Alt Bike Culture - First attempt to start an "alt bike" (X-post from C&V)

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japollner
08-26-07, 04:15 PM
Found this frame in a pretty sorry state. Restore it would cost alot. So I'm going a different route. 1958 Schwinn Spitfire Mixte.

CCR
08-26-07, 06:41 PM
sweetness, so are you ditchin the top tube then ??
japollner
08-26-07, 06:49 PM
Nah, Im gonna leave it the way it is. I need to figure out something for a brake though. The 20 inch wheel has a freewheel on it, and i dont feel like going coaster...

pull freewheel and install track cog?? hmm

mastershake916
08-27-07, 01:31 AM
Nah, Im gonna leave it the way it is. I need to figure out something for a brake though. The 20 inch wheel has a freewheel on it, and i dont feel like going coaster...

pull freewheel and install track cog?? hmm

Does the fork have a brake mount?
japollner
08-27-07, 08:19 AM
No, its just the original old Schwinn Blade fork. Im thinking of possibly brazing on a set of brake mounts on the chainstays in the rear.
Theflyingdutch
09-04-07, 04:47 PM
I guess you don't know how fortunate you are...
It is almost impossible to find a coaster brake here in portugal...
"original old schwinn blade fork"????.... ???? I would kill for one of those...
One piece crank set??? Here we only have those on bmx's..
I don't expect you to understand, but those kind of things are a part of my dreams...
Good luck with the project.