What bike did you work on today?

[buickmike]

A parts bike.

 

[Sped Man]

Spent part of the night removing tarnish off of a 1948 Hextube. It came out pretty nice. I had to steel wool it while applying the aluminum polish restorer.

 

[billyjones]

I 'mulleted' my neighbors huffy... lmao.. and straightened his bent crank arm with a giant steel bar

 

[Sped Man]

Started working on my Silverking Hextube rear wheel. I wanted to make it a 2 speed. I removed the single speed guts and installed the 2 speed guts. Made a huge mistake by not holding the end where all the gears or clutches were. Guess what fell out? What a nightmare! After installing it correctly I installed the actuator.. It refused to work. I forgot that these 2 speed hubs use two types of actuators one with pins and ones without. I thought the 2 speed was defective so I remove it again then it came to me, it uses two types of actuators! What a day!

 

[RidinRelics]

Started with a bare ‘50 Schwinn straight bar frame today that I recently painted a coppertone color for a klunker build. Installed all the cups, cut the steerer tube on the fork and installed. Then I dug out a modern black shimano coaster wheel set , mounted some Maxxis Ikon mtn bike tires and installed them.

Then I installed the crankset.

Last I mocked up a vintage slingshot BMX stem and some vintage moto bars.

The bars and stem are gonna come back off for repaint since I like how they look and will be using them.

 

[fboggs1986]

Laced up a new wheel set. It’s been a while had to bust out YouTube to remember the lacing pattern lol but I got it done.

 

[WillWork4Parts]

Started with a bare ‘50 Schwinn straight bar frame today that I recently painted a coppertone color for a klunker build. Installed all the cups, cut the steerer tube on the fork and installed. Then I dug out a modern black shimano coaster wheel set , mounted some Maxxis Ikon mtn bike tires and installed them.

View attachment 2213919Then I installed the crankset.

View attachment 2213926Last I mocked up a vintage slingshot BMX stem and some vintage moto bars.View attachment 2213934The bars and stem are gonna come back off for repaint since I like how they look and will be using them.

Clean looking build! Now you've got me thinking about a blue and copper candy paint job for my straight bar.

 

[cstorar]

Fiddled around with the lights and horn on my Four Star. Took me a while to figure out how to wire the horn but finally got there. Now I have lights and a loud horn.

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Beautiful day, sunny and 73 degrees. Seemed like a good day to sit outside in the driveway and service a New Departure hub!

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Nice organized setup Thee only way too go ! The old set of pliers you have there, what can you tell me about them ? I have some just like yours.

Rafael ~

 

[COB]

@A.S.BOLTNUT They were a thrift store purchase. Not sure of the brand. Next time I get them out I will check closer.