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1950 Schwinn B6

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spitshineschwinn

Finally riding a big boys bike
I bought this one from my postman. It was his dad's boyhood bike, his dad put new tires on it somewhere around 1980 so his son could run a paper route. It was left in a basement for 20 years after that. He said that it never had a tank, and remembered that the fender light had a bad battery leak that destroyed the front fender. I used a lot of elbow grease, bar keepers friend and 0000 steel wool fighting rust. The truss rods and rubber bumper were the only parts on the springer that were replaced. I rebuilt the pedals and replaced the spokes on the rear wheel. The rear New Departure hub was cleaned and re-greased. Seat frame was cleaned and re-painted, local upholstery shop did a nice job re-covering. It turned out to be a nice rider, as long as you are on fairly flat terrain.

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