Street skinny cruiser thread!

[tulsacruiser]

Schwinn 26 x 1.25 cruiser

I love the way your bike looks. Nice, Simple, and Clean.

 

[snarehead123]

wow! those are great bikes guys and i thought i was the only guy using 26x 1 3/8 tires they seem to cruise real smooth don,t they so much easier than wide meat, by the way where do i get 26 x 1 3/8 whitewalls? :?: :shock:

 

[deorman]

http://www.bikeworldusa.com/index.php/c ... /3a/page/3

 

[jonvo4591]

I got my 26 x 1 3/8 whitewalls from a bike shop out of california http://www.junkyrustybikes.net/index.php?cPath=25_61

by the looks of that, they don't have any whitewalls in stock at the moment, but they have lots of other crazy colors to pick from.

 

[Cameo Carrier]

Hey guys! This is my skinny. I don't know anything about it other than I like it and it rides surprisingly smooth. I have tried to find something out about it on a couple search's but didn't turn up anything. If anyone knows anything I would appreciate it

 

[NLCTVWguy]

Here I was thinking I had the only one of those... I've got an Olympic ladies model in my basement. Similar vintage... early 60's. Mines a 26x1-3/8- wheeled single speed coaster brake cruiser. They were German made, not the most rugged bike but had some unique features. My ladies model has a "tailfin" chainguard, in white, and blue stripes rolled into the aluminum fenders. And, very weird for a lightweight, a teardrop tank. Super strange bike... and yeah I need to get pics of it.

I don't know who sold them.
--Rob

Hey guys! This is my skinny. I don't know anything about it other than I like it and it rides surprisingly smooth. I have tried to find something out about it on a couple search's but didn't turn up anything. If anyone knows anything I would appreciate it

 

[1manta]

wow! those are great bikes guys and i thought i was the only guy using 26x 1 3/8 tires they seem to cruise real smooth don,t they so much easier than wide meat, by the way where do i get 26 x 1 3/8 whitewalls? :?: :shock:

Yes they are smooth and fast and alot of fun to bomb downhill streets. Neighborhood dogs cant keep up .Roll them skinnies!

 

[Cameo Carrier]

Thank you for pointing out a year range nlctvwguy! Mine has ribbed fenders too and so I thought that it was earlier. Like I said....I know nothing about it. I would love to see pics of yours though. Mine also has the 26x1 and 3/8ths tires so thank you for the heads up on the tires Deorman and Jonvo4591.

 

[sean138]

1941 (?) Schwinn New World. My new skinny tire bike. The fork is a Suntour with a Ritchey headset and threadless stem. Wheels are Ridgida with a 3 spd SA rear. Seat is a Gyes. Great ride, needs new tires!
Rear brake only, it's a Dia-Comp. The fork is on road/off road.

 

[Markm]

COOL!! 8) 8)

 

[jan]

There's still work to be done, needs new tires, pedals, seatpost and seat.
origianal a three speed, but changed the wheels with some racing wheels I have converted from nine speed to single speed.

 

[Galtbacken]

Hey Hodad, those bikes look beautiful! Nice lines on both of them. Have you made the frame on the neckbraker as well?

 

[bikeriderx]

What kind of hub is that??

 

[Graylock]

It looks like another way to do this

using a track gear. You may want to redish the wheel to get the chain line but thats not hard to do. Yah that and jump on the frame to get the skinnier hub to fit :roll:
Looks good what you got.

Graylock

 

[bikeriderx]

Here's one I picked up the other day...

The guy I bought it from did a quick mod job...Not bad...What caught my eye was the rear hub:

I'm gonna take it in a 'retro roadbike' direction...More pics to come...

 

[Graylock]

8)

GL

 

[jan]

What kind of hub is that??

It was a 9 speed, but I removed the cassette and used a singlespeed cog instead, and added alot of spacers to fill out the space left where the old casette was.
I found the wheel in a dumbster, It's from a "Centurion Oxygen"

 

[Graylock]

A neet coaster brake you got on that rig. Looks cool Bikeriderx. I like these skinny tired cruisers with the coasters.

Graylock

 

[bikeriderx]

Thanks GL!

 

[herr_rudolf]

Here's mine:

^ This used to be my Billet Bullet RRBBO#4 bike. I've finally found some skinny whitewalls!

^ Both are 28" racingwheels with a slightly fatter regular adult bike-size on the rear (Schwalbe-Road Cruiser), and a skinny racingsize on the front (Schwalbe Lugano).

^ For those who like numbers...

More build pics at my Billet Bullet buildthread:
http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15850