Originally Posted by H3llzk33p3r

I'm building my own bike from scratch I have a Schwinn although I don't know what type it is I don't see any markings that tell of it's names I'm told it was from the 1980's. (if u have any ideas on how to id it it would be of help)
couple of things i live in a nj suburb and there's not that many hills here maybe a couple small ones and i was wondering what gear ration i should us (i think i'm going to make it a flip flop hub)
I also have a smal rust problem it's a couple spots here and there and i want to see if i can save the handle bars to make it into bull horns but there's some rust near the stem so i was wondering how to remove it and if i have to repaint it how would i go by doing that
thanks a lot