Show Your Aluminum Builds
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Thanks and it rode super nice.
My bike really doesn't stand out much, same old same old, but when one looks closer it's what ya do when days gone by leave ya with NEW.
Not a bad thing don't get me wrong it really surprised me when I stood back and looked at it when I was done. From a distance it looks like an old school and again I tried to stay true. Stuff like the headset, even though NOS 1 1/8 threaded Odyssey Toro Pro is days gone by. Rocking a
Team Schwinn blue anodized King sting crankset was difficult to locate in the condition I needed so I sourced that bombshell crank with E20 spindle Halo 4 weight but yet has a 1-ton torsional twist capacity and they're ceramic bearing bottom bracket/ chainring & a 12spd Taya blu anno chain. The Profile racing clasic hubs but the rear w/135mm spacing & provisions for a disc...front is high flange BMX (classic). The snafu anorexic pedals were chosen cuz (3 sealed bearings/brass bushing, e20 tool steel spindles, lite/good looks. @ a $100 price point fit the bill. And yeah, ODI/Van's grips. They did the Van's checkerboard/"off the wall" lazor etching for me to add to the OG flair I was lookin to achieve. This wasn't just going online with a credit card and buying random... it was very thought out and I did my best to stay reminiscent of what I once knew. If it had been an old chrome 80's Schwinn kroozer frame I would have went accordingly but this Y2K aluminum frame opened unfamiliar doors to explore. Going back reevaluate the build (engineering 101) had me sourcing titanium hardware. Bombshell and Profile racing helped with that too. JW Machine and Design out of Ohio were on board also making sure my bits were true to form. Chain tensioners, stem and other little things that I didn't question when I opened the package. I know all of you are probably sick of hearing my Babel but I am so surprised how many companies helped with this project. They are not just giving stuff away but pointed me in the right direction and we're more concerned with what I was doing then what was in my wallet. Originally this bike what's being built 4A local Detroit music celebrity and he... we will just say punked out on the deal. It then became my baby hand I was not going to just stop it in a box on a Shelf. He wanted to do a bike like this because I let him borrow my 84 Schwinn Chrome cantilever Cruiser with all old school red anodized stuff. I am very fortunate I got her back and put her back in her tomb.
Not a bad thing don't get me wrong it really surprised me when I stood back and looked at it when I was done. From a distance it looks like an old school and again I tried to stay true. Stuff like the headset, even though NOS 1 1/8 threaded Odyssey Toro Pro is days gone by. Rocking a
Team Schwinn blue anodized King sting crankset was difficult to locate in the condition I needed so I sourced that bombshell crank with E20 spindle Halo 4 weight but yet has a 1-ton torsional twist capacity and they're ceramic bearing bottom bracket/ chainring & a 12spd Taya blu anno chain. The Profile racing clasic hubs but the rear w/135mm spacing & provisions for a disc...front is high flange BMX (classic). The snafu anorexic pedals were chosen cuz (3 sealed bearings/brass bushing, e20 tool steel spindles, lite/good looks. @ a $100 price point fit the bill. And yeah, ODI/Van's grips. They did the Van's checkerboard/"off the wall" lazor etching for me to add to the OG flair I was lookin to achieve. This wasn't just going online with a credit card and buying random... it was very thought out and I did my best to stay reminiscent of what I once knew. If it had been an old chrome 80's Schwinn kroozer frame I would have went accordingly but this Y2K aluminum frame opened unfamiliar doors to explore. Going back reevaluate the build (engineering 101) had me sourcing titanium hardware. Bombshell and Profile racing helped with that too. JW Machine and Design out of Ohio were on board also making sure my bits were true to form. Chain tensioners, stem and other little things that I didn't question when I opened the package. I know all of you are probably sick of hearing my Babel but I am so surprised how many companies helped with this project. They are not just giving stuff away but pointed me in the right direction and we're more concerned with what I was doing then what was in my wallet. Originally this bike what's being built 4A local Detroit music celebrity and he... we will just say punked out on the deal. It then became my baby hand I was not going to just stop it in a box on a Shelf. He wanted to do a bike like this because I let him borrow my 84 Schwinn Chrome cantilever Cruiser with all old school red anodized stuff. I am very fortunate I got her back and put her back in her tomb.
How a current Dodge Challenger looks ol skool & even has a Hemi.
This is kinda like that. (Ol/New)
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Almost won the ebay auction for a girvin last month. Still makes me so mad I lost it.
Those are pretty kool.
Do ya know what size the steer tube is?
Do ya know what size the steer tube is?
1" and 1-1/8" threadless forks were produced.
This particular frame has a machined head tube that will accommodate either or.
I have enough of them that I don't remember how many I have...or where they are all at 
. So....at least three or more 
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. So....at least three or more .Forks?!!!I have enough of them that I don't remember how many I have...or where they are all at
Girvin forks...yes.
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No worries from me man. It looks cool on there. We all get ideas from each other and blend them into something else. Cool build.
Here is my HEXtreme build from Build Off 16.
sitting on my 63 Rambler American is my smooth riding monarch salvaged aluminum frame. fast and smooth heading to balboa park in San Diego for a fun cruise.
