Post your klunker pics here!

[Bike from the Dead]

Belle just got a sister.. stand by to stand by! made 5/22 1959!!

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Nice! That'll make a great klunker! If you want any tips on how I built mine, here's a link to the original build thread.

 

[billyjones]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! re reading it now!! belle is my favorite bike!!! (yours) I think mine is the same frame from Klunkers! style not excat frame

 

[Miq]

A few Breezers

From Charlie Kelly @Repackrider Sept. 1979 Outside (Mariah) article.

 

[Deville.bicycles.montreal]

41 Schwinn-built Mead Crusader, currently my winter bike. Bendix 2 speed automatic, cycletruck/tandem bars, Continental tires. Really great and stable in the snow.
Thinking of modernizing some parts as I go along.

 

[palepainter]

Just finished this 39 Hawthorne. Enjoying the geometry so far.

 

[Mel_e_Mel]

Just finished building this bike up for a buddy of mine that I’ve known since third grade. I got the frame from a friend and the rest of the parts were from previous projects.

 

[Deville.bicycles.montreal]

Just finished building this bike up for a buddy of mine that I’ve known since third grade. I got the frame from a friend and the rest of the parts were from previous projects.
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Looking good!!

 

[Bike from the Dead]

Just finished building this bike up for a buddy of mine that I’ve known since third grade. I got the frame from a friend and the rest of the parts were from previous projects.
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That is one sharp Schwinn!

 

[billyjones]

interior tubes have rust, found a water based rust remover with great reviews, evapo rust. standby. Im gonna plug the holes and pour it in the tubes rather than immerse the entire frame. coming soon

 

[billyjones]

Man, this thread is full of all kinds of awesome klunkers!

Here's the first klunker I built. It's a 1952 Schwinn Hornet I put together for the Rat Rod Bikes Off-Road Build Off back in 2022. It started out as a fairly complete yet gently-rusted barn find bike, but I wanted to turn it into something I could use to practice riding off road. I wasn't going to ride this Schwinn hard and fast, nor was I going to jump it. I just planned to ride it on some nearby gravel trails so I could get a feel for the experience of riding on something other than pavement for a change.
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I hit the paint with some rubbing compound, threw on some parts I had handy, and in a relatively short amount of time, I had my first Kasual Klunker!
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I wire-brushed the rat trap springer fork and flatbars down to bare metal, then gave both a satin clear coat.
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As nice as my first klunker was, I just couldn't get myself to fall in love with the red paint, as nice as it was. (Red's one of my least favorite colors, and it doesn't help that several of the bikes in my collection are red.) I ended up disassembling the Hornet and traded most of the original parts for a bare Schwinn fat bar frame and a 24" 5-speed Sears Spyder muscle bike. In retrospect, I wish I held onto my first klunker, but oh well.

tough guy tan bro!! raddest color there is on a bike!!!