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I’m still goin on this thing! While digging on the Big Adventure bike, the center horn tank button was interesting to me. Everyone that did replicas would just use a generic vintage starter button, which is close but not right. The machined aluminum bezel was so unique. There was a theory...

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The stem I’m looking for is on my real original Pee Wee bike and I’d like to get one for my replica, so replacing isn’t an option. It’s a 21.1 shaft in a late style Schwinn springer with the welded (not cast) steerer

Close…but still off in a lot of places. Here’s a few of the main details I can’t seem to find on any stems -flat top -rounded clamp area (where bolt goes through) -Z bolt -high rise -clamp area 90 degrees to stem (unlike most Schwinn -no markings anywhere on stem or shaft

It’s on a custom Schwinn built in aprox 1984 if that helps

I am looking for the exact stem in my post. Yes I have the bike with it on my pictures. Trying to find an identical one for another build.

Wald was my first thought but the one I’m looking for is very different in rise and the clamping area and there’s no stampings on the stem shaft at all

There are no markings of any kind on the stem shaft

No model or year, it’s not on a stock bike. Most likely aftermarket and is on a bike built the early 80’s. Just hoping someone recognizes or has one.

Still trying to figure this one out. No marking of any kind on the stem shaft. Here’s a pic of the top. It’s kind of flat. HELP!😁

It never ends…. Most screen used bikes use a unique stem with a “Z” stem bolt. I’ve been unable to find one yet, but my real Big Adventure bike has one. To get the Z bolt look I used a shaved down Allen bolt, then molded and cast my real bolt in resin to make a bolt cap. This will keep my OCD...

More silly Big Adventure bike upgrades in the name of accuracy! There is one bike in the movie that has the Messinger style seat with the diamonds on the side (the hero bike at the beginning). All the others I’ve seen have a generic unmarked Messinger seat. Also all screen used have a Wald...

Was there a deluxe DX with more accessories like tank/light etc?

Latest update… Now since I know some of you are out there searching for the correct spoke nipples, bottom bracket washers etc to complete your restorations, so I feel like this is a safe space to share this 😂 It seems most if not all screen used bikes used this very specific springer piviot...

Stock horn light on prewar columbias. Had one on mine.

Here’s a walkthrough of the ODI factory..may give some insight

There’s a few ways to go about this. I used to source all the grips for S&M bike co, and I’ve done casting and printing so here’s the options as I see it: Casting: make a mold of an existing grip, then pour urathane rubber compound for your grips. Smooth-On makes great casting supplies and can...

I’m sure I’ll keep tweaking this thing to make it more accurate. Here’s the latest.. Changed my tank from vac-formed to a steel reproduction. The softness of the vents was bugging me. I could cast my real tank but I don’t want to damage it. I did fill the bottom of the vents as screen used are...

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I know there was a small batch of green 20” stings so I guess it’s possible 🤷🏻‍♂️

As you guessed it’s the same siren as the tiger on the Pee Wee bike but with a skull. They made quite a few character variations (tiger, skull, even E.T.!) and two size variations.

Looking for the black vynil Messinger seat like used on Schwinns in the 70s/80s but with NO Schwinn or Messinger markings as in the pics below

Well bottom line is abnormalities and things not pictured in catalogs exist. I can’t prove it’s real and you can’t prove it’s fake so there you go. Gold star for effort 😁

You mean the reflection of the grass in the chrome on the tank? There’s been purple krates, light blue stingrays, orange aerocycles..I’d think a blue phantom isn’t a impossibility

Nice! Let’s see the insides!

Correctness

From what I’ve been able to find it’s the bolt used on 1980 springers

Looking for a 1980s Schwinn spring fork with a pivot bolt with markings as in the photo..thanks!

I did a short breakdown in my thread on my original Pee Wee bike here : https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/original-pee-wees-big-adventure-bike.236389/

Looking for the bolt used on 80s Schwinn springers with this exact bolt head markings.

That’s looking great! How about some details on what you did?

Very cool…that frame looks looooong! Can’t wait to hear how it rides

I loved Big Adventure ever since I saw it in the theater the weekend it came out. My first job ever was as a bicycle mechanic and I quickly became obsessed with restoring vintage bicycles. I later became a professional fabricator. I always had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to build the...

Elgin did some super strange stuff through the years…I wouldn’t be surprised if your bike had the rack with the mount and it just wasn’t used…or maybe there’s mountless version out there.

I got this beautiful Super Rocket Ray from @Ally Cat this week. It could pass for NOS and showed up in one day! Thanks @Ally Cat

I’ll take it..message sent

Heres your chance to get started on a replica...

@bobcycles has a chrome top one in the for sale section

The good old days of waiting for Polaroids in the mail to see a bike you’re interested in

About ready to blow the best bike in the whole world for paint…

I've used this shop in the past with great success: https://acsilkscreen.com/

I use a site called TeeSpring for the shirts I sell (Porsche Stuff) Its all print to order..just upload the design and that's it. Maybe a site like that would be an option https://poorschepunx.creator-spring.com/

Here’s my DX…it’s the best bike in the whole world! 😁

Anyone recognize this stem? Looks like Schwinn stem that’s been welded, but the welds look really nice and it appears to be chromed so I don’t think it’s a homemade job. Maybe early Bmx?

Village Schwinn bike shop in Somers Point NJ. First real job..learned everything I know about wrenching and vintage bikes from the master Quas Gandolfo (and Mr&Mrs G). Here’s just a small sample of what was around the shop in the 80s…no wonder I ended up into vintage bikes!

Here's an interesting one..the Tarzan bike. The one real bike that did not come from Pedal Pusher. That honor goes to Garry Littlejohn. This is the bike that explains the count discrepancy between Pedal Pusher (13 bikes) and the Propmaster (14 bikes). Sold at auction in 1995

Volo bike is a replica. Only museums with real bikes are the Hollywood Museum and The Bicycle Museum of America in Ohio.

Wow that bike was lucky to find you! Great job. Love the before/after pics at the same angle