Howdy,
So I have decided that as a proper city dweller I should build bicycle. And with the e30 mostly sorted, I need another project.
I have been riding Rolla1990's spare bike for a while and am pretty taken with the simplicity and utility of a single speed bike. I often ride my wife's 21 speed trek around the city and never find myself needing more than a single gear. I also have ridden another friend's fixed gear. Although I can understand the appeal, I don't think it is what I am looking for.
I know there are ton's of old bikes in thirft stores that could provide a good base for my project, but I figured I would be a little more bourgeois. Today, I stopped in at our local bike shop asked some questions and looked at a couple used frames in the basement. We found a pretty decent old schwin frame, so I bought it.
I now have the following items:
58cm Schwin frame in good physical condition.
Good condition fork.
Front and rear brakes, no lines or brake handles.
A set of conventional drop handlebars.
My plan is to sand down the frame and fork and give them a respray. Currently my color thoughts are:
1. Bronzit
2. Flat / Satin Black
3. laguna seca blue
4. dakar yellow
I have gotten used to the persuit bars on Don's bike, so I will probably chop the current bars and use those.
I think I will keep both front and rear hand brakes.
So, the list of items to research and aquire follows:
Crank and rear hub. I have been riding a 45-16 and have found it to be a pretty good ratio for me.
Brake lines and handle assembiles.
Wheels/Tires
Seat (I am thinking leather)
If anyone has some helpful info/sites for a bike noob please feel free to point me in the right direction.
I'll take some pics and update this thread with my progess and experience.
So I have decided that as a proper city dweller I should build bicycle. And with the e30 mostly sorted, I need another project.
I have been riding Rolla1990's spare bike for a while and am pretty taken with the simplicity and utility of a single speed bike. I often ride my wife's 21 speed trek around the city and never find myself needing more than a single gear. I also have ridden another friend's fixed gear. Although I can understand the appeal, I don't think it is what I am looking for.
I know there are ton's of old bikes in thirft stores that could provide a good base for my project, but I figured I would be a little more bourgeois. Today, I stopped in at our local bike shop asked some questions and looked at a couple used frames in the basement. We found a pretty decent old schwin frame, so I bought it.
I now have the following items:
58cm Schwin frame in good physical condition.
Good condition fork.
Front and rear brakes, no lines or brake handles.
A set of conventional drop handlebars.
My plan is to sand down the frame and fork and give them a respray. Currently my color thoughts are:
1. Bronzit
2. Flat / Satin Black
3. laguna seca blue
4. dakar yellow
I have gotten used to the persuit bars on Don's bike, so I will probably chop the current bars and use those.
I think I will keep both front and rear hand brakes.
So, the list of items to research and aquire follows:
Crank and rear hub. I have been riding a 45-16 and have found it to be a pretty good ratio for me.
Brake lines and handle assembiles.
Wheels/Tires
Seat (I am thinking leather)
If anyone has some helpful info/sites for a bike noob please feel free to point me in the right direction.
I'll take some pics and update this thread with my progess and experience.
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