Tycoon: 1962 Schwinn Typhoon 27.5er Conversion

[gowjobs]

Well, it's done.
Briefly: After abandoning my original plan to make a stretched/raked '51 DX, I swapped to my '62 Typhoon frame, and built it into a really nice strandie/klunk with 27.5er mags, and as many U.S. made components as I could manage.
Before Pic:

Build Thread: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/tycoon-almost-finished.106399/

 

[KJV]

 

[kingfish254]

I am getting errors too.
I started a thread on it and tagged Steve.

 

[gowjobs]

I am getting errors too.
I started a thread on it and tagged Steve.

I saved the pics to my PC, and it all seems to work that way.

 

[gowjobs]

Okay - so the trick seems to be... create the post first, and you can successfully add pic via Edit, afterward.

 

[OddJob]

No issues viewing it here. Dig the retro-mod look of this! Custom leather work, design flow....

Looks like an all-day rider too!

 

[gowjobs]

No issues viewing it here. Dig the retro-mod look of this! Custom leather work, design flow....

Looks like an all-day rider too!

Thanks! Yeah, if I was going to just cruise around town all day, this is pretty much the ride of choice. If I need to make miles, I have a vintage Raleigh Competition in a similar color scheme that would probably get the nod. The nice thing bout that four-pawl Hornet108 freewheel on here is that I don't need a bell. All I need to do is coast, and they can hear me coming.

 

[OddJob]

Thanks! Yeah, if I was going to just cruise around town all day, this is pretty much the ride of choice. If I need to make miles, I have a vintage Raleigh Competition in a similar color scheme that would probably get the nod. The nice thing bout that four-pawl Hornet108 freewheel on here is that I don't need a bell. All I need to do is coast, and they can hear me coming.

I know what you mean Dave... Santa Cruz 'rattlesnake alert'...

 

[gowjobs]

I know what you mean Dave... Santa Cruz 'rattlesnake alert'

I have an Alien hub with this crazy inverted cartridge freewheel assembly. Really need to build it into a wheelset soon.

 

[Jake Sensi]

Looking good. Rat on

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[SoulGarageOH]

Love those mags!


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[gowjobs]

Looking good. Rat on

Love those mags!

Thanks fellas! I sort of regret not being able to finish my original concept, but I have to admit this is a pretty sweet compromise.

 

[G-Matt]

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[Funkme]

Nice blend of the colors and those mags are the bomb.

 

[gowjobs]

I scored a "new" set of wheels for it that I'll swap out next week. Phil Wood hubs, HED 650B hoops and Rivendell/Panaracer tires. In the meantime, thanks to all who dropped a vote for this bike.

 

[tjwilson]

Your builds always have a heavy dose of "coolness" to them that I really like.

 

[gowjobs]

Your builds always have a heavy dose of "coolness" to them that I really like.

Thanks. I try to go in with an idea, and some sort of plan, and I do my best to respect the bike and its history, if that makes any sense. I also like to try doing things a little differently than everyone else. If that translates into cool, then that's cool by me.

 

[gowjobs]

A nearly new HED/Phil Wood wheelset arrived on Friday, wrapped in 650-41.5B Fatty Rumpkin rubber. Now Tycoon is far lighter, and a larger percentage American made.