Street Fighter

[Rev.LowBuck]

Thanks everyone for the inspiration! If you see one of your ideas stolen and applied here, um, sorry or thanks- whichever makes you feel best.
I used the stripped down Hot Rod/Streetfighter vibe as the basis for my '62 Schwinn Corvette 5 speed build.
The fork is cut down from a dumpster 10 speed to get the tire tucked up in the crown.
Wheel set and deraileur from a MTB that one of my kids outgrew.
My favorite handle bars ever from a department store MTB... I've had 'em forever
Redline tires compliments of One Shot Sign Painter's Enamel and a steady hand.
Tommy the Greek style teardrops with some freestyle stripes on the bass boat glitter seat.
Perforating the fenders and chain guard shaved a whopping 2.6 ounces of this 40lb frame... every bit helps.
Easily the coolest bike in my neighborhood- though I'm the only one who cares.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Nice bike, what are those tires

 

[Rev.LowBuck]

Front is a Kenda 26X1.75- less than ten bucks at my LBS
Rear is a Vancom (?) 26X2.25- bought it at a Dunham's Sporting Goods store because it just looked right.
I put the red lines on

 

[vibr8shun]

Very nice!!!...sweet kickstand 8) did you use epoxy to secure the pool ball to the stand?

 

[texasbigjon]

really a nice clean build you got there! i like the fenders and chainguard treatment,and that pie crusty rear tire! 8) nice.

 

[Rev.LowBuck]

Very nice!!!...sweet kickstand 8) did you use epoxy to secure the pool ball to the stand?

I had that billiard ball on this bike for over ten years and it never acted like it wanted to come off. For this build I removed the ball and cut the little dogleg off the end of the stand to bring the ball closer to the chainstay.
First, when I drilled the hole in the ball I did it tight so it was almost a press fit.
Second- for adhesive I used Plumber's Goop, that's really what it's called, comes in a big purple toothpaste like tube. I used it because it happened to be laying on my bench at the time and I thought, "this might work". It worked great! So when it came time for re-attaching the ball I used the same method.

I want to get a set of VBrakes on it very soon as the stock ones are only good for saying, 'yeah, its got brakes'. gonna do Dowie's split shaft collar VBrake adapters.

 

[Lonewolf]

Cool bike. You guys are really starting to get to me with those ventilated fenders.

 

[XC204]

Rev very cool indeed. I just started a similar Typhoon project pool ball shifter foot brake a little stretch and some slam.

 

[user 135]

Sweet and simple on this build

 

[Hammond Eggz]

Oh, sweet!
That is just too danged cool! 8)