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I bought a pre 1948 Schwinn New World frame that I'm going to build into a vintage track bike and would like to find when it was made. The serial number is: I25382 ..... The first letter is an I and not a "one". Can anyone tell me what year, month and day the frame was built? Thank you in...

I'm sure this has been posted before but what is the best and safest product to clean really dirty parts. I'm talking about hubs, cranks, chains, etc. We all know gasoline works great but it's very dangerous. I use Clean-Rite's PURPLE POWER which is a concentrated Industrial Strength...

I bought a matching pair of these Murray bikes last year at our local Goodwill for $9.99 each ($10.70 with tax). They had been used very little but needed tires and tubes. I converted both bikes to single speeds with freewheel and took all the decals off. The rims were a dull black so I...

First I must say how great this site is. I have been visiting RatRodBikes for several months and there are some fantastic builders here. One of my favorite builders is Olli Erkkila from Finland. I'm 61 and I guess I still think I'm 20 again with some of the wild ideas I come up with. My...