Schwinn bikes ( post pics here )
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My '65 Schwinn Coppertone!
My last Schwinn World Sport (I think) - free bike
Pair of Varsity - 1965
1988 Voyageur
Super Le tour
Le Tour Tourist
Cruiser 5
Suburban 10 speed
Suburban 5 speed
1984 Sierra
Mesa runner
Collegiate 10 sport
Collegiate 5 speed
Pair of Varsity - 1965
1988 Voyageur
Super Le tour
Le Tour Tourist
Cruiser 5
Suburban 10 speed
Suburban 5 speed
1984 Sierra
Mesa runner
Collegiate 10 sport
Collegiate 5 speed
1954 schwinn
bus and bikes
2006 Schwinn Manta Ray
This is the final iteration’s parts list: Wald highrise bars from a girl’s 70’s (?) Free Sprit; Salsa handgrips; Bontrager bar end plugs; OCC Sting-Ray 42T crankset; Sturmey Archer 16T drive cog (final drive ratio = 57.75 Gear Inches); OCC Sting-Ray front wheel and tire; Zéfal LED’s front and rear.
By using the OCC Sting-Ray’s 24” front wheel, the Fork Angle and Trail were changed from the original’s 16” wheel; this resulted in a dramatic change in the handling characteristics. The combination of a Wald highrise handlebar’s spacing and changes to the Fork Angle and Trail makes her so much better to ride from both a physics and ergonomic standpoint.
Design and application is often a matter of compromises, in this case, the higher Final Drive Ratio makes her go further per pedal stroke (thus faster at 60-90 RPM’s) on the flats and in descends, but in climbing – well – not so much, despite the OCC's 170mm crank length; she has thus become a comfortable, yet reasonably fast, flatland single speed cruiser! (I resisted the temptation of converting her into an internally geared 3-speed)
Hope you guys like her.
This is the final iteration’s parts list: Wald highrise bars from a girl’s 70’s (?) Free Sprit; Salsa handgrips; Bontrager bar end plugs; OCC Sting-Ray 42T crankset; Sturmey Archer 16T drive cog (final drive ratio = 57.75 Gear Inches); OCC Sting-Ray front wheel and tire; Zéfal LED’s front and rear.
By using the OCC Sting-Ray’s 24” front wheel, the Fork Angle and Trail were changed from the original’s 16” wheel; this resulted in a dramatic change in the handling characteristics. The combination of a Wald highrise handlebar’s spacing and changes to the Fork Angle and Trail makes her so much better to ride from both a physics and ergonomic standpoint.
Design and application is often a matter of compromises, in this case, the higher Final Drive Ratio makes her go further per pedal stroke (thus faster at 60-90 RPM’s) on the flats and in descends, but in climbing – well – not so much, despite the OCC's 170mm crank length; she has thus become a comfortable, yet reasonably fast, flatland single speed cruiser! (I resisted the temptation of converting her into an internally geared 3-speed)
Hope you guys like her.
Sinwagn, That copper colored Schwinn, That looks like a Dyno frame with with Schwinn head badge & forks.
Well Done'62 Schwinn Hollywood makeover
jd56
It's all about the tanklights
Just added this one a few months ago
48 S4
(Before pickup)
after some cleaning
After a major cleaning. He's ready for a ride now.
Also have this red two tone 51 girls Panther
48 S4
(Before pickup)
after some cleaning
After a major cleaning. He's ready for a ride now.
Also have this red two tone 51 girls Panther
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A few of my Stingrays.
my 56 schwinn dx ratrod pig bike.
only a schwinn by frame everything else is different
new departure rear hub.
aftermarket whitewalls.
36 inch apes and long sissybar
seat is a aftermarket as well as sissybar.
rear fender is Schwinn front is Columbia
Panasonic road bike front forks.
aftermarket mirror.
lots of bondo and paint.
only a schwinn by frame everything else is different
new departure rear hub.
aftermarket whitewalls.
36 inch apes and long sissybar
seat is a aftermarket as well as sissybar.
rear fender is Schwinn front is Columbia
Panasonic road bike front forks.
aftermarket mirror.
lots of bondo and paint.
There's some pretty rad bikes here. Great job fellas. 
Im in the process of getting my '83 cruiser together. Here's a before/after.
Im in the process of getting my '83 cruiser together. Here's a before/after.
