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I just bought a Hiawatha from a fellow member and love it...my question is the paint used to be red..now it is a dull orange. Is there a process that can make it look better.....want to keep it original.

I just bought a Felt Cortez with 50mm Felt rims.....I am installing a Felt Abraham Linkage springer.....I would like to install 26 x 3 Kenda Flames on the bike. Does anyone know if there is enough clearance and if they will fit where can I buy them....Cycle US is out of stock....please help!

I want to install a Felt Abraham Linkage fork in a 50's Monark frame........is this possible?.....please help........frame accepts 1" headtube...fork is 1-1/8" headtube.

Just finished this last week

Bought this Monark middle weight about 2 months ago,,,,,,,put the wheels, tires and seat yesterday Before: After: I am going to do some more tweeks with handle bar length and seat position.....I will post

Can any one tell me how many shoulder bolts are needed on the pivot section of the springer..... the one I bought came with two 5/16 - 24 shoulder bolts and two 5/16 - 24 hex head bolts. It looks to me like four shoulder bolts are needed ........can anyone help or post a picture? Thanks Gerry

I want to install a JC Higgins bee hive springer on an old Monark frame but the head tube is too long......... can I cut down the head tube with a pipe cutter and re thread? I can not be the first person to want to do this......those springers are great! Does any one know the thread pitch so I...

I just traded a member for this bike.....can anyone help me locate a chain guard?

Will Schwinn middle weight front fenders made for handbrakes work for non-hand brake models......I found a great pair but are for handbrake and I am restoring a coaster brake only model.

I am thinking of running a 24" rim with a 24x3 Thick Brick tire and a 26" Quick Brick tire on a project.....they look almost the same in outside diameter.......does anyone know the O.D. of this wheel combination?

I have noticed that some tanks for Monarch / Firestone bikes have a cutout on one side.....I aways thought it was for a horn, but someone told me it can be for a reflector.....is this true.......please help!

I want to install a Felt Abraham Linkage Springer which has a 1-1/8" threadless steering tube on a 52 single bar Schwinn frame which uses a 1" steering tube.....is there anyway I can make this work...help. Also does anyone know if Felt makes this springer fork with a 1" steering tube?

I am looking at Phantom Menace in the gallery...and am wondering what kind of frame modifications were done to the rear of the frame to accept the 3" thick brick tires.....it looks like a late 26" Schwinn frame...please help. Can any one put me in contact with John Payne.....my e-mail is...

Does anyone know how I may contact John Payne.....I want to know how he fabricated his build off bike to accept the huge wheel set in the back. I love this build and would like to do something simular. My email address is [email protected]

I would like to install Felt 50mm wheels with 24x3 thick brick tires..... will they fit a 70 -80's Schwinn cruiser frame and if not Felt has the quick brick tires for 26" rims will those work......can you help with the biggest wheel and tire combo to fit these frames with out modification.