kreika
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Disclaimer: This bike is restored, and has repop parts. If that’s not for you, please don’t rip me a new one or poo poo it. With that said....
Selling off the oldest bicycle in my collection. It’s a restored 1950 Schwinn Red Phantom. A friend and I brought this bad boy back to glory in the mid-90’s when Phantom was King. Keep in mind this restoration was done before the internet and eBay, at least for me. The evolution books were my pictorial. My only source for parts was Dan Venturi ( when he resided here in Santa Cruz) and the catalog from Memory Lane. I’ll break it down the best I can recall. Serial number is G190381. The chainguard, rack, fender stays, fork, front wheel setup, cranks, AS pedals, AS stem, Schwinn script seat post, rechromed original bottom portion of saddle, grips, AS seat post clamp, Bendix Red-band 2-speed, rear rim(if I recall has knurling but not stamped S-2), horn unit, and badge are period pieces. Also included is a rechromed chainring I never installed. Repop consists of: John Koehnke fender set, Memory Lane supplied the fender light guts, cover, lense, decals( an extra Schwinn one included because one failed), rear reflector and tail light unit. Dan came up with the all chrome tank, saddle top, bars, and headset. Which in hindsight must have been 95’ Anniversary parts.I honestly never heard of the 95’ repop bike till I joined The Cabe. Doh. The Typhoon Cords I added many years later off eBay. They were represented as original, but sadly weren’t. The pin striping was done by a local artist Tom Fieber. It’s a 20+ plus year old resto. I rode the heck out of it back in the day. It has some scratches and patina. The front wheel is missing one spoke. The rear I laced with what was available at my LBS. It’s missing one spoke also.
Sorry to be so long winded, but I like to be as forth coming as possible. Ask any questions if needed. I’m asking $1400 shipped. OBO PayPal f&f, PO money order, or cash on pickup for a better price. Thanks for looking!
Selling off the oldest bicycle in my collection. It’s a restored 1950 Schwinn Red Phantom. A friend and I brought this bad boy back to glory in the mid-90’s when Phantom was King. Keep in mind this restoration was done before the internet and eBay, at least for me. The evolution books were my pictorial. My only source for parts was Dan Venturi ( when he resided here in Santa Cruz) and the catalog from Memory Lane. I’ll break it down the best I can recall. Serial number is G190381. The chainguard, rack, fender stays, fork, front wheel setup, cranks, AS pedals, AS stem, Schwinn script seat post, rechromed original bottom portion of saddle, grips, AS seat post clamp, Bendix Red-band 2-speed, rear rim(if I recall has knurling but not stamped S-2), horn unit, and badge are period pieces. Also included is a rechromed chainring I never installed. Repop consists of: John Koehnke fender set, Memory Lane supplied the fender light guts, cover, lense, decals( an extra Schwinn one included because one failed), rear reflector and tail light unit. Dan came up with the all chrome tank, saddle top, bars, and headset. Which in hindsight must have been 95’ Anniversary parts.I honestly never heard of the 95’ repop bike till I joined The Cabe. Doh. The Typhoon Cords I added many years later off eBay. They were represented as original, but sadly weren’t. The pin striping was done by a local artist Tom Fieber. It’s a 20+ plus year old resto. I rode the heck out of it back in the day. It has some scratches and patina. The front wheel is missing one spoke. The rear I laced with what was available at my LBS. It’s missing one spoke also.
Sorry to be so long winded, but I like to be as forth coming as possible. Ask any questions if needed. I’m asking $1400 shipped. OBO PayPal f&f, PO money order, or cash on pickup for a better price. Thanks for looking!
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