My ‘51 resto mod

[Mark Johnston]

My son decided he liked black better, and requested red tires & grips. I’m working on a prewar girls Schwinn painted to match for his girlfriend.
I’m riding the blue one with the Bendix kickback and forebrake. I’m in the process of turning the tooling to press the cog off of another kickback drive so I can press on a modified skiptooth cog & braze it to the drive gear.

 

[37ccmflyte]

Nice work!! You have a good eye. Got more updates??

 

[Mark Johnston]

Nice work!! You have a good eye. Got more updates??

Well, the black one is still like in the photo above, the blue one has replaced the 1950 frame I began this thread with.

1950 Straightbar build. | Project Rides

I thought I’d post my progress as this build comes together. I’ve collected most of the parts & will post pics as I go. 1950 frame. Forks. NOS S-2 wheelset. ND rear, porkchop drum front. Seat. Bare metal fender set from bicyclebones.

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[eeapo]

Nice, you did a great job on that bike.

 

[John G04]

Love the black with the red tires really pops. Just curious where’d you get those stems? I think they’d look good on a klunker build

 

[Mark Johnston]

Love the black with the red tires really pops. Just curious where’d you get those stems? I think they’d look good on a klunker build

They’re Schwinn Varsity stems, both are no longer being used. Shoot me a PM if you need one.

 

[John G04]

They’re Schwinn Varsity stems, both are no longer being used. Shoot me a PM if you need one.

Cool thanks, I have way too many varsitys trash finds with stems but never noticed how long they were. Thanks!

 

[Danny the schwinn freak]

I love them both, but that black one is incredibly awesome.

 

[Mark Johnston]

Just finished the paint on this repro guard from Bicyclebones to put on it.

 

[Mark Johnston]

I guess the deluxe guards have grown on me I think fenders, a headlight, and rack are in order now.
I have 5 feather style guards in various conditions if anyone needs one.