Hello,
This is my first dive into the skip-tooth era bikes so it should be pretty interesting. I had been looking for a straight bar Schwinn frame for awhile and came across a new local bike shop that only sells used bikes. He had a couple of ballooners but nothing like what I was looking for. I asked him if he had any straight bar frames and he said he had one. He said it was very rusty and the rustiest bike he had ever seen. Ive seen some pretty rusty stuff before so I knew what to expect. A couple of days later he finally was able to bring it into the store so I could look at it. At first sight I knew I had to have this bike! He said he really wanted to build this bike but he could not get the aluminum stem out of the fork. So he stopped where he was and it just sat. He said it was complete with the exception of the rear rack, tank and front fender light. He did not think it ever had a tank on it but signs on the paint show otherwise. I still have to pick up some of the stuff, chaingaurd and some hardware, but im pretty stoked! I dont know which way I want to go with the bike, I think restore is out of the queston with how bad of shape everything is in. So I am open to suggestions. I tried reading the serial number but i will have to clean some of the rust off to be able to read them! I will let the pix do the talking now! Enjoy!
This is my first dive into the skip-tooth era bikes so it should be pretty interesting. I had been looking for a straight bar Schwinn frame for awhile and came across a new local bike shop that only sells used bikes. He had a couple of ballooners but nothing like what I was looking for. I asked him if he had any straight bar frames and he said he had one. He said it was very rusty and the rustiest bike he had ever seen. Ive seen some pretty rusty stuff before so I knew what to expect. A couple of days later he finally was able to bring it into the store so I could look at it. At first sight I knew I had to have this bike! He said he really wanted to build this bike but he could not get the aluminum stem out of the fork. So he stopped where he was and it just sat. He said it was complete with the exception of the rear rack, tank and front fender light. He did not think it ever had a tank on it but signs on the paint show otherwise. I still have to pick up some of the stuff, chaingaurd and some hardware, but im pretty stoked! I dont know which way I want to go with the bike, I think restore is out of the queston with how bad of shape everything is in. So I am open to suggestions. I tried reading the serial number but i will have to clean some of the rust off to be able to read them! I will let the pix do the talking now! Enjoy!
