The Lil Tiger

by **Ahab** on Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:51 pm

here is the one i wanna use. its a 1971 schwinn lil tiger. im not sure on the direction i wanna go yet.

by **Joshua85** on Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:52 pm

im not sure if its intentional but i like the color

by **Ahab** on Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:09 pm

actually when i got this bike the whole entire thing was sprayed gold even the tires.
this build off gives me an excuse to re-do it.

by **Upper Class White Trash** on Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:21 pm

wow that top bar comes off??? so it could be a girls bike also?

by **bigredddaddy** on Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:08 pm

Cool, love the forks.

Looks like it was green.

by **Ahab** on Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:07 pm

Upper Class White Trash wrote:wow that top bar comes off??? so it could be a girls bike also?

yeah but i'll put the top bar back on for the build, i have 3 boys

by **sensor** on Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:09 pm

another great start!

by **xddorox** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:57 pm

Nice color if you ask me, are you considering redoing it in the same color?

by **TheFlyingDingo** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:20 pm

xddorox wrote:Nice color if you ask me, are you considering redoing it in the same color?

I agree, the color looks good, with a bit of the green, it will set it off

by **ej599** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:27 pm

Looks like a good start, can't go wrong with that style chainguard.

by **Ahab** on Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:38 am

xddorox wrote:Nice color if you ask me, are you considering redoing it in the same color?

i'm not sure about colors yet part of me wants to do the green and another part wants to go yellow. still undecided.

by **TheDuke** on Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:42 am

I'm looking foward to this one! :mrgreen:

L8 EM

by **CCR** on Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:24 am

yellow !

by **aka_locojoe** on Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:04 am

Ahab wrote:yeah but i'll put the top bar back on for the build, i have 3 boys

Just some ideas that crossed my mind...

Don't know how that top bar mounts but could you make your own out of pipe or conduit? Maybe with a exaggerated arch or something a little different then the original.

I could also see bending the bottom and head tube back to give it more rake. New top bar and longer forks.

Of course it's also cool as it is.

And just in case someone tries this at home... When bending tubing like I mention above be sure your BB cups are in place or the BB could collapse/distort.