SWB0 Scrap metal

[idiotboy]

One of my coworkers threw this in the scrap metal dumpster at work, so obviously I took it home. The wheels were mismatched and beat, and all the shifter parts for the rear sturmey archer 3 speed are missing so I tossed the wheels in the pile. This is how it sits now

I will probably use different bars, and I really don’t like the color but I really really hate painting, especially in the winter so I may just live with it for now. Stay tuned for more disassembly

 

[metalchewy]

Great looking scrap.

Will make a great build.

 

[Son of Kradus]

Theres something really racy about that frame on the stand! that paint would work with maybe some black n chrome accents! its not that bad a color, im a truckie and I gasp in horror at some of the new colored cars getting about on our aussie roads, they seem to have gone from shiny metallic to pastel like color schemes, the most popular ATM being that plastic grey undercoat look!
So yeah I dont mind that color, its different!

 

[idiotboy]

Theres something really racy about that frame on the stand! that paint would work with maybe some black n chrome accents! its not that bad a color, im a truckie and I gasp in horror at some of the new colored cars getting about on our aussie roads, they seem to have gone from shiny metallic to pastel like color schemes, the most popular ATM being that plastic grey undercoat look!
So yeah I dont mind that color, its different!

good idea, some black might make it acceptable

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

weirdly I have a craving for salmon now.

 

[idiotboy]

weirdly I have a craving for salmon now.

Weirdly enough, someone painted it this color on purpose!!

 

[Bike from the Dead]

Who in their right mind would throw THAT in a DUMPSTER?! Glad you were there to save that old Schwinn. Looking forward to seeing how you build it.

 

[Pondo]

I really don’t like the color but I really really hate painting,

I vote for the bare metal look.

 

[idiotboy]

I vote for the bare metal look.

That’s always a good idea

 

[idiotboy]

I bought these tires years ago to ride the mountain bike on rollers for winter exercise

just at the limit of the rules

in keeping with the scrap metal theme, these wheels came off the remains of a thrown away mountain bike. I’ll use the whole front wheel, and just the rim off the rear

lastly for today, my own scrap instead of someone else’s, I bought this hub at a swap meet several years ago really cheap and walked around with it for a couple hours before I realized it wasn’t a coaster brake, threw it in a box in the pile and kinda forgot I had it until I threw the sturmey hub off this bike in the same box

 

[OddJob]

Rock on Schultzie! I'm liking your ideas so far.

 

[OddJob]

Anything new on the vintage skinny build?

 

[idiotboy]

I’ve been completely slacking on this bike but I want to get it done, so today I figured out what I have and don’t have to finish it. This $5 swap meet seat should work on a skinny build

also these pedals, I’ll use the existing crank and chain ring, they look to be in good shape

I like the bend of the bars but there isn’t enough room for the shifter and brake levers if they’ll even play nice together, haven’t checked yet but I had these in the pile

and I’ve got this chain guard off my typhoon to maybe add some black without actually painting…

now I’ve got to order some spokes, a chain and some brake pads and I should be able to assemble a bike before the end of March….

 

[idiotboy]

Spokes should be here tomorrow so time to get to work! Finished disassembly, bottom bracket and headset are dry but in good shape, so I got all the small parts cleaned up

 

[idiotboy]

I really want this to be a different color but I really really don’t want to paint a frame in the cold so I’m gonna have a salmon colored 3 speed Schwinn I guess…

 

[idiotboy]

Before and after pics of the bearing races

seat post from the parts box and my $5 seat installed

and I cleaned and greased the headset and bolted the front wheel on just so it looks more like a bike

still got a ways to go but it’s slowly getting there….

 

[idiotboy]

Crank greased and adjusted, pedals installed, stem and bars on loose for now…

 

[idiotboy]

According to a couple of different websites, my serial number of P45897 means it was built either march of 1955 or November of 1956, older than I thought. My next step is the rear wheel, spokes got delivered, the hub is wider than the dropouts

I will need to address that, I’ll start by swapping out these fat locknuts for something skinnier

back in the old days of rim brakes on mountain bikes, cleaning the braking surface with scotchbrite was part of the maintenance process, so kind of a flashback

hopefully I can assemble a wheel this weekend, stay tuned….

 

[idiotboy]

Took longer than I wanted it to, but I assembled a wheel this morning. Put it on the bike to true it and I must have measured something wrong because the threads are bottomed out and it’s not tight yet, and the spokes are too short to do cross 4, I tried so I just ordered some shorter spokes that should be here Tuesday so I’m still optimistic

 

[idiotboy]

I forgot I had these stubby aluminum fenders, think the mounts will work with the brakes

I need to finish the rear wheel before I put the back one on, but the front fits