Who Hoo!!!! I finished, This is the second bike I started for the build off, the first one just needed more things than I had time to do. So I started this one out as " Stress Free" and then after paint it became #Rhubarb Raider" ,,,,why ,well the paint reminded me of rhubard , green hi temp engine paint, with pearl from a set of Mirage three stage paints and also used the clear from the same set, then fogged in with red anodizing paint, all raided from my garage along with the rest of the parts. The only expenses on this were the grips I bought for a previous build, the chain, the tires I had hanging in the rafters waiting for such a build. So I have $50 invested in this , including the bike I got for free.
Bike 70 Hawthorne 26"
Sprocket mid sixties middleweight
Pedals unknown juvenile from a swap meet
Seat banana seat base off a Schwinn LIL Chic covered in a 04 Oregon Motor Home lic plate
Seat Clamp MX repro
Rear Rack off a 70's Free Spirit 3 speed
Front fender Ludwig Speed King base drum pedal
Front light unknown yard sale find
Front aeroplane emblem, unknown mid sixties middleweight I bought off Walker years ago
Front rim ,nothing special 26" I bought off Double Nickle awhile back
Tires red
Rear rim Excel Mark IV coaster brake
Brake strap Schwinn headbadge off a Lil Chic
Front Triple Tree off a Schwinn 16" chopper
Chainguard unknown from a member here
Rear taillight unknown jeweled purple (old)
Bars CW copies
Grips Elgin Reproduction
Badge, Custom made for a previous build from ..... Jones, it was too nice not to use for something, so here it is.
Its been alot of fun building this and hopefully I can get my daughter to snap a pic of me riding before times up, and yes I rode this all around to take these pics,,,, the seat ,,,,well its a HARDTAIL, and I would not ,repeat would not wear SPANDEX!!!! good luck to all the finished builds.
Here's the build journal viewtopic.php?f=67&t=59902
I Present #RHUBARB RAIDER# !!!!!!!!
Bike 70 Hawthorne 26"
Sprocket mid sixties middleweight
Pedals unknown juvenile from a swap meet
Seat banana seat base off a Schwinn LIL Chic covered in a 04 Oregon Motor Home lic plate
Seat Clamp MX repro
Rear Rack off a 70's Free Spirit 3 speed
Front fender Ludwig Speed King base drum pedal
Front light unknown yard sale find
Front aeroplane emblem, unknown mid sixties middleweight I bought off Walker years ago
Front rim ,nothing special 26" I bought off Double Nickle awhile back
Tires red
Rear rim Excel Mark IV coaster brake
Brake strap Schwinn headbadge off a Lil Chic
Front Triple Tree off a Schwinn 16" chopper
Chainguard unknown from a member here
Rear taillight unknown jeweled purple (old)
Bars CW copies
Grips Elgin Reproduction
Badge, Custom made for a previous build from ..... Jones, it was too nice not to use for something, so here it is.
Its been alot of fun building this and hopefully I can get my daughter to snap a pic of me riding before times up, and yes I rode this all around to take these pics,,,, the seat ,,,,well its a HARDTAIL, and I would not ,repeat would not wear SPANDEX!!!! good luck to all the finished builds.
Here's the build journal viewtopic.php?f=67&t=59902
I Present #RHUBARB RAIDER# !!!!!!!!
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