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Looking for 24" S6 28H rims to replace the rusty ones on a Town & Country I am restoring for my mother.

Because the bicycle is one of the top human engineering achievements. I weigh close to 300 pounds, and am constantly amazed that I can get on my 24 pound road bike and get it up to 40 MPH without polluting. The fact that the wheels weigh under 10, and can deal with that is nothing short of...

Back in the day while attending the mechanic school offered by Schwinn, the instructor (Gary Fuse? / Fuze?) showed us ways that if the control linkage was not connected, the hub could be locked into either 1st or 2nd gear instead of 3rd. I've seen people jam a spoke into the end of the axle...

One of my favorite bikes to ride.

Looks like a fun project! Mine was so bad, I gave up and painted over all the shiny bits, rattle canned the frame, and bought a cheap set of alloy rims w/ SS spokes, and laced them onto the old hubs.

15-20 years ago, I got into a discussion with Jobst Brandt on Usenet regarding the history of tying and soldering. I found myself in a discussion regarding tying and soldering and was interested in learning if perhaps tying and soldering was an old-school method of interlacing that died after...

Tandem has been completed. I settled on a pair of Continental Ultra Sport 27 X 1-1/8" tires. These seem to run kid of huge, so I'm hoping the higher profile will keep me from getting pinch flats. I came across a parts bike at a local yard sale that yielded a front brake and some other minor...

Work continues on the tandem. I installed the rear crank and timing chain, spent a few hours cleaning up the front derailleur, and put the wheels back together and have them mounted. I attempted to throw on a pair of used Tioga Bloodhounds that I'm replacing on another project, and found that...

My twin daughters have been hounding me to let them ride some of my old bikes. One daughter's favorite color is pink, and the other purple. I had a pink '66 Fiesta for the one, but needed a purple bike for the other. I broke down and overpaid for a '66 Starlet last Friday, and spent the...

After a weekend spent resurrecting a '66 Starlet III, I finally returned to the tandem. Didn't get very far, but I did get the front crank cleaned up and back on the bike, and started cleaning up the rear. Picked up a couple of chains, and have some huret cable housing on order from Ebay, and...

I was able to take the freewheel completely apart, and tried to clean up the adjusting cone in order to read the date code. It's definitely a model F. The components were severely rusted though. The only lettering I could make out on the cone was the letter H, followed by something that could...

The bike my parents bought for me when I was 8 from Old Chicago Schwinn. Parts are all original, except the tires have been replaced a few times. Bike has been repainted, still need decals and striping on chain guard.

From the looks of it, Atom did make a 40h rear hub, I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled on ebay to see if another one shows up....

The freewheel is an Atom / Maillard, I'm sure, there's a pic of it sitting under the 2nd crankset picture I posted. The Shimano splines are bigger. The rust on the metal ring around the 5th cog is so bad though I'll probably have to use a wire wheel to see if I can see any stampings. The...

Yep, the cranks are marked SA 9 71, not SA 9 7. It was kind of dark in the garage, and the trailing 1 looked like the end of the stamped area. It took 2 days, but I was able to get both seatposts out, and the stem. After getting the fork out, and sanding the paint down a bit, I was able to...

Thanks again for the reply. The previous owner wasn't much help, kind of a dead end there. The rest is pretty much the path I was planning on taking. I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for an 73-ish woman's opaque blue Continental (hopefully with the blue bar tape intact), and ransack it for...

Thanks for your response. Unfortunately now I find myself wondering how to proceed with this. If this is truly a one-off, I don't want to destroy it by ditching the chrome steel wheels for some lighter alloys, changing the paint, etc, etc. Yet, to be honest, it's still more or less a Varsity...

I just picked this up today on Craigslist. Based on the pics posted by the seller, I knew it wasn't a Twinn, and was hoping it was a Paramount. However, after buying it and dragging it home, I'm not sure what it is. First, the serial number is on the headtube - FG045940, which would put it as...