well i was cruising around the ichi bikes website and saw this set of bars on one of thier bikes which is here... http://ichibike.com/the-royal-boardtracker/ This is exactly the type of bar i wanted for my 52 schwinn corvette so with a little research i found out they are from velo orange and...
Woah!!! I was going through the thread and was like "that looks like moe joes in downtown plainfield... that is moejoes!" ..... and that is when i realized it was you. ha! like the van man.
ok so i figured i would get a picture up of my schwinn when i got it. I picked it up from a kid in blue island, IL for pretty cheap. this kid made it look aweful and the fork had a wedge sheared off and stuck in the steer tube along with another stripped stem :roll: . it is definatly a ratrod...
Hey everyone,
really glad I found this place. seems like a nice and respectable forum with a good membership. I joined the forum because I am starting to rebuild older schwinn bikes and there seems to be quite a bit of knowledge here. right now i am working on a 60's schwinn corvette that the...
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