What bike did you work on today?

[mr.cycleplane]

1937 Mead Cycle Company Ranger(Schwinn built) transition model-double diamond frame. Added a few parts-almost done/still have to wire the horn and light.

 

[WillWork4Parts]

Back to tinkering with my ShelBMX today. New front wheel and different cranks installed today. Currently building a new rear wheel for it

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What cranks are those?

 

[Just Jeff]

They are Odyssey Black Widow cranks. With most of the red anodizing removed. Too bad the decals are gone too. Always like the decals on them

 

[ian]

I made a spacer for the seatstay bridge for better rear fender mounting on my Elgin today, better fitting tank straps & stripped about 18 layers of paint off some bars I wanted to try.View attachment 1718675

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The bars are comfy but a bit aggressive for this bike. The position is more like my cross country race bike. Switched back to a more upright bar originally installed. Until I try another combo....

30 inch longhorns!

 

[tacochris]

The 67 got its own chain tonight. Sadly I wish it was that cut and dry. Rear hub needs a rebuild because its about as hard to turn as the soil in winter.

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

30 inch longhorns!

I had some 28" for the first couple rides & loved them! Will likely go with those but they need some straightening. The right side is a bit off. Will dig through my pile of bars to exhaust my options/verify the longhorns. But need a long stem for those & only have long, aluminum road stems. Was smitten on the first ride with the 28" longhorns.

 

[ozzie]

I slammed together my '36 B.F. Goodrich budget klunker today and took it for a short ride. To my surprise the tringle gear set up works well and the longer stem and tall bars make the small prewar frame feel much bigger. I weighed it and it is just under 31 pounds.

Most of the parts were pulled from a mid 80's mountain bike. I'm hoping the weather improves so I can get in a longer ride before pulling it down for either paint or a brighter raw metal finish.

 

[palepainter]

Finished this up yesterday.

 

[ian]

Working over the '39 Colson frameset. Got 6 layers of paint off, cleaned the shiny stuff and repacked the headset bearings and installed the fork and gooseneck/bars. Threw some placeholder rims to give a idea of the stance. Pretty excited for this.

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

Finished this up yesterday.
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Very nice! The horn & light work great too!