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Hi! It's that time of year again! Last years CWC-1 build was a great success - I finished it, I felt really good about it and other builders liked it also. This years venture will be in a totally different direction than last years. CWC-1 was a full blown 60 pound Custom whereas this years will be much less detailed and quite a bit lighter.
OK, it's no secret I'm a big CWC fan and I'm trying to vary the individual builds as much as possible. The idea for the CWC-6 came from reading an old thread by "minnphats". His father had raced in the "Little 500" held each year in Bloomington, IN. so he recreated the 1960 bike his father raced. While looking through some of the vintage pictures from previous races I came across one that really got my attention. My range of CWC interest is from 1936 to 1956. The picture illustrated below was from the 1953 race which was the year they switched from Schwinns to Roadmasters as the base bike that everyone raced. They would train on the bikes all year which would make the bike itself a 1952 model - that will be the frame I'll start with.
I want to build this in the same "flavor" as the pictured bike. Quite a bit of it will be an exact replication of what you see but a few minor things I will use my own tastes. Just like last year this will be great fun for me not only because of what I'm building but also to witness the imagination and skills of everyone else entering. I am always amazed at some of the stuff these guys come up with - what did their parents feed them when they were growing up? Was it in the water? For those of you that have never entered one of these buildoffs you don't know what you are missing. It is not only rewarding but you can learn a tremendous amount along the way. Everyone enjoy!
OK, it's no secret I'm a big CWC fan and I'm trying to vary the individual builds as much as possible. The idea for the CWC-6 came from reading an old thread by "minnphats". His father had raced in the "Little 500" held each year in Bloomington, IN. so he recreated the 1960 bike his father raced. While looking through some of the vintage pictures from previous races I came across one that really got my attention. My range of CWC interest is from 1936 to 1956. The picture illustrated below was from the 1953 race which was the year they switched from Schwinns to Roadmasters as the base bike that everyone raced. They would train on the bikes all year which would make the bike itself a 1952 model - that will be the frame I'll start with.
I want to build this in the same "flavor" as the pictured bike. Quite a bit of it will be an exact replication of what you see but a few minor things I will use my own tastes. Just like last year this will be great fun for me not only because of what I'm building but also to witness the imagination and skills of everyone else entering. I am always amazed at some of the stuff these guys come up with - what did their parents feed them when they were growing up? Was it in the water? For those of you that have never entered one of these buildoffs you don't know what you are missing. It is not only rewarding but you can learn a tremendous amount along the way. Everyone enjoy!
