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'39 DX Resurrection- Strandified Goodness

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ChattyMatty

Look Ma, No Hands!
Before the purists panic, the frame came to me long since picked over by the parts scavengers, basically just a frame and a rear fender (which found it's way to my dad's '41:(

The carcass as found-
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The finished product- Summer ready, pending a couple decals.

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Basically everything is circa ~1982 except the tires (1986), newish seat, cables, rear brake shoes and a couple fasteners... including the 1981 OEM Schwinn tubes :)
 
Sweet! Doing the Lords work right there! Im loving and currently building a Klunker! Ride on!
 
Weinman Right Angle post, with a second goove Dremelled in it so it could be mounted upside down, the hole in the bridge was enlarged a little bit to allow it to rotate down closer towards the wheel at a better angle, and TNT +10mm offset brake pads. Wheel is all but slammed in the drop for this to work with a 1020 brake, but my only gold 1080 is a different hue- more the Sugino deep gold than the normal DC urine gold and the 1990's (?) brake pads bothered me less than the color difference in the brakes. Porkchop BMX is repopping the 1080's in colors now if you don't need patina or DC script.

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Not the most elegant solution, but other than sounding like a goose in heat it stops.

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Derailleur cable routing-

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Derailleur hanger-

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A little teaser for the Mk II variant, full cromo main tubes, euro BB, threadless HT. :)

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Patience Daniel-san, patience.
 
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That's a great setup!

I've built many bikes out of the "orphaned frame and not enough parts to restore" finds.

Here's my '48 dx klunker.
Araya 7x's, astabula stamped cranks, nos tufneck mini bars, etc... all 70's-80's vintage bmx parts.

One of the most solid, best cruiser/klunkers I've ever ridden.
 

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Oh, I know that build well :) Was going a similar direction (though decidedly more new school) with my '48 before I decided I needed to thin the herd and focus on frames, and ENF's, and an antique lathe, and and and...

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The original plan was to go full traditional klunk with the 39, and do the BMX build on my 40, but again, too man projects, too little money and time, and we all know how that goes.

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Most of it got sold off to finance the King Sting, but in the end, between it and the '39, and now the ENF's (which are MUCH cheaper because they haven't started on their upslope yet- if they ever have one) I'm not feeling empty inside for not having 6 frames lying around and 10 different plans I can't afford which change every week.

And yeah, the HT angle on the pre-40 bikes is slack to say the least, and they have a ton of BB clearance, so you almost ride it like a high wheeler- even at 6'1" straddling the seat with both feet down is a no-go and vertical thigh room is scant. Of course, a little more time on the treadmill would help alt there too.
 
I love the geometry on my 48. I'm a towering 5'7 and a hefty 135lbs, so my bikes are all nice and low. ;)

The tubular fork on mine is from a 70's emory industrial cruiser, and has a bit of a rake to it, so it doesn't steer too crazy, and it's a tank to wheelie on, but I can still get crossed up offa curb cuts.

Still working on bunny hopping curbs, too.

I built this bike for the coaster brake challenge, but missed all of them this month due to work, so I'm thinking of going full-klunker with a front atom drum brake I've been saving.

Funny thing is, most people think mine's a new bike. Besides tires (kenda k-rads) and grips, everything else on the bike is 30-60 years old. :)
 
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