Some scores/Upgrades/Stuff

[Chuy]

Swooped in last min on eBay and won this frame a couple weeks ago. Wouldn’t say it was a steal, but it’s a awesome frame for the collection. It has a few layers of paint, with black being the original color on it.
Plans to make a strandie out of it, nothing high end. Just need ANOTHER bike that I can grab and go. I mocked it up with some straight forks I have and eventually I’ll try and take the green paint off of it to leave only the red or black paint visible.

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[DeuceWheeler]

I love the look of that patina, the colors really meld well IMHO.

 

[Chuy]

I agree on the patine, I'm going to add some raw paint stripped forks that I have somewhere and see what the green, red and black looks like then. I'm trying to stay away from chrome forks, as almost all my other bikes have chrome forks on them.

 

[Chuy]

Here’s a picture of the frame with some raw paint stripped forks. Doesn’t look too bad. Might just hit those with some clear and call it a day.

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[Chuy]

New post title. Dumping all my scores here.

It was a great day for me, picked up a few nice pieces for cheap!
Start with 1962 Schwinn Typhoon, 2 26” typhoons in a month!!!

A later model women’s schwinn, perfect parts bike.

And a converted single speed Raleigh cruiser.

Few extra pics.

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[Chuy]

Picked up this rusty crusty 26” Murray Baja.
No cracks, re-welds and it’s pretty straight. Guy I got it from was going to make it into a Klunker but I’m going to make it into a BMX cruiser.
He included the original handlebars and threw in some extra wheels that I’ll use snatch the hubs off of. comes with an ACS slingshot style stem and moto handlebars.

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[MattiThundrrr]

That'd look good single speed and all dripping in annodization

 

[Dizzle Problems]

Awesome stuff man!!

 

[Chuy]

Perfect parts buy for $20

Hunter Classic Cruiser with a BMX style fork and MX stem. Shimano front hub, Shimano 3CC 3speed with a coaster brake.
Sugino 3 piece crankset with Sugino 46t chainring and Wellgo pedals.

This bike was probably an expensive low end bike back in its day. I don’t know much about Hunter bicycles, I came across a non-cruiser Hunter once but that’s about it.

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[Chuy]

While taking the bike apart I realized that it had some Akisu forks! Super score.

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[Chuy]

Freshly found in a bin of old parts in my garage. Upgraded my 26” Huffy’s wimpy brakes to come beefy Dia-Compe’s.

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[Chuy]

Being under quarantine has us trying some funky stuff.
Picked up this 24” Schwinn Unicycle. Tire is still in decent shape, nice Sugino cranks and good seat seat. Not bad for $20.

Does anyone know how to get a year on these things?

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[Chuy]

Just picked this up!

Custom 5 Cyclepro Cruiser

Some nice patina on the paint. I’ll probably swap the whitewalls out for some gumwalls, adjust the derailer, brakes, new seat and leave it alone.

I’ll park it next to it’s brother, a single speed Cyclepro BMX Cruiser

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[Chuy]

Changed out the cranks to some Oval Concepts and added some 90’s Avocet tires on my Columbia.

Those knobby mtb tires that were on the bike previously were wearing me down too soon during my rides on the bike paths and pulling a kiddie trailer. I dig the zig zag pattern on these.

Avocet Cross 26x1.90

This is what it use to look like.

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[Chuy]

Picked this up recently. Ad said it was a 56, but ID says it’s a 57 from January.

1957 straight bar, could be a hornet or spitfire. Not sure how to tell which model it is.

Came w/ACS stem, SE rims, Schwinn seat and Akisu forks. Going to build it up as a BMX/Klunker cruiser and most likely get rid of the cheap green paint. The drop outs need a little attention before anything.

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[Karate Chicken Industries]

What's up with the dropouts and what is your planned cure for what ails them?

 

[Chuy]

This is a pic from the ad, I want to strip it down to see how the rest of the frame is and also check out the other drop out.
It’s not that bad, but I would hate for it to get worse. Not sure how I’ll tackle it though.

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[Karate Chicken Industries]

I have a Schwinn frame with the same issue and am wondering what the best approach might be.

 

[Chuy]

Got the drop out fixed. Local neighborhood welder with 40 years of experience hooked me up.

Before:

After:

Looks likes the numbers were re-stamped too!
Backside:

Paint was stripped, tabs were removed. It’s time to gather some parts and mock it up.

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[Karate Chicken Industries]

Strong Work