Bike boys
Look Ma, No Hands!
Hello,
Its been quite a while since I posted on the forums, Figured I should let you guys see my latest project. About a year ago i picked up two old bicycles from a collector, (my brother and I have been collecting bikes since we were small, we both are now in high school). The guy gave me a 1974 Stingray frame, I had a Schwinn Fairlady from the same year that was in good shape, But I have many girls Stingrays and one 1967 Stingray junior lucky-7. I figured if i used one of my Fairladys that was complete from the same year, (Knowning that girls Stingrays are less desired than boys). And use that to make a bike out of the stingray frame. I just want some input on this, I do not know if i did a bad thing by taking apart a decent Fairlady or I am doing myself a favor. Most of the bike will have Schwinn parts from that time period. It will have 2 S2 rims since that is all I have. I would hate to start a bias based thread but myself personally I think this is going to be a pretty sweet cruiser. My friend that is in high school as well owns many vintage bicycles as well some of which are Stingrays. When the weather is nice we get kids from the neighborhood to ride "banana seats" bikes. Sometimes we get at least 6-7 people riding old banana seat bikes around town going, bringing smiles and memories to people in town, it just lets us un-plug from video games and phones. That is one of the only reasons that i collect old things, because of the smiles it brings to others. Here is some pictures, more to come later tonight. Thanks~Noah and Isaac
Its been quite a while since I posted on the forums, Figured I should let you guys see my latest project. About a year ago i picked up two old bicycles from a collector, (my brother and I have been collecting bikes since we were small, we both are now in high school). The guy gave me a 1974 Stingray frame, I had a Schwinn Fairlady from the same year that was in good shape, But I have many girls Stingrays and one 1967 Stingray junior lucky-7. I figured if i used one of my Fairladys that was complete from the same year, (Knowning that girls Stingrays are less desired than boys). And use that to make a bike out of the stingray frame. I just want some input on this, I do not know if i did a bad thing by taking apart a decent Fairlady or I am doing myself a favor. Most of the bike will have Schwinn parts from that time period. It will have 2 S2 rims since that is all I have. I would hate to start a bias based thread but myself personally I think this is going to be a pretty sweet cruiser. My friend that is in high school as well owns many vintage bicycles as well some of which are Stingrays. When the weather is nice we get kids from the neighborhood to ride "banana seats" bikes. Sometimes we get at least 6-7 people riding old banana seat bikes around town going, bringing smiles and memories to people in town, it just lets us un-plug from video games and phones. That is one of the only reasons that i collect old things, because of the smiles it brings to others. Here is some pictures, more to come later tonight. Thanks~Noah and Isaac
