Post your klunker pics here!

[Legislator]

I appreciate the thought, but though I love the way older frames ride, I love the way new parts work, and have as always been more of a hot rodder than a restoration person.

I'll keep it mountain, and the bull moose bars are staying, but I've broken too many freewheel hub axles in my time, and love a good clutch derailleur. Plus, this thing won't be a garage bike, and I've already gone OTB on it once .

I have a stash of weird old ATB bits that have been waiting for a new home, but my current thinking is 1 x 11 shimano XT or XTR, vintage cranks, weird vintage brakes, OG White Industries tracker hubs laced to Velocity Cliffhangers with expensive Sapim spokes, tubeless gumwall tires, and endless wheelies.

See y'all on the trail!

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[birdzgarage]

The 47.this thing gets it pretty good for a rigid. #klunkersarebuiltnotbought

 

[birdzgarage]

 

[Guest2]

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47 the world

When I die I don't want to go to Heaven...I want to go to your garage! I could spend hours just checkin' out your cool stuff. You have some really killer builds birdzgarage!

 

[birdzgarage]

Thank you

 

[TwoSchwinns]

I was at Sheel’s, a HUGE sporting goods store in Sparks/Reno Nevada and they had a mini Gary Fisher museum. Here’s a prewar Schwinn klunker on display.

P.S. After I posted this I found the build up write-up on this bike here. It was built for Gary Fisher himself.
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By the way, a similar stem auctioned for $180 on eBay last week: https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMX-Vintage-Embossed-Ashtabula-Stem-vintage-handlebars-1970s-mongoose-schwinn-/153649575150?hash=item23c63a74ee:g:-AAAAOSwELtdg7tA&nma=true&si=QxiR033LUcJe2ysQw3H5C8pVrqU%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

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Yeah, that bikes got Alan Bonds all over it.

 

[kenji]

41 DX Lincoln

 

[birdzgarage]

The 80.because klunkers are built not bought.

 

[Superman1984]

I am thinking about building something like this from a mid/late '50s Columbia or a '57ish J.C Higgins BUT I want to know how the frames hold up to jumps If Anyone Here has launched these ol'heavy ballooner frames ??? I am liking a bmx, cruiser, & mtn bike idea a lot lately. Btw I am not talking massive jumps but curbs & maybe TN/WV hilly terrains.

 

[Jon Olson]

I am thinking about building something like this from a mid/late '50s Columbia or a '57ish J.C Higgins BUT I want to know how the frames hold up to jumps If Anyone Here has launched these ol'heavy ballooner frames ??? I am liking a bmx, cruiser, & mtn bike idea a lot lately. Btw I am not talking massive jumps but curbs & maybe TN/WV hilly terrains.

I’m trying to build a mostly 1936 Schwinn C97 with 1966 5 speed running gear still developing.