Saving Tempest
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Tomorrow Fedex/Bikeflights is scheduled to deliver my Chicago Schwinn Cruiser.
And I realized something.
I've looked at Schwinn color choices for other cantilevered models into the eighties and it dawned on me that BLACK may not have been a common color choice at that time, maybe not until near the end of Chicago production..
I had thought about painting it another color but then I though to my self, NO, SELF, BLACK IS BADASS!
So I have set out to clean up and fix the paint it already has and get a new set of decals from Bicyclebones.
As the song goes can I get a hell yeah?
Okay, enough of that.
I repainted the nine hole rack from RustyK's parted straightbar and I'm getting a mounting bracket to match. I added the last antique amber jewel I had left and I have to reinstall the arms.
I have to have something to hang saddlebags over if I wish! It's fenderless after all. A repositioning of the relector that's already there and I'm good.
I have the stem, bars and grips, a seat and post, clean up the rims, get tires and add the pedals, it's almost a party.
That's exactly what I'll have with the '62 Higgins Flightliner after all, a rack and no fenders, balloon tires.
Now maybe I'm mistaken but black is still totally badass.
Oh. I forgot, the chain is likely toast, but no problem.
Some assembly required...
And I realized something.
I've looked at Schwinn color choices for other cantilevered models into the eighties and it dawned on me that BLACK may not have been a common color choice at that time, maybe not until near the end of Chicago production..
I had thought about painting it another color but then I though to my self, NO, SELF, BLACK IS BADASS!
So I have set out to clean up and fix the paint it already has and get a new set of decals from Bicyclebones.
As the song goes can I get a hell yeah?
Okay, enough of that.
I repainted the nine hole rack from RustyK's parted straightbar and I'm getting a mounting bracket to match. I added the last antique amber jewel I had left and I have to reinstall the arms.
I have to have something to hang saddlebags over if I wish! It's fenderless after all. A repositioning of the relector that's already there and I'm good.
I have the stem, bars and grips, a seat and post, clean up the rims, get tires and add the pedals, it's almost a party.
That's exactly what I'll have with the '62 Higgins Flightliner after all, a rack and no fenders, balloon tires.
Now maybe I'm mistaken but black is still totally badass.
Oh. I forgot, the chain is likely toast, but no problem.
Some assembly required...