffy
And I said I would never ride a Huffy. The frame and the wheels & tires are the only parts I have any money into. The rest of the parts came from bikes I parted.
Chainguard = mid 40s Dayton
Wheels = late 40s lobdell ballooner
Hubs = New Departure Model D front & rear, 1" pitch chain
Pedals = prewar stream line parts with torington guts
Crank = mid 40s Dayton
Seat = prewar troxel long spring w/OG leather
Stem = mid 40s Torrington
Bars = prewar Torrington
Grips = Prewar coke bottles. I think these were OG to the bike
Headlight = Early 50s Delta torpedo with a 65 Ford Fairline fender winged JB welded to the top (Its a Rat Rod)
Rear reflector = from a 1938 Hawthorne Duralium Monarch Silver King
Hubcaps = 50s Wald
Tires = 24 x 3 Nirve Phatarse white walls (The only parts on the bike that were not made in the good old USA)
Some scrap steel and aluminum for brackets, and a couple of rattle cans of paint. Red oxide and some flat white.
The funnest part was "Aging" the paint. Purposely scratching the paint and rubbing dirt and grease into the surface was strangely pleasing.
I will post some more pics when I get the striping done
