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so my brother picked up this frame and fork, it's pretty rough but straight. the forks were installed on the frame when he got it, everything else was just thrown on it in a slightly intoxicated manner, hence the crank being on the left side. bahaha... anyways, I went over today and was looking...

I dont know on the chain yet, I will have to wait until the rear tire is mounted. As for the tire, were these bikes gripper or slik from the factory? The images i've seen show the white lettered slik.

So I have found the Red Band Bendix should be here next week, the rim is here now. It's in good shape from what I can tell, its stamped 72. I've never laced a wheel, does anyone know what the correct nipples and spokes are for this wheel? So now I'm down to the a few things. 69-73 Front Fender...

Ive looked at videos, but they seems to be for 36 spoke wheels, the Krate is a 28 spoke wheel, I havent found anything that's specific to a 28 spoke yet. I think if I had something that was already assembled and I could photograph before doing it I might be a bit more confident about it, but...

how difficult is this to do? I'm building a 70 coaster Krate, and sourced a S2 rim, and a Red Band Bendix for the rear. I've never built a wheel before.

WOW

wow, eventually I will find a survivor with nice enough paint to warrant redoing all of the chrome. That is one outstanding bike.

that's not out of the norm, automakers have re-released colors that have not matched, or switched them mid production with no warning. It's just something that will go down in the specifications book as campus green pre-whatever year it changed. Even variations by plant for automakers are...

yeah, I've used electrical tape in the past on stuff. I was just looking for information about the tape and strips in particular. I ended up going to get some strips from a bike shop. Although I would still like to know more about the actual rim tape.

What width would I use for these wheels if I were to use the tape?

I am working on my 1966 Huffy Dragster. The rim strips on the original wheels are disentegrating and I need to replace them. Where can I find them? The front is a 20 x 2.175 and the rear is a 20x2.125. They look like some sort of rubber but its rock hard and crumbled.

So Rad...

I know the front uses an S7, but had never heard that the rear used that as well. So I did some digging and all I could find was that the krates and stingrays used S2 in the rear and S7 up front unless the bike was a Junior model, then there would be a S7 in the rear as well. Hopefully that's...

I haven't read anything about S7 being used in the rears post 68, just S2's. Where did you see this info at? I can't find anything on it.

I love me some vintage tools, do you have the missing/broken cast piece?

that's rad. My first bike was a 78 Stingray. after I finish my current builds I plan on building a replica of what I had.

I'm looking for a Chicago cycle works, Liberty Bicycles Cyclone muscle bike sissy bar. mid 60's. Bonus if you have a seat for it. Here is a pic of what they look like. It's for a 20" bike.

as a as a matter of fact I am!

Well, looking for a Red Band Bendix 28 Spoke again, the sale was cancelled, the seller says they don't have it anymore.

where's the group at?

yeah, it was an estate sale. My brother and I went to buy other stuff but there was a pile of bikes and he is into BMX stuff, he wanted to strip everything for parts so we got the lot of bikes for 100 total. He sold everything else and I kept the Huffy for 20. I kinda wish I had looked at all...

it's 4"

My first foray into the vintage muscle bikes was stumbling across a bike in a barn I thought looked cool, so i got it for 20 bucks. It's a 66 Huffy Dragster. I'm just waiting on a my rear tire to show up and I'll put her back together. Still a bit of rubbing and polishing to go though.

yeah, that's a good idea, what years were the S2's used on the 20" bikes? what in particular on the frame are you trying to look at?

ok, thanks, found one. Still looking for an S2

So with the Red Band Bendix, I'm clueless, I see ones with one band, and a coaster and I see ones with three bands and a coaster but it says Automatic. What's that?

ok, i'm gonna pass on this wheel then, and I guess I have an extra bendix hub then too. lol, it wasn't that expensive.

I'm wanting to go factory correct. So what hub is factory correct? here's the pics of the rim. I don't see any knurling.

thanks for responding, I found an 18 tooth bendix 70 that I went ahead and ordered. I'll try that one out and see. I think you're right on the chain guard. One of my friends that's into Krate's said the same thing, I'm going to eventually try and find an original but I want to get the bike...

Thanks for the information on the hub, how many teeth is the rear sprocket supposed to have? I can't seem to find a straight answer. I see stuff ranging from 18-20 in different places.

I know it's not as fancy as the 5 speed Krates, but I'm really stoked to finally have one. So am I on the right path here? What about the rear wheel? Is it and S2? what's the correct hub/sprocket/brake?

I also have picked up an original although ratty seat, seat post, clamps, sissy bar, fender, handlbar, and gooseneck. I have a 1970 front wheel with original tire and Q bolts on the way.

Good afternoon! I've been bitten by the bug of vintage muscle bikes. I grew up with a Stingray and loved it. Years later I ended up with a bike from an estate sale and now just a few months into messing around with it I now have a 70 Schwinn coaster krate. I really have zero knowledge about...

I know this is an old thread but I figure I'd try and resurrect it, I am building a 70 Apple coaster Krate. Trying to figure out the details on the rear wheel setup, what's it supposed to have? S2 Rim? what hub? which brake? Sprocket?

I have an original Liberty Cycles out of Chicago Cyclone girls bike, trying to identify the year on it. the serial number on the rear left dropout reads MO6 15X40140294 any help would be appreciated.