Recent content by Primrrdc

nice mods! those spoked wheels are awsome... never seen a pattern like that b4.

the SOS pads with soap (like brillo) are great with water. also good on whitewalls. ive used comet/water and steel wool b4, but it smells like bleach. i like the idea of barkeepers friend instead ** caution.. i just recently disolved all of the vintage stripes on my shwinns chain gaurd with...

hey eric , im in Houston too... yeah, no prob with a single speed in houston...not too many steep grades to manage. i live down in clear lake area and ride my dumpster rescue old single 3 miles back and forth to work. in the early morning its like a ride in the park! im saving a load on the...

hey person- fellow Tex, I see. Im in Htown -the sweltering armpit of the gulf coast :) i just bought a older tiawan schwinn and it cleaned up real nice with some clear coat compound i had, followed by a nice coat of "renu" wax that i had laying around.... 0000 steel wool will work on the...

those lights are bright! are they just glow sticks, or somethin else? nice pix!

i have been on his sight and love the wide back tired green chopper.... OVERKILL!

thanks folks... i saw some posts in here with a few guys putting wider rims/tires on a collegiate, but this thing has 1 inch or so rims! just bought some kenda blackwalls for it.... way skinny! but the wifey likes it....

anyone??? :D

used to heat springs to "ghetto lower" coil spring cars... it will ruin the temper, sure, but never saw one break. you would probably be ok to weld it... i imagine it will still hold your weight on a seat

found and bought a pretty cool ladies schwinn collegiate last night on craigslist for 40.00 .... gonna be my wifes new pedaller *** it has the 590 schwinn rims and 26 x 1 3/8 tires with the skinnier fenders *** my question: how much bigger tire can I run? maybe 1.5, or 2 inch whitewalls? ***...

Re: The Spoken build + some others the spoken build is a masterpiece... what a creative idea... i too wondered how you were going to pull off the flat stock frame b4 seeing the spokes! nice...

howdy all... similar story... ridin my bike to work now. just finished up piddlin together a resto/rat bike from a relatively intact bike my son drug home out of someone's trash curbside... not sure what vintage ,likely 70's, 26" cruiser style with the "swept" frame... (2 little bars below...