The Carolina Rambler
Finally riding a big boys bike
Hello everybody! Hope you all be doing well. I have been working on a little project over the last couple of weeks. A few years ago, I accomplished my first complete bicycle restoration, a 1953 Schwinn Streamliner. I got everything on it done that I wanted, except for a really nice matching seat; just didn't have the know-how or means at the time to do it. So I have ridden it for a couple of hundred miles with a less than proper seat on it. But that has changed now; I bought up a junky 1950s deluxe seat, removed all rust, straightened it, painted it, polished the chrome, and made a rubber-foam kussion and stitched upholstry for it, put it all together and ready to go! This took me at least 10 hours on and off for the last two weeks, maybe 15. I guess it turned out okay, it will do the job. This is the second seat I have done a full restoration on, and it was a son-of-a-gun doing it. It is comfortable though, and very deluxe, and it matches my bike! Thank you for reading, and have a happy Independence Day coming up!
Also, on an unrelated note. I would also like to share another little project I am working on. Fixing up Nana's old building. Its been 70 years since any real work was done too't till now. It's getting there, still need to side it. This was a race track concession stand in the 1950s, and had since been used for storage.
Also, on an unrelated note. I would also like to share another little project I am working on. Fixing up Nana's old building. Its been 70 years since any real work was done too't till now. It's getting there, still need to side it. This was a race track concession stand in the 1950s, and had since been used for storage.
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