Single & Ready to Mingle

[kram]

Got this one all done. I figured the Bonneville Salt Flats would be a perfect place for pictures. It is still pretty soggy out there so I got a few pictures on the salt and the rest are from the surrounding area.
Part breakdown:
1957 Schwinn Flying star single bar frame
Custom made cast aluminum tank plate
Phantom sprocket, 1935 Schwinn Cranks, and a balloon chainguard
Person seat with custom Schwinn laid back post
Beehive springer
Rear wheel is a Schwinn s2 with a Jerald slick tire, front is s7 with vintage tire
Various other unknown parts
Here's the build thread:

Single & Ready to Mingle

I picked up this single bar schwinn a couple years back and it’s been hanging in my garage since. I always thought these were cool and weird frames. I think they only made them for a few years, if I remember correctly this one is a 1957 flying star. Plans are for a pretty simple build. For...

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This is how it started.

 

[kram]

I took a lot of pictures, so here are a few more that I thought were cool.

 

[SkyknightJohn]

Great bike! and fantastic photos!

 

[Captain Awesome]

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Got this one all done. I figured the Bonneville Salt Flats would be a perfect place for pictures. It is still pretty soggy out there so I got a few pictures on the salt and the rest are from the surrounding area.
Part breakdown:
1957 Schwinn Flying star single bar frame
Custom made cast aluminum tank plate
Phantom sprocket, 1935 Schwinn Cranks, and a balloon chainguard
Person seat with custom Schwinn laid back post
Beehive springer
Rear wheel is a Schwinn s2 with a Jerald slick tire, front is s7 with vintage tire
Various other unknown parts
Here's the build thread:

Single & Ready to Mingle

I picked up this single bar schwinn a couple years back and it’s been hanging in my garage since. I always thought these were cool and weird frames. I think they only made them for a few years, if I remember correctly this one is a 1957 flying star. Plans are for a pretty simple build. For...

ratrodbikes.com

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This is how it started.
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Phenomenal build but these photos are just absolutely

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Bike came out amazing!

 

[kram]

@Captain Awesome - I think taking the pictures is half the fun.

 

[JA331]

Great build. It looks right at home on the salt. The photos do it justice too! Well done.

 

[SkyknightJohn]

Man, so many of those photos would make a top-tier final photo. Looking at them again today on the 'big screen' of my laptop, I am once again impressed.

Well done, I say, well done.

 

[kram]

Man, so many of those photos would make a top-tier final photo. Looking at them again today on the 'big screen' of my laptop, I am once again impressed.

Well done, I say, well done.

Thanks. It’s really hard to decide which picture to put first.

 

[Bike from the Dead]

Dang, with so many great photos from so many great angles, that bike would get all the matches on all the dating apps! It wouldn't stay "single" for long! That is one sharp photogenic bike! You did a great job hopping up that old Schwinn Kram! I love it!

 

[Pestcontrol02]

Love it, great bike.

 

[Taylor Hunt]

I'm absolutely loving how the tank plate fins line up with that beehive spring. Sexy and looks fast standing still.

 

[Frankie plekhand]

I bet its fast!! Congrats on this awesome build!!

 

[kingfish254]

Love this build man! Such a mean hot rod vibe. The tank sets it off, but flow so well too. Stance for days too! Well done!
BRAVO!

 

[marshall hudson]

Love the look and stance on this one. Fat and skinnys give it that, Don't mess with me attitude. I'm so using that finned alum somewhere on a future weekend cruiser . Congrats.

 

[Pondo]

Love it! It really has that racer vibe. I don't think the SCTA has a bicycle class but that could be fun. The patina is great, terrific tire combo and that beehive just sets it off so nicely. Great work!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Congratulations to @kram ! Single and Ready to Mingle is the Good From Afar Award winner for 2022!