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I have had an interest in IGH bikes for ages, but only somewhat recently dipped my foot in the pool as it were. Long story but I ended up with a modern "Schwinn" cruiser with a 5 speed IGH Sturmey hub a few years ago. Then earlier this year I ended up buying a Racer because, um, to be...

The chain and grips showed up today, so I put the this thing together and took it for it's first ride in who knows how long. Some of it cleaned up better than I thought it would, some of it didn't clean up at all... but it rides pretty dang nice for a bike that wouldn't roll when I got...

According to UPS, the rest of my parts should be here on Tuesday. In prep for that I set some other parts in place to see if I was missing anything. Along the way I proved to myself that the fork is bent. No surprise with all the other stuff that's bashed out of shape on this. I noticed it when...

It's funny you said that. When I was half asleep this morning (actually right around the time you posted it) I was thinking about what type of oil I was going to use to lube it. Same stuff I put in the hub probably. (Not 3 in 1 or WD40...) I was also wondering why there's a hole in the...

Work continues on this but I ran into some tech issues and couldn't post pictures for a bit... I think they're solved now. I ordered a chain a while back. It was half price. When it showed up, it was also half length. Just like it said in the description I kinda glazed over... so I've been...

With the generous help of a member on another forum who sourced some spokes and a headset washer for me, I was able to make more progress on the Racer today. The tires are just rim protectors, they're both further gone than I thought so I'll be ordering new ones. I need to knock the rear...

PV = nrT is certainly applicable as you mention, but the thing that trips people up is the change in temperature since Fahrenheit (and Celsius for that matter) is not an absolute scale. A change from 70F to 105F is not a 50% change. It's more like a 6% change so the pressure would only go up the...

My 1956 Racer has one of those on it.

I laced up the front wheel today. Here's a shot from a reality check I did to see how I was doing getting it dished correctly. The clean up on the rim turned out better than I was expecting, it will fit in fine with the look of the rest of the bike. Of course it will also start to flash rust the...

When checking tires for nasty sharp stuff before replacing a tube, you will only use your bare finger until you find that first special hidden sliver of sharpness. After that you will use a rag. Rags don't hurt nearly as much when they catch that little piece of safety wire or whatever it is you...

I figured it would change again soon. I couldn't find the list of names it will change to though I got one of the rims cleaned up. It looks ok here But this shot shows a more realistic condition The cleaned rim is the same one as shown in post #22

I started working on the front wheel today. This is not a rim I would normally use, but staying with the "if it functions it stays" mantra, I'll give it a go. There isn't going to be much "chrome" left in some sections once it's cleaned up I'm afraid. An aside - I hear people talk about...

Apropos of nothing, I've got to say. Every time I see "'lil knee scuffer" under my avatar I chuckle. For whatever reason it makes me think of the Pixie kids bikes we'd sell. I always thought they were cool even though I was five sizes too big for them. Lucky kid...

When removing one of these, especially if the part had been damaged, I used to hold the tool in place with an axle nut. Don't tighten it down on the tool, just screw it down far enough that it won't let the tool slip off. If the part was damaged I might even put the axle nut on finger tight so...

I stumbled across those Kool Stop pads during some late night browsing. I'm surprised they still sell them! I haven't compared measurements yet but I'm guessing they will work. I also looked at a picture I posted earlier and saw that one of the pads on this bike had been installed backwards and...

The front brake was pretty messed up with a bent pivot and a missing nut. I straightened it out best as I could and stole the acorn nut off the back brake since it will be less visible(?). This is still missing the thin washer/shim under the adjusting nut but that's the life of a 66 year old...

^^^From my first post in this thread One of the reasons I didn't get much done today is I was trying to finalize a new purchase. For a few years now I've been casually searching for a 1962 Schwinn project bike. Today I picked one up. I got the frame/fork on ebay and picked it up in person since...

Another day, another pedal. Then I had to work on some other things so not much progress today. Which is ok since I usually spend Sundays cleaning instead of working! But that's boring so today I cheated and also finished rebuilding the wheel for my (off topic) Sanctuary 7 cruiser.

BIG progress today. I put a pedal back together. Strangely satisfying to spin the rebuilt pedal compared to the original.

I did some more cleaning today. The paint is so far gone it doesn't really clean up. A lot of rust and scratches and old touch up paint. I've decided not to substitute better looking parts from other bikes. I'll clean stuff up and remove rust, but if the part is still functional it's going back...

That is similar to what I did on this one. I was shy with the grease though, so I still got oil leaking past when it sat over night. I'm ok with that... it's a 66 year old bike, I'll give it a break.

I bought a violet Breeze to get the Bendix two speed kick back hub. Now I'm trying to figure out what to do with the bike... I was hoping my wife would be interested, but she couldn't say no fast enough. I'm keeping it around for now. It has parts I could use on other projects, but I'm still...

I'm not sure that's a first year bike (I'm not positive mine is either). I don't think the Racer was available in black or that frame size the first year? The '57 catalog says black enamel but still doesn't have multiple frame sizes listed? Now that I think about it, I'm not sure where I saw...

Well I suppose it's safe to say it here... I do check out Stingray ads when I see them... but I don't want one bad enough to spend the money I see them go for. Someday maybe I"ll find a much neglected one and build something. It could happen. I'm kind of surprised this is the only picture of...

If anyone is interested, there is a build thread for this on another forum; https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/1966-ducati-160-monza-jr-rebuild.521288/ My inspiration for finishing that bike came from "Ducstock" at the Barber vintage motorcycle festival in 2011. I rushed to get it ready, it...

I cleaned up the hub a little and found a date stamp. "56 10" I'm surprised it's from that late in the year if the frame was stamped in June, but it is what it is. I'm more used to tire date codes, where the 10 would have meant the 10th week, not month, but the all knowing interweb says...

It turns out the headset wasn't as bad as I thought. The real problem was the lower cup fell out of the frame when I pulled the fork. I'm not sure what's up with that, I haven't checked yet. The kickstand was well on it's way to losing it's pin. I like welded on kickstands. If I decide to...

Serial number on dropout. W95460 But it also has something on the bottom bracket? Much cruder but looks like it was done before it got painted, so??? "LPDJ2274" from what I can tell. Common opinion seems to be it's a Police ID. We had to register bikes as a kid, but they gave us stickers...

I posted a question about this bike earlier, but thought I'd make a (re)build thread for it. It won't be a restoration, it will be a rebuild. This is posted on a couple other forums too so it may look familiar to some. I've been casually looking at Speedsters and Racers for a while now. This...

I'm sure I had bikes before this one, but I thik they were all hand me downs. This is the first one I remember getting brand new. I broke the frame on the first one. I was bummed, but the store replaced it. I still remember wheeling the broken one into the store with my dad and getting the...

I see that most of the bikes here are earlier but I've seen a few from this era, so hopefully this is ok here. I went to buy a 250 Monza for a project bike, and the guy also had this one. I made an offer for both even though I wasn't sure what I'd do with it. He accepted, I brought it home...

Thanks for the reply! The serial number info sounds reasonable enough, makes sense to me anyway. One thing I forgot to mention is that there is another number on the bottom bracket. Looks like "LPDJ2274" to me. Hand stamped? But still looks like it's been there since before the frame was...

Greetings, I recently purchased a 1956 Schwinn Racer, and the serial number doesn't seem to fit the databases. W9 is higher than the serial numbers go, and I'm pretty sure that's a 9 Any ideas on what's going on? I'm also wondering if the early Racers had bolt on kickstands. Mine does...