Western flyer tank bike for wife.. DONE!!!

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ndaway

ndaway

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Im going to go ahead and start a build thread for this one even though i havnt started yet :lol: but soon. Wife wanted a cruiser soi got a hold of this Western Flyer and she has been deciding on colors and stuff. Its going to have a nexus three speed cuz we live around some hills any way heres a before pic I found a chain guard that will work
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Re: Western flyer tank bike for wife

If you have hills where you live I would suggest
putting a higher tooth count sprocket on the Nexus.

I did that to my 3 speed Electra and it made the
bike much more rideable. They come with a 19 tooth
sprocket, so start with a 21 or even 23 tooth.

Sturmey Archer sprockets also fit Nexus 3 speeds, and
Harris Cyclery carries them. Start high and go lower if needed,
since it's simpler to shorten the chain than to make it longer.

5 speed hubs are more useful, but you would have to widen
the rear dropouts to fit one.
 
Re: Western flyer tank bike for wife

Did this Schwinn for my wife a while back. It's a bubble gum pink(florescent from Lowes w/ clear over it). There are a lot of cool pinks. I will check back to see what hers looks like! :D
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Re: Western flyer tank bike for wife

freddyfingaz said:
ndaway said:
freddyfingaz said:
I found same one for$75 Iwas thinking build it for my wife same color too! Crazy! I'm gonna watch this. Thumb up!
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That's crazy Cuz I paid 75$ :shock:
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Oh really? DId u got it from junk store off hwy 50 in Carson city?
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No came from a local guy in Kansas 8)
 
Re: Western flyer tank bike for wife

mitchelangelo said:
Did this Schwinn for my wife a while back. It's a bubble gum pink(florescent from Lowes w/ clear over it). There are a lot of cool pinks. I will check back to see what hers looks like! :D
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that looks great 8) . I like pink but the wife has never really been big on it so I'm kinda suprized she picked those colors
 
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got it all torn down. Going to drop off the frame, forks, and rear rack to be powder coated black. then going to do some body work on the tank and fenders and get them ready to paint pink. 8) I painted the chain guard to get a look at the color
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8) ....that is going to be super-sharp! 8)

What brand of pink paint are you using?
 

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