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I plan on it at some point but I am moving at the end of summer and won't have time(or space to do it before then)

Thanks for the comments! My wife does really enjoy it and it is great for getting around town with the three speed coaster rear and the drum brake front. While the paint looks good in the pictures there are a bunch of little errors that I need to clean up. I'll get around to it someday but for...

Yeah a different stem would look better but for riding 30+ miles my back appreciates the more upright stem.

Are you thinking something like this?

Hi first time posting up a build that I have done. I originally was going to enter into the ladies bike build off from a last year but life got in the way. I finally finished up this bike this spring and so I figured I would show it off. Here are some before pictures. Sorry for the crappy...

What size wheels did you put on it those look bigger than the 26's. This will look great for sure You should check out this collection of photos looks like your bike would fit right in http://www.flickr.com/photos/collectvelo/page2/

A bmx freewheel would be fine to just thread on in place of the multispeed freewheel. A fixed cog should not be used on a freewheel hub. Click the link in my previous post to get a more detailed explanation with pictures.

If you are going to build it into a fixed gear, get a real fixed hub and don't just put a cog on a freewheel hub (It is called a suicide hub for a reason)

this is really impressive

I've never used it... just knew it existed

http://www.amazon.com/DMR-10mm-Chain-de ... B001GSMJKE

So this was yesterday and it was a blast. here is a quick recap. 58 riders...1 TV interview...1 blown tube...1 self-destructing trailer...0 crashes...27 business sponsors...$2000 in donated prizes and after-party refreshments... 1921 pounds of food! 1 hugely successful Chambana Cranksgiving...

Its that time of year again and we are running our third annual cranksgiving event that benefits the Eastern Illinois Foodbank More info here: http://www.chambanacranksgiving.blogspot.com

Also if the seatpost is aluminum try to lube up the interface between the seatpost and the frame with penetrating oil and then freeze the whole thing. Aluminum has a much larger coefficient of thermal expansion than steel so you are going to have better luck if you can get it cold.

be careful with that bike and threading... it may have french threads for the bottom bracket. if so don't lose the bottom bracket cups as they are expensive to replace. other than that nice score for 25$

Re: Fleet Wing Retro-Custom - UPDATE #2 that is sweet! I do think black grips would look good on there though

Re: coaster brakes: overhaul or not? If you are wanting to learn then by tear it apart and if you are not sure if you can figure out how to put it back together then take pictures while you are taking it apart so you can have a reference to where everything goes. Taking it apart and cleaning...

Hercules is an english brand and from most of the hercules that I have seen they were mainly three speeds. Also they were using euro BB's back in the 50s on english bikes

I would stick with a standard noncolored chain as I think they always look cheap. Your bike looks classy and deserves better. maybe this one instead http://www.chariandconyc.net/blog/shimano-oval-track-chain

The tires look great on there... I'll be following the build for sure