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Came in late to this one! Appreciate the support for dissed girls/step-thru Schwinn frames; I’ve got 2. Also appreciate the the trials and tribulations of resurrecting an abandoned steed. This one started as a more or less intact Meteor; obvious klunkification of cockpit & switch to skip tooth...

I’m good with the baskets

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Yes. The Typhoon is pretty much original. The white painted wheels in the background (with malfunctioning red band two speed kick back) came on it and I put the wheels you see on while I spent a month trying to fix the kick back (which I eventually did, and they’re back on the Typhoon). I’m...

Excellent. Thanks! I’ll post pix in a few. 50’s Japanese roadsters are a fascinating bicycle universe actually. After the war, Japan retooled a bunch of munitions factories (the ones that were left standing) for bicycle manufacturing…

I bought a “late model” (early 2000’s?) pigeon from now defunct Flying Pigeon LA about 10yrs ago. Pretty cheesy but I put a lot of miles on it after I replaced the saddle & pedals. I still have the frame. Not long after found a 60’s (?) pigeon on eBay, nearly intact, much more solid (and...

Greetings! Been watching for a while decided to plunge. Lots of great stuff! Bike nut since childhood, mostly conventional road & mountain bikes, but bought a Flying Pigeon (yeah I know) a few years ago on a whim which got me into rod brake roadsters for a while (the best one I still have is a...