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Sunday's Show and Tell ...5/22/22
Picked this one up this week. Will definitely clean up to be a nice Cruiser! Still surprised by how tall that top tube is arched...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #4
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Prewar White Schwinn oval grips?
I just picked up this pair...judging by condition, you'd think they were pre-WWI. Lol Darn....- WillWork4Parts
- Post #17
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Sold FS: Bunch of Badges $29/shipped for all 9
PM commencing.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #2
- Forum: Archive (sold)
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What bike did you work on today?
Got the flush broken off bolt out of my Torrington stem last night. Left it in the ultrasonic cleaner with the heater on overnight by accident. Very happy outcome removing almost all of the paint! The rest came off easy with a few scrapes of the fingernail.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #2,258
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Columbia rat
Yeah, can't lie, not a fan of the ape hangers on a 26" bike. ...unless it has a banana seat too, but then the rideable scale is off....unless you're just that friggin tall. I've been staring at these post war touring bars a lot lately. Might use them on my next Cruiser because they're that...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #8
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Alright, I'll admit I didn't get very far with these cranks and gears....but I had to take it out for more than a spin around the block after I picked up this seat and strut for it!- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,518
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Vintage 1950's Evans Cruiser Bicycle Black - $250 (alameda)
I just dig that chainguard! If anything looks 57 Chevy on a bike...it's that guard.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #3
- Forum: Stuff on eBay, Craigslist, Facebook etc.
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“Pig Bikes”?
To clarify, I think the guy was asking about the twin straight bar frames being offered in all 3 sizes. (Some had semi arched twin bars...) This one is 26" and I still consider it a P.I.G. lol but I imagine most P.I.G.s were 20".- WillWork4Parts
- Post #187
- Forum: Schwinn Stingrays and Other Muscle Bikes
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I need help identifying this bicycle
Guessing that's shorthand for Patent Applied For.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #8
- Forum: Antique Bicycles Pre-1933
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What bike did you ride today?
Sadly, I had to edit the photo down to be PG. At the same time this bathroom graffiti seems appropriate for this thread.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,449
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Anybody know what this was originally?
Found this randomly on Google...with no date info. 😒 Looks like yer Cyclo braze on and the maroon clubman's hasp clamp option in the same diagram. Opened up more confusion though. I had a Paramount on the stand with dropouts similar to this diagram...I thought they were called Osgear...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #44
- Forum: Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles
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is there a source for buying Schwinn Kickstand retaining pins?
Got the dimensions...Do with This information as you please. Nails or Rivets, whatever works for you. Nails just aren't something I work with, but rivets I see quite a bit of options. This is the important outer diameter that will let the pin fit in the housing hole. The fatter "hat" portion...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #19
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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is there a source for buying Schwinn Kickstand retaining pins?
Small solid steel rivets may be an easier option...I'll dimension an original and go to the eBay search when I get back home.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #14
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Anybody know what this was originally?
The coaster brake arm approach seems more stable, but less factory. The 2 clamp approach...not sure how easy it would be to spin the assembly on the chainstay...but it looks a little less backyard add-on than the brake arm. The brazed on bracket in the original post certainly looks more...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #33
- Forum: Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles
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Local estate sale.....is it a Schwinn ?
Possibly a Schwinn Spitfire if it has a bolt on kickstand. Hopefully the rims are balloon tire size, handlebars appear to be wide early stingray.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #9
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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is there a source for buying Schwinn Kickstand retaining pins?
They were plentiful at actual Schwinn shops, but the shops are not so slowly dying off. $10 is just the fine for dropping/losing one. Lol Think about it in terms of shipping though. Who would want to ship a single 10 cent item when the envelope costs just as much as the part, probably...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #6
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Post your klunker pics here!
I think that sounds about right for when they showed up mounted under the Schwinn YO! BMX bikes too.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #325
- Forum: Vintage Mountain Bikes
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36 BFG dbl bar roadster
I wonder if it was a mis-stamp 24" length finished off as a 26"...?- WillWork4Parts
- Post #2
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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wanted schwinn krate seat pan
Yes, but a standard pan can be modified to work on a Krate. The seatpost clamp and sissybar holes function as hinge points to work with the "full floating sissybar." Drill the seat post clamp holes up to 9/16" smooth bore(from a square bore) and it requires a special seatpost clamp with hat...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #49
- Forum: Wanted: Bikes, Trikes, Parts, Accessories, Etc.
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What do I have? Pre war? Noob needs help
Schwinn's tall badge...I think it's easier to spot them by their fatter font. https://www.ebay.com/itm/333129846693?campid=5335809022 They made a few distinct versions for that hole pattern. Unfortunately I don't have any to go with red bike...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #28
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Anybody know what this was originally?
Parts look World-like, besides the obvious late model stuff. Seat tube to top tube looks fillet brazed, but it looks like the smaller 1" clamp, not the oversized Continental tubing...from here at least. Not sure I've ever seen a non-Paramount with a brazed on derailleur mount...slotted for...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #2
- Forum: Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
They're actually working out pretty well. Softer than like the Scott grips I had back in the day, that I'd first imagined they would be like.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,283
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Looking to positively ID this frame.
Sorry, I just realized you edited your post. I think it's 14-LH....and yeah that oddly stamped G. The upper and lower stamps are different size fonts. Could be an I...can't say I've ever had another Snyder of this era to compare to. The important part is Snyder built bikes had the year inverse...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #7
- Forum: Classic Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933-1965
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What bike did you ride today?
Better let the air out of the tires if you expect it to still be there. You just doubled the value of that bike! Lol- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,281
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Looking to positively ID this frame.
Sorry, of all things I managed to take a picture of...I forgot to post the S/N. Snyder/Rollfast seems to be it, but what badge and year? The Rollfast badges I just spotted in that era, the rivets are on the little sides, not up and down.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #3
- Forum: Classic Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933-1965
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Looking to positively ID this frame.
Just bought this frame, with another Klunker build in mind. Was thinking post war Columbia when I saw the shape of the top tubes, headtube, and large seatpost(turned out to be 13/16"). Then I realized the downtube is straight, it has drop stand ears(similar to CWC?), a funky upper fender...- WillWork4Parts
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- Replies: 6
- Forum: Classic Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933-1965
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Saginaw powerbike build
Great crust match! Love the Aviation related badge too.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #21
- Forum: Motorized Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Beautiful day out! Just wish my derailleur wasn't being cranky. It wasn't happy after I bombed this hill. I had to cut the ride short and limp home....found some nice places to stop and adjust the derailleur though. And came across a Bill Hicks quote, made the day!- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,269
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Ghost or no Ghost
I can't knock anything else on that bike...but FYI, that's a Pete seat reproduction sticker under there. You can tell by the 918 inspector and the white edges. The originals are vinyl/mylar and black throughout. Pick at another seat and you'll see what I'm talking about.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #8
- Forum: Schwinn Stingrays and Other Muscle Bikes
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
No sir. Not to my knowledge. They have made the 20x1-3/8" slik that looks great, but no word of a 24".- WillWork4Parts
- Post #50
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Yeah, pretty sure that's a scrape, there are others in the same direction around it. Certainly looks like a 7 right there, ha but it's not a stamp. Those S6 and S5 rims take special diameter tires marked 24x1-3/8 (and some 10 speeds had 24x1-1/4"). Schwinn had to be special so that you had to...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #48
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Not with a year...but this one you can barely make out the S after Tubular and there should be a 6 after that, not visible at all on this rim. You can gauge the age by how deep the knurling is, but that takes a bit of a calibrated eye and is definitely not exact, just something that happened as...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #45
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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SchwinnKlunker 5
Ahh, you made me go look. Lol sure enough my 77 spitfire has the Chair hub and has them on both sides too. I stand corrected!- WillWork4Parts
- Post #28
- Forum: Sell - Trade: Complete Bicycles
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
It's possible, Murray made one close enough that Schwinn took them to court saying Only Schwinns Can Have Knurling! Lol there's a copyright out there at least. The Schwinn S6 is more of a flat/square contour too, but will be stamped as such. Went to get an example pic, but it seems they half...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #43
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
And yes, please, some others chime in on this with their Stingray examples. I think the knurled rear hub shell is close enough, but not sure when the cutoff was. I can't find when the cutoff for S5 rims was either to say what was good for my LH stamped Manta...since they don't appear in the 73...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #41
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
As far as I know, the rear S5 with the hump in the middle is original to that era bike. It's an early bendix 70 hub too. The 70 stamp isn't a precise year either, just a model per-se that ran on bikes from late 69 to late 75 when it became the Bendix 76 model. Somewhere in that range the...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #40
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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SchwinnKlunker 5
I'd be curious to see if those brass bushings are on every Klunker 5. Not saying it's impossible, but from what I can tell, I think your picture shows a shim from a speedometer mount kit.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #24
- Forum: Sell - Trade: Complete Bicycles
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Hi-Rise/Apehanger/tall handlebar(s)
Yeah, most simple statement would be don't buy anything new. Exactly zero manufacturers make a handlebar to precisely match that of the 60s and 70s. I'd imagine Wald has long since lost the original Tooling/data to reproduce them and have no desire to tweak current Tooling to match the old...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #10
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Sorry, the last post I made has pictures stolen from the internet...while trying to find a good shot of the star on the coaster brake model chainguard, I missed the detail of the rear bracket with that green one. Here's my guard, notice the shorter offset bracket at the rear. The Orange one in...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #33
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Notice they call the arched top tube of the frame "camel back" in the catalog. The bars that attach from the seat tube to the axle are called seat stays. Arched top tubes came on other 10 speed bikes but only the Stingrays of that era had that single top tube coupled with arched seat stays. The...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #31
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Bendix 2 speed?
Yes, manual 2 speed, requires a shifter and cable. They were advertised as the Bendix Multispeed with Power Brake!- WillWork4Parts
- Post #3
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Absolutely a singlespeed Manta-Ray. I've got an Orange one I can take pics of when I get home if needed. The coaster guard has the star where the 5 speed has the checkered flags with 5-speed in between. Arched seat stays confirms it also.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #21
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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What does your current project look like now?
There is also a phone app that comes in handy, Spokecalculator. It will ask you for all of the pertinent details. Input all your data without having to be in front of a desktop computer and spit out a spoke length in millimeters. I call it cycling therapy...it puts most of your focus on the...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #1,466
- Forum: Project Rides
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Reproduction Tomahawk Bicycle Necks
Yeah, I wanted to say something by the time we got to about page 2 in comments... No way to gauge how many will still want to buy them after a production price and profit margin are set. I imagine this can be done affordably, but I'm not in the forging business either. With a name like Tomahawk...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #104
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Can anyone positively identify this brake lever??
I thought possibly Altenburger because they have the lever's clamp screw mounted in a plate that is fitted to a slot, similar to this handle, and they are strictly German as far as I know. Their brand name also appeared in a 60s Schwinn price guide I came across. I just learned that Weinmann...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #9
- Forum: Wanted: Bikes, Trikes, Parts, Accessories, Etc.
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Where do you put your crap when you ride?
I've gotta ask where you got the leather carriers...?- WillWork4Parts
- Post #51
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Correct Lacing
Which Sturmey Archer clamp are we talking about? The one I'm familiar with has a slot for specific Sturmey arms to slide into. The hub on this bike isn't Sturmey and has that adjustable slot mount intended for use with a standard coaster brake style clamp.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #30
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Correct Lacing
I was thinking you meant threads poking out the top of the rim as in the liner area at first. Yeah, I'd put it on the stand, let the air out of the tire and unthread the nipple showing the most thread. The liner should hold the nipple in place once you've backed completely off the...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #29
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Sunday's Show and Tell ...5/22/22
Picked this one up this week. Will definitely clean up to be a nice Cruiser! Still surprised by how tall that top tube is arched...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #4
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Prewar White Schwinn oval grips?
I just picked up this pair...judging by condition, you'd think they were pre-WWI. Lol Darn....- WillWork4Parts
- Post #17
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Sold FS: Bunch of Badges $29/shipped for all 9
PM commencing.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #2
- Forum: Archive (sold)
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What bike did you work on today?
Got the flush broken off bolt out of my Torrington stem last night. Left it in the ultrasonic cleaner with the heater on overnight by accident. Very happy outcome removing almost all of the paint! The rest came off easy with a few scrapes of the fingernail.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #2,258
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Columbia rat
Yeah, can't lie, not a fan of the ape hangers on a 26" bike. ...unless it has a banana seat too, but then the rideable scale is off....unless you're just that friggin tall. I've been staring at these post war touring bars a lot lately. Might use them on my next Cruiser because they're that...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #8
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Alright, I'll admit I didn't get very far with these cranks and gears....but I had to take it out for more than a spin around the block after I picked up this seat and strut for it!- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,518
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Vintage 1950's Evans Cruiser Bicycle Black - $250 (alameda)
I just dig that chainguard! If anything looks 57 Chevy on a bike...it's that guard.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #3
- Forum: Stuff on eBay, Craigslist, Facebook etc.
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“Pig Bikes”?
To clarify, I think the guy was asking about the twin straight bar frames being offered in all 3 sizes. (Some had semi arched twin bars...) This one is 26" and I still consider it a P.I.G. lol but I imagine most P.I.G.s were 20".- WillWork4Parts
- Post #187
- Forum: Schwinn Stingrays and Other Muscle Bikes
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I need help identifying this bicycle
Guessing that's shorthand for Patent Applied For.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #8
- Forum: Antique Bicycles Pre-1933
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What bike did you ride today?
Sadly, I had to edit the photo down to be PG. At the same time this bathroom graffiti seems appropriate for this thread.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,449
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Anybody know what this was originally?
Found this randomly on Google...with no date info. 😒 Looks like yer Cyclo braze on and the maroon clubman's hasp clamp option in the same diagram. Opened up more confusion though. I had a Paramount on the stand with dropouts similar to this diagram...I thought they were called Osgear...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #44
- Forum: Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles
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is there a source for buying Schwinn Kickstand retaining pins?
Got the dimensions...Do with This information as you please. Nails or Rivets, whatever works for you. Nails just aren't something I work with, but rivets I see quite a bit of options. This is the important outer diameter that will let the pin fit in the housing hole. The fatter "hat" portion...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #19
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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is there a source for buying Schwinn Kickstand retaining pins?
Small solid steel rivets may be an easier option...I'll dimension an original and go to the eBay search when I get back home.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #14
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Anybody know what this was originally?
The coaster brake arm approach seems more stable, but less factory. The 2 clamp approach...not sure how easy it would be to spin the assembly on the chainstay...but it looks a little less backyard add-on than the brake arm. The brazed on bracket in the original post certainly looks more...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #33
- Forum: Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles
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Local estate sale.....is it a Schwinn ?
Possibly a Schwinn Spitfire if it has a bolt on kickstand. Hopefully the rims are balloon tire size, handlebars appear to be wide early stingray.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #9
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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is there a source for buying Schwinn Kickstand retaining pins?
They were plentiful at actual Schwinn shops, but the shops are not so slowly dying off. $10 is just the fine for dropping/losing one. Lol Think about it in terms of shipping though. Who would want to ship a single 10 cent item when the envelope costs just as much as the part, probably...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #6
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Post your klunker pics here!
I think that sounds about right for when they showed up mounted under the Schwinn YO! BMX bikes too.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #325
- Forum: Vintage Mountain Bikes
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36 BFG dbl bar roadster
I wonder if it was a mis-stamp 24" length finished off as a 26"...?- WillWork4Parts
- Post #2
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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wanted schwinn krate seat pan
Yes, but a standard pan can be modified to work on a Krate. The seatpost clamp and sissybar holes function as hinge points to work with the "full floating sissybar." Drill the seat post clamp holes up to 9/16" smooth bore(from a square bore) and it requires a special seatpost clamp with hat...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #49
- Forum: Wanted: Bikes, Trikes, Parts, Accessories, Etc.
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What do I have? Pre war? Noob needs help
Schwinn's tall badge...I think it's easier to spot them by their fatter font. https://www.ebay.com/itm/333129846693?campid=5335809022 They made a few distinct versions for that hole pattern. Unfortunately I don't have any to go with red bike...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #28
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Anybody know what this was originally?
Parts look World-like, besides the obvious late model stuff. Seat tube to top tube looks fillet brazed, but it looks like the smaller 1" clamp, not the oversized Continental tubing...from here at least. Not sure I've ever seen a non-Paramount with a brazed on derailleur mount...slotted for...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #2
- Forum: Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
They're actually working out pretty well. Softer than like the Scott grips I had back in the day, that I'd first imagined they would be like.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,283
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Looking to positively ID this frame.
Sorry, I just realized you edited your post. I think it's 14-LH....and yeah that oddly stamped G. The upper and lower stamps are different size fonts. Could be an I...can't say I've ever had another Snyder of this era to compare to. The important part is Snyder built bikes had the year inverse...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #7
- Forum: Classic Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933-1965
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What bike did you ride today?
Better let the air out of the tires if you expect it to still be there. You just doubled the value of that bike! Lol- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,281
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Looking to positively ID this frame.
Sorry, of all things I managed to take a picture of...I forgot to post the S/N. Snyder/Rollfast seems to be it, but what badge and year? The Rollfast badges I just spotted in that era, the rivets are on the little sides, not up and down.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #3
- Forum: Classic Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933-1965
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Looking to positively ID this frame.
Just bought this frame, with another Klunker build in mind. Was thinking post war Columbia when I saw the shape of the top tubes, headtube, and large seatpost(turned out to be 13/16"). Then I realized the downtube is straight, it has drop stand ears(similar to CWC?), a funky upper fender...- WillWork4Parts
- Thread
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Classic Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933-1965
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Saginaw powerbike build
Great crust match! Love the Aviation related badge too.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #21
- Forum: Motorized Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Beautiful day out! Just wish my derailleur wasn't being cranky. It wasn't happy after I bombed this hill. I had to cut the ride short and limp home....found some nice places to stop and adjust the derailleur though. And came across a Bill Hicks quote, made the day!- WillWork4Parts
- Post #23,269
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Ghost or no Ghost
I can't knock anything else on that bike...but FYI, that's a Pete seat reproduction sticker under there. You can tell by the 918 inspector and the white edges. The originals are vinyl/mylar and black throughout. Pick at another seat and you'll see what I'm talking about.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #8
- Forum: Schwinn Stingrays and Other Muscle Bikes
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
No sir. Not to my knowledge. They have made the 20x1-3/8" slik that looks great, but no word of a 24".- WillWork4Parts
- Post #50
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Yeah, pretty sure that's a scrape, there are others in the same direction around it. Certainly looks like a 7 right there, ha but it's not a stamp. Those S6 and S5 rims take special diameter tires marked 24x1-3/8 (and some 10 speeds had 24x1-1/4"). Schwinn had to be special so that you had to...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #48
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Not with a year...but this one you can barely make out the S after Tubular and there should be a 6 after that, not visible at all on this rim. You can gauge the age by how deep the knurling is, but that takes a bit of a calibrated eye and is definitely not exact, just something that happened as...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #45
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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SchwinnKlunker 5
Ahh, you made me go look. Lol sure enough my 77 spitfire has the Chair hub and has them on both sides too. I stand corrected!- WillWork4Parts
- Post #28
- Forum: Sell - Trade: Complete Bicycles
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
It's possible, Murray made one close enough that Schwinn took them to court saying Only Schwinns Can Have Knurling! Lol there's a copyright out there at least. The Schwinn S6 is more of a flat/square contour too, but will be stamped as such. Went to get an example pic, but it seems they half...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #43
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
And yes, please, some others chime in on this with their Stingray examples. I think the knurled rear hub shell is close enough, but not sure when the cutoff was. I can't find when the cutoff for S5 rims was either to say what was good for my LH stamped Manta...since they don't appear in the 73...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #41
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
As far as I know, the rear S5 with the hump in the middle is original to that era bike. It's an early bendix 70 hub too. The 70 stamp isn't a precise year either, just a model per-se that ran on bikes from late 69 to late 75 when it became the Bendix 76 model. Somewhere in that range the...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #40
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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SchwinnKlunker 5
I'd be curious to see if those brass bushings are on every Klunker 5. Not saying it's impossible, but from what I can tell, I think your picture shows a shim from a speedometer mount kit.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #24
- Forum: Sell - Trade: Complete Bicycles
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Hi-Rise/Apehanger/tall handlebar(s)
Yeah, most simple statement would be don't buy anything new. Exactly zero manufacturers make a handlebar to precisely match that of the 60s and 70s. I'd imagine Wald has long since lost the original Tooling/data to reproduce them and have no desire to tweak current Tooling to match the old...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #10
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Sorry, the last post I made has pictures stolen from the internet...while trying to find a good shot of the star on the coaster brake model chainguard, I missed the detail of the rear bracket with that green one. Here's my guard, notice the shorter offset bracket at the rear. The Orange one in...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #33
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Notice they call the arched top tube of the frame "camel back" in the catalog. The bars that attach from the seat tube to the axle are called seat stays. Arched top tubes came on other 10 speed bikes but only the Stingrays of that era had that single top tube coupled with arched seat stays. The...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #31
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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Bendix 2 speed?
Yes, manual 2 speed, requires a shifter and cable. They were advertised as the Bendix Multispeed with Power Brake!- WillWork4Parts
- Post #3
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Help ID Manta Ray?l
Absolutely a singlespeed Manta-Ray. I've got an Orange one I can take pics of when I get home if needed. The coaster guard has the star where the 5 speed has the checkered flags with 5-speed in between. Arched seat stays confirms it also.- WillWork4Parts
- Post #21
- Forum: All Things Schwinn
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What does your current project look like now?
There is also a phone app that comes in handy, Spokecalculator. It will ask you for all of the pertinent details. Input all your data without having to be in front of a desktop computer and spit out a spoke length in millimeters. I call it cycling therapy...it puts most of your focus on the...- WillWork4Parts
- Post #1,466
- Forum: Project Rides
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Reproduction Tomahawk Bicycle Necks
Yeah, I wanted to say something by the time we got to about page 2 in comments... No way to gauge how many will still want to buy them after a production price and profit margin are set. I imagine this can be done affordably, but I'm not in the forging business either. With a name like Tomahawk...- WillWork4Parts
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- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Can anyone positively identify this brake lever??
I thought possibly Altenburger because they have the lever's clamp screw mounted in a plate that is fitted to a slot, similar to this handle, and they are strictly German as far as I know. Their brand name also appeared in a 60s Schwinn price guide I came across. I just learned that Weinmann...- WillWork4Parts
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- Forum: Wanted: Bikes, Trikes, Parts, Accessories, Etc.
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Where do you put your crap when you ride?
I've gotta ask where you got the leather carriers...?- WillWork4Parts
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- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Correct Lacing
Which Sturmey Archer clamp are we talking about? The one I'm familiar with has a slot for specific Sturmey arms to slide into. The hub on this bike isn't Sturmey and has that adjustable slot mount intended for use with a standard coaster brake style clamp.- WillWork4Parts
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- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Correct Lacing
I was thinking you meant threads poking out the top of the rim as in the liner area at first. Yeah, I'd put it on the stand, let the air out of the tire and unthread the nipple showing the most thread. The liner should hold the nipple in place once you've backed completely off the...- WillWork4Parts
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