Hello everyone, figured I'd post up my project I've been working on for the past week or two. Found a 1973 Schwinn Stingray forsale locally and figured a nice cruising bike would be fun. It wasn't in super rough condition when I bought her, I just have a tendency to polish and paint my toys.
This is how I got her.
Starting to tear her down.
The frame will be sand blasted down, and painted a nice deep metallic burnt orange. I have bought a new set of handle bars, and sissy bar. The rest of the chrome, besides the wheels cleaned up to my OCD standards. I am going to reupholster the seat, black with the white racing stipes and Schwinn "S". Tires will be white walls, on black rims if I can come up with them. Black grips, and still need to figure out what pedals. Oh and she will have an old school bell.
Anyways, I want to add some fenders to this bike. And I am not sure what Schwinn fenders I need, or how they mount. Does the front one mount to the bottom of the headset? There is a hole, but I haven't seen many if any Stingrays with fenders without brakes? The ones with brakes have a bracket that goes around the brake assembly. And I am not sure about the rear either. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
This is how I got her.
Starting to tear her down.
The frame will be sand blasted down, and painted a nice deep metallic burnt orange. I have bought a new set of handle bars, and sissy bar. The rest of the chrome, besides the wheels cleaned up to my OCD standards. I am going to reupholster the seat, black with the white racing stipes and Schwinn "S". Tires will be white walls, on black rims if I can come up with them. Black grips, and still need to figure out what pedals. Oh and she will have an old school bell.
Anyways, I want to add some fenders to this bike. And I am not sure what Schwinn fenders I need, or how they mount. Does the front one mount to the bottom of the headset? There is a hole, but I haven't seen many if any Stingrays with fenders without brakes? The ones with brakes have a bracket that goes around the brake assembly. And I am not sure about the rear either. Any help would be greatly appreciated!