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Well I have been lurking/posting on here for the last few months so I guess it is time to finally do one of these. hmmmm where to start, well I am from Houston, TX more specifically Kingwood. By the way Kingwood is a great place to ride bikes. We have around 75+ miles of greenbelt trails that...

I found an add for a 26" mens Schwinn cruiser on Craigslist today. So I figured it was worth at least checking out. Not bad at all for the price. All of the chrome has some surface rust. I will not call it light surface rust but nothing that will not come off. The tires are a little bit dry...

Hey, I want to order some truss rods for the bike I am building for the buildoff. I was looking at Electra Truss rods and they come in 3 different lengths (21, 22, 22 5/8). The bike I am building is a Schwinn Canteliever frame. Does anybody have any idea what size that would take or how I...

Well I finally did it. I rode my bike to work. I am only about 5 miles from work but since I am in Houston it is a sauna in the morning. It was actually quite nice. We will see how hot it is after work...... I rode my Electra RatRod over my New Belgium Brewery bike but when Orange Crush is...

I purchased a Hairpin saddle from Rideable Bicycle Replicas. I am not too sure if I am happpy with it or not. First off I received the wrong color. I was supposed to have gotten the lighter brown color and they sent me the darker color. No big deal as I kind of like both. The leather on top...

Well after reading the forum for a while I decided to do my first build. I have no experience with painting, restoring, or working on cruisers but what the heck you got to start sometime. I bought this old 1980’s vintage Schwinn from a local guy for $25. Here are some pics right after I...

I am almost ready for a clear coat on my bike and I am not sure which kind of clear coat to use. Do most of you use Satin or Gloss? It will be going over a Krylon pumpkin orange paint job. Any info is greatly appreciated and I will post some pics later in the Rat Rod 3 buildoff forum...

I found an old Schwinn cruiser which I am currently sanding down and I am going to repaint it. I also plan on getting some Schwinn decals for it. When do you apply the decals? My thought would be that you put them on after your paint completly dries and then you clearcoat over them. Is that...

Hey guys, I will be picking up an old beatup Schwinn this weekend to fix up. It is not an old valuable one but a canteleiver probably from the 80's sometime. I am going to repaint it as the paint is not in good condition. I have a few questions about painting it that I hope you could help me...

I have been checking out this board for a while now and there is a lot of great information on it. So I finally decided to register. My brother and I are fixing up an old Schwinn for him right now but I had a question about a different bike I picked up. I found an Electra New Belgium cruiser...