I've been thinking about building a throw in the back of a truck, trunk, back seat whatever it be and not worry about it bike. It must be lightweight and cool.
I don't know that there is a particular category for this style of bike, so I've created my own. A Bruiser, defined as a throw around lightweight cruiser, an Urban Klunker/Bomber if you will.
Starting with a '37 C model Schwinn frame as this is my favorite frame style.
Picked it up like this:
Had it thrown together like this for a couple weeks, donor parts off a prewar women's Fleet I had picked up as parts for this particular frame before I had even bought it...
I wasn't totally happy with it like that, so my mind started working.
Fresh after blasting and satin clear coat. Goal again is to not worry about scratching or chipping paint.
At this point the plan started changing.... I started to hang the skip tooth stuff back on and was going to paint all the components black, but realized man these frames are so light when they are bare! It's a shame to hang on heavy steel components.
So I made some changes to my plan. I had purchased a 3 piece crank conversion from a RRB member for another project, but the gearing isn't quite right for that. Decided it needed to go on this frame. Besides the black and blue goes with the Bruiser theme.
Should have a fork here today, I didn't want to reuse the original for the strength factor. Still debating on handlebars and neck. Have an alloy wheelset coming and a set of black Fat Frank's waiting.
Hmmmmmmm these are cool....
That's all for now folks!
Jon
I don't know that there is a particular category for this style of bike, so I've created my own. A Bruiser, defined as a throw around lightweight cruiser, an Urban Klunker/Bomber if you will.
Starting with a '37 C model Schwinn frame as this is my favorite frame style.
Picked it up like this:
Had it thrown together like this for a couple weeks, donor parts off a prewar women's Fleet I had picked up as parts for this particular frame before I had even bought it...
I wasn't totally happy with it like that, so my mind started working.
Fresh after blasting and satin clear coat. Goal again is to not worry about scratching or chipping paint.
At this point the plan started changing.... I started to hang the skip tooth stuff back on and was going to paint all the components black, but realized man these frames are so light when they are bare! It's a shame to hang on heavy steel components.
So I made some changes to my plan. I had purchased a 3 piece crank conversion from a RRB member for another project, but the gearing isn't quite right for that. Decided it needed to go on this frame. Besides the black and blue goes with the Bruiser theme.
Should have a fork here today, I didn't want to reuse the original for the strength factor. Still debating on handlebars and neck. Have an alloy wheelset coming and a set of black Fat Frank's waiting.
Hmmmmmmm these are cool....
That's all for now folks!
Jon
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