Recent content by justinc97

Thanks all, decided to spend the $ and get the right tool to hopefully have it straight enough to ride again. Spokes are also a rusty mess. Thoughts on replacing spokes or cleaning up and keeping the original?

I picked up this bike on CL a few months ago and finally started to begin working on restoring it. I really liked the look of the matching blue rims to the frame. After taking it apart to clean it up I noticed the rear rim was very bent. The sidewalls are bent inwards along with the rim being...

Doing some quick searching around it seems like 24.8 is a rare size. Does anyone know where I could find one? or has anyone had luck buying a 25.0 and sanding it down?

This is what I was looking for! I will give the 24.8 a try! Thanks a bunch What are your plans for that frame?

Hey All, I picked up this bike a few months ago and have been sitting on it. I bought it with a bum seat post jammed in there with duct tape. Looks like the tube is still fine, but I am having trouble identifying the correct seat post size I need. Anyone have recommendations for figuring out the...

Just picked up this cruiser over the weekend. I've always had just the single speed cruiser. Any ideas on the value of these 7 speeds? I've seen some converted to BMX cruisers before and see one listed on Ebay for quite a bit...

The worksman is a 26" Turns out the columbia is a 24"

Anyone able to recommend the best way to remove the yellow paint on the Schwinn? Pumped up the tires on the Worksman and it still rides nice and smooth.

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Here's the update. turns out there were different people running the sale and someone beat me to the choppers. I was still able to score the other 3 bikes for a steal! Was able to get pics of the serial numbers for the Columbia and the straight bar. But the Schwinn had too much spray paint...

I'd love to know what app!

Thanks for the info! I'm new to these older bikes. Up to this point I've really only be flipping newer cruisers from the 90's and 2000's. I'll post an update tomorrow with better pictures, fingers crossed I come home with all of them.

Awesome! Hopefully will be picking one up this Friday and can get it to shine again.

What did you do to clean up the chrome? How did the sale end up going?

Planning on checking them out this Friday. Sounds like they want 200 for all of them. Will see how they look!