Vintage Taiwain SCHWINN

[user 135]

As I was picking this up, the guy was amazed at how quickly I responded to his posting. " That was only up for 90 seconds." I didn't tell him that the $20 salesprice was the reason. :mrgreen: Probably going to spend an hour cleaning up and flip on CL. It even has heavy duti wheels.

Picked up by the faithful Xtracycle. Never let me down and is fairly fast getting to scores in the downtown area where I work and live.
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[maddogrider]

Nice score man. Way cool tow truck bike 8)
Looks like alot smarter idea than i had. One day i was rideing my new score home with my old bike in hand then the peddle decided to jump into my new rides back wheel, i wount tell you the rest of the story, but it wasnt pretty :lol:

 

[Gold Street Customs]

I have a cruiser five with the same paint scheme...waiting in the wings...on my someday list. btw love the tow bike

 

[user 135]

Nice score man. Way cool tow truck bike 8)
Looks like alot smarter idea than i had. One day i was rideing my new score home with my old bike in hand then the peddle decided to jump into my new rides back wheel, i wount tell you the rest of the story, but it wasnt pretty :lol:

Yeh that can be a mess. I have had similar problems. The Xtracycle is my main transport.

I have a cruiser five with the same paint scheme...waiting in the wings...on my someday list. btw love the tow bike

I had a Cruiser 5 from this era too. Picked it up on CL, but gone now. Kinda wish I hadn't

 

[roadmaster]

very cool classic schwinn, not sure about vintage. looks like your tow bike got more talk than the schwinn. it gives me ideas about my tow bike (that i need to build), but my original idea was a tow dolly, like the ones uhaul make. i do like th eschwinn though.

 

[Rat Rod]

Ebay Ebay Ebay

 

[user 135]

very cool classic schwinn, not sure about vintage. looks like your tow bike got more talk than the schwinn. it gives me ideas about my tow bike (that i need to build), but my original idea was a tow dolly, like the ones uhaul make. i do like th eschwinn though.

Vintage for Taiwan :mrgreen: There are a some guys that have taken rear triangles off the cheap full susspension MTBs. and made extracycles
Hsean's done is on a couple of bikes. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16105

 

[roadmaster]

thanks cman. the other day when i bought a clairidge 10speed off a co-worker at work, i towed it back home with my 09 cranbrook cruiser by lowering the seat, for better center of gravity, grabbing the clairidge by the stem section of the handlebars and rolling it next to me as i rode. cuz my single speed crioser had coaster brakes, all i needed to do was hold onto the clairidge with one hand and steer with the other. only when i walked both bikes through a xwalk, for safty reasons, was i not able to ride them home. now if only i had a welder. :roll:

 

[user 135]

I started cleaning up this bike. The pedals seemed bent when I rode it, so I tried to take them off to put on some new ones. Didn't work the usual way and I started to question my mechanic skills. Then I unscrewed them backwards and they came off. Somebody had installed the pedals backwards :shock: The threads looked okay so I put them back in the right way and they feel fine now. Is there any thing to be worried about or should I put a new crank in?

 

[deorman]

Whaaaaaaaaaaah!!??!! :? :shock: :shock: :?

 

[jaydub]

I started cleaning up this bike. The pedals seemed bent when I rode it, so I tried to take them off to put on some new ones. Didn't work the usual way and I started to question my mechanic skills. Then I unscrewed them backwards and they came off. Somebody had installed the pedals backwards :shock: The threads looked okay so I put them back in the right way and they feel fine now. Is there any thing to be worried about or should I put a new crank in?

Did the pedals screw in OK and tighten up like any other pair would...If yes I would ride it and check them.
You can all ways use some loc tight on them if in doubt.. :wink:

 

[user 135]

jaydub-They seemed like they screwed in and tighten up fine. I am going to flip this bike and probably will always wonder after it leaves my garage.

 

[Rat Rod]

I say all is good if they went in easy the correct way.

 

[user 135]