Its been wet the last few days. Last night I put this Schwinn Suburban together and used a riser bar for a high upright seating position (The handle bar assembly and seat was missing when I purchased it).
I plan to get all my project bikes built up before winter comes. After this one I just have two more to go, and then I'm out of projects. Once there all in ride-able condition, I will decide which ones I want to keep, and will let the others go to make some room for some nicer / and hopefully older ones. Before I joined this site, I was purchasing bikes at garage sales whenever I found them. In the future I plan to be more selective.
I have been itching to get this one out, and decided to take it out tonight in the wet weather. The rain slowed down enough for a quick spin. My camera flash captured a few of the rain droplets, and made them look like snow. I still have lots of cleanup work to do on this one, but was happy with the way it rode. I really enjoy riding these vintage Schwinn road bikes!
Edit: I forgot to mention, on the way back home I almost hit a skunk, it ran across the street, and I was going a little faster than I should have, the steel rims were wet, and my breaking was slowed (especially with the older pads). Luckily it did not spray.
The gifted Mountain Bike in my last post on the previous page was well received. Earlier this year the same guy gave me another older bike for parts, he was going to toss it and asked me If I wanted it. The bike I gave him for his birthday was in a way payback.