I have been reading this forum a little in the last couple of weeks. This site is probably closer to me "bicycly" than any thing else. I like rebuilding old bikes and am currently working on a Schwinn Collegiate. I do what I call a neo resto. Rebuilding a bike with mainly modern parts(late '80's and above) that express the original bike and make it better to ride.
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I have built one true Rat Rod(for my wife) on a Nishiki frame. I will post pictures here soon. This year I rebuilt my '92-ish Schwinn Montague (for the third time!) which has literally been all around the world. Also I bought a primo 1990 Diamondback Sorrento(that had been ridden, like, three times ). I resto'd it with a period DX drivetrain and Avenir branded pieces. I redid my wife's 1992 Giant Option into a sort of Bridgestone-ish City/Mountain/Beach Cruiser. Also have some other bikes. I will post pics of all soon.
This bike has a NOS Shimano Nexus Positron 7 drivetrain(Euro only early '90's). The shifter had an oddball mount, so I got a bronze antenna grounding bracket from Lowe's and mounted it. Looks way cool in real life. The white front hub is a '98 NOS SRAM 9.0. Seat and bell are from Electra. Fork is an NOS OEM e-bay special RST sanded down and painted black. The Seat was the most expensive part, as I had to buy it retail. I paid 10 bucks for the Nishiki frame. The exterior was in fairly bad shape when I got it, and I was debating on whether or not to even use it. But it turned out nicely.
Good stuff!! Keep up the good work!!
I think the actual term for that is resto-mod. Neo Resto was a guy in The Matrix.
