The "Real Thing"

[Halfdone]

Here are my first two "real" bikes ........ ie Old and American

March 1952 Schwinn

Unknown year Seers

Both are 24"

Both were "found" on epay ........... not a real interesting place to find them (or cheap), but getting them shipped to Long Beach CA, packed in a container to Australia and then friend-relayed to my place is adding to the degree of difficulty.

My Boys (8 and 11) have pictures up on the fridge already, and I just added the printouts from the FedEx tracker ........... they are dying to get their hands on them, but it will be a couple of months before they get here.

Khye (8) asked "Can't we just fly over and bring them back on the plane" .......... ummmm ........ "NO"

 

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wow .......when they get there youre going to have the happiest kids around(the flying there and picking them up idea sounds like something my son would say!)

 

[Halfdone]

They are outgrowing their twenty inch canterlever bikes, so a couple of vintage 24's seemed like the next step.

I will store the wheels, tires, bars, seats etc away for the future, and strip a couple of electra's I have to set them up with modern wheels with 3 speed coaster Nexus hubs, new cruiser seats, bars, grips etc ......... but leave them in the original Patina.

I am still trying to work out what tires to use on them. I have found a source for Schwinn 24 x 2.1 whitewalls here, but am going to try and squeeze a 24 x 3 Fati-O on the back ...........anyone tried one on a 24 inch midleweight ??

Another option I am considering is a 26 inch front wheels and springer ?

While I wait for them to turn up we are messing around with a couple more twenty inch bikes