Western flyer

[idiotboy]

Ok I'm in I've got this..

badged as western flyer, I bought it cuz I like the curved fender braces (one is broken) and its got blackout new departure hubs. I've had it since last summer but its been on the back burner, it's the only bike I have that I haven't already started working on so here goes this is gonna be a really traditional build, it's the oldest and most complete bike I've started with so I don't wanna goof it up too much. I don't have the skill or the creativity or the parts stash to try to win this thing, I just wanna have fun and build a bike that I like to ride, stay tuned....


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[kingfish254]

That CWC looks great as it is!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Very nice bike, I love the CWCs!

 

[SILVERKINGPC]

Nice currently near perfect bike...sell it to me!!!!!!! I want
it....gimmee gimmee....!!!!

 

[idiotboy]

Thanks you guys! Trust me its not gonna change much, it has a couple issues that need to be addressed and a couple parts that need to be replaced but overall this is gonna pretty much be a disassemble clean grease and rebuild more than anything else. The black paint is not original and not very well done (that's putting it nicely) and I've got a couple cool chain guards,one of which will find its way onto this bike but I basically want a nice rider, and I guess I probly shouldn't tell you I only paid 85 bucks for this thing


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[MazdaFlyer]

Looks to have some good survivor paint, good buy.

 

[MplsCoaster]

Ok I'm in I just wanna have fun and build a bike that I like to ride, stay tuned....

Perfect attitude for a great build

 

[jats]

Sweet score and sweet bike its gonna look great!!!!!

 

[idiotboy]

Thanks guys! Got it mostly apart

the front fender bolt is stuck in the fork, so I filled the bottom of the steer tube with pb blaster, gonna let it soak a few days. Here's the broken fender brace

but I have a solution to that no combination of fire and leverage could get the mis-matched pedals off so...

then break out the drill set to get the stub out

after that its into the wood bleach with these parts

then upstairs for shower food and sleep


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[fordsnake]

I love the CWC bikes, great start...are the crank arms curved?

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Nice job getting it apart! Sometimes these old bikes, that can be half the battle!

Luke.

 

[idiotboy]

I love the CWC bikes, great start...are the crank arms curved?

Thank you! It's a regular dog leg crank, ill post a pic when I take it out of the wood bleach tonight or tomorrow morning. I've gotta say that the encouragement from the experienced builders is the best part of this so far, thanks guys


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[SILVERKINGPC]

I guess since the pedals were mismatched, the hacksaw was one viable option. My favorite skip tooth sprocket design of all time? You have it on this bike!!!! coolman..

 

[kingfish254]

I've gotta say that the encouragement from the experienced builders is the best part of this so far, thanks guys

The encouragement and camaraderie from ALL builders is what draws a lot of us to the build off every year.

 

[idiotboy]

Not sure if I'm gonna try to make this thing back into a bike seat or just save it for parts and use something else...

the wheels are pretty rusty and the tires are mismatched

but I really like the hubs!

these are one (two?) of the features that drew me to this bike

I have the headset and bottom bracket parts soaking in a bucket of simple green to remove decades of dirt and something I think used to be grease if the weather cooperates the NERRB guys are having a ride Sunday so I might or might not get any work done this weekend...


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[idiotboy]

After my Saturday chores were done I took these parts out of their wood bleach bath

a bit of anti seize on the stem bolts so whoever finds this thing in my shed in 50 years can take it apart easier than I did

I will put some of this on the pedal threads too now I've gotta decide which bike I'm gonna ride tomorrow and give it a pre-ride check, see you guys in Simsbury!


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[SCHWINNRAY69]

Nice! We should get together for a ride at East Longmeadow with our build off bikes when they're done!

 

[idiotboy]

that's a great idea

 

[idiotboy]

anyone here know how to decode CWC serial numbers? I've got H59767
on the bottom bracket, just curious

 

[Bike Bum]

a bit of anti seize on the stem bolts so whoever finds this thing in my shed in 50 years can take it apart easier than I did

Ha, I know the feeling!