69er camelback schwinn (it's not what you think)
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The rear drop outs measure aprox. 14 cm so i bouight a QR axle from amazon.com
search "10 x 26 QR rear axle 141 mm" to put in a campy freewheel shell
i bought a bunch of 10mm flat washers @ Ace for spacers because i couldn't find any cheap spares
after a couple trys on the stand i've got the spacing close
the other bit i had to order is the Tange Passage New 1" 27.0mm Crown Race as the old 1" races I had lying around were too small.
I heated the race up with MAP gas and tamped it down with a cresent wrench as a guide and hammer trying not to put the wrench on the machined part of the race.
Everything is repacked with grease and waiting on brake parts now.
dose anyone know the specs for cable housings on these old varsitys?
The rear drop outs measure aprox. 14 cm so i bouight a QR axle from amazon.com
search "10 x 26 QR rear axle 141 mm" to put in a campy freewheel shell
i bought a bunch of 10mm flat washers @ Ace for spacers because i couldn't find any cheap spares
after a couple trys on the stand i've got the spacing close
the other bit i had to order is the Tange Passage New 1" 27.0mm Crown Race as the old 1" races I had lying around were too small.
I heated the race up with MAP gas and tamped it down with a cresent wrench as a guide and hammer trying not to put the wrench on the machined part of the race.
Everything is repacked with grease and waiting on brake parts now.
dose anyone know the specs for cable housings on these old varsitys?
spaced out
here's the famous washer stack in back
and as you can see below i have a six speed it's a suntour so it is as wide as normal five
the dish is very slight and i used the same spokes (with the drive side spokes to the bottom of the nipples and the longer side torqued to the bottom of the screwdriver slot ) as came with the wheel when it was a $10 front from a swap meet. i used a three cross to an old campy freewheel hub shell.
here's the famous washer stack in back
and as you can see below i have a six speed it's a suntour so it is as wide as normal five
the dish is very slight and i used the same spokes (with the drive side spokes to the bottom of the nipples and the longer side torqued to the bottom of the screwdriver slot ) as came with the wheel when it was a $10 front from a swap meet. i used a three cross to an old campy freewheel hub shell.
Re: 69er camelback schwinn
i've been jonesing to get at this build but had to do some outside work.
i went with white bow pedals and 22" white banana seat
the cables and sissy bar shocks are in are in but the rest is still on order including a bushing for my lucky seven seatpost and a 36 " clamp type sissy bar
i was thinking about a suicide shifter for the front but would amost have to covert to a 3 piece crank and i would have to fab a shifter mount
here's a pic of the shifter i have in the parts bin
i've been jonesing to get at this build but had to do some outside work.
i went with white bow pedals and 22" white banana seat
the cables and sissy bar shocks are in are in but the rest is still on order including a bushing for my lucky seven seatpost and a 36 " clamp type sissy bar
i was thinking about a suicide shifter for the front but would amost have to covert to a 3 piece crank and i would have to fab a shifter mount
here's a pic of the shifter i have in the parts bin
big banana
here's the seat mock-up
from the rear
i've got a 13/16 -5/8 merc starter bushing on the way it should serve as the lucky seven seatpost bushing.
and a clamp on sissybar to mount to shocks in stead of the rear setup on this mockup
here's the seat mock-up
from the rear
i've got a 13/16 -5/8 merc starter bushing on the way it should serve as the lucky seven seatpost bushing.
and a clamp on sissybar to mount to shocks in stead of the rear setup on this mockup
making the simple complex
check this brake setup!
down the down tube...
back up...
to a mutiplexer on the seat post clamp bolt...
through a roll pin in the lucky seven seatpost and into a housing nesseled in the bushing drilled for the housing O.D., then on a hairpin turn to the back brake...
the clamp type sissy bar came UPS
so if it rains i'll be drillling for the shock roll pins...
still waiting on the bushing.
check this brake setup!
down the down tube...
back up...
to a mutiplexer on the seat post clamp bolt...
through a roll pin in the lucky seven seatpost and into a housing nesseled in the bushing drilled for the housing O.D., then on a hairpin turn to the back brake...
the clamp type sissy bar came UPS
so if it rains i'll be drillling for the shock roll pins...still waiting on the bushing.
clearance
first the good news
i cut a slot in a old Merc starter bushing and used it as a shim for the seatpost; it works!
now the other news
look below and you can see if i do this wrong ill be sreaming along in top gear when a bump could drive my sissy bar into the chain and lock up the rear
so im gonna spec out the drivetrain and then see how short to cut my sissybar with the shocks compressed length in mind
this is fun
first the good news
i cut a slot in a old Merc starter bushing and used it as a shim for the seatpost; it works!
now the other news
look below and you can see if i do this wrong ill be sreaming along in top gear when a bump could drive my sissy bar into the chain and lock up the rear
so im gonna spec out the drivetrain and then see how short to cut my sissybar with the shocks compressed length in mind
this is fun
Gotta love adult muscle bikes!!!!
You need a big stick shift on that bad boy.
I know where you can find one. :wink:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51464&hilit=+shifters
You need a big stick shift on that bad boy.
I know where you can find one. :wink:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51464&hilit=+shifters
ok i''l bite....kingfish254 said:
whats the tolal cable pull on that shifter?
the 6 click shifter i have mounted right now pulls about "3/4 of cable
Do you think your 333 will pull all 6 of my gears?
kenji said:
My 5 speed shifters have 1-3/8" total cable pull from low to high. There is no indexing, these are old school friction based shifters, so no clicks, you just shift until you are in your gear.
kenji said:
Here is someone's build that has the same shifter with the overload tube mounted farther down on the frame.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=51676
Also there is one at the end of this thread without a overload tube.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14727
