The "Before And After" Thread
- Townsend 'Rallye Sport'
08-19-11, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by nsa335
86 Schwinn World Sport
Before
After
Before
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08-19-11, 06:28 PM
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Still need to get the lugs outlined in gold. Working on getting all the components polished up.
08-19-11, 07:11 PM
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Agreed - you need some more deets on this restoration! Looks very good, BTW!
08-19-11, 08:02 PM
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Great informative site. for my first post, here is a 76 Schwinn Suburban I just restored for my daughter to ride at college. wish I had a better before pic. There wasn't a piece of chrome on this bike that didn't sit in an OA bath.
Before:
[img]https://www.flickr.com/photos/60766423@N08/6060916310/[/img]
After:
[img]https://www.flickr.com/photos/60766423@N08/6060916556/[/img]
Before:
[img]https://www.flickr.com/photos/60766423@N08/6060916310/[/img]
After:
[img]https://www.flickr.com/photos/60766423@N08/6060916556/[/img]
Last edited by blilrat; 08-19-11 at 08:07 PM. Reason: try to fix pic links
08-20-11, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by XLR99
Agreed - you need some more deets on this restoration! Looks very good, BTW!
08-21-11, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by mapleleafs-13
i take it the previous fork was bent?
08-21-11, 07:10 PM
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FIFY.
Nice work!
Nice work!
Originally Posted by blilrat
great informative site. For my first post, here is a 76 schwinn suburban i just restored for my daughter to ride at college. Wish i had a better before pic. There wasn't a piece of chrome on this bike that didn't sit in an oa bath.
Before:
after:
Before:
after:
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09-06-11, 09:06 AM
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Heres a few bikes that Ive worked on recently
09-06-11, 05:05 PM
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Quite happy to finally be able to post this as an 'after'
Before & during set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ah_blak...7623835225554/
Hetchins Super Special c.1950 by ah_blake, on Flickr
After set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/4494857...7627450817188/
hetchins01 by fyxomatosis - since forever, on Flickr
Before & during set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ah_blak...7623835225554/
Hetchins Super Special c.1950 by ah_blake, on Flickr
After set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/4494857...7627450817188/
hetchins01 by fyxomatosis - since forever, on Flickr
09-06-11, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Mills
HETCHINS = why, just why do they have curly stays?
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09-06-11, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Mills
HETCHINS = why, just why do they have curly stays?
There are few things* on a bicycle that'll turn heads quicker than curly/vibrant stays.
* hot models excluded
Originally Posted by dphi
I went the easy way and had it powder coated. The repro decals are from Cyclomondo. Let me know if there's anything else you're curious about.
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09-07-11, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Mills
HETCHINS = why, just why do they have curly stays?
The original reason, apparently, was to create both strength and flex in the rear triangle; but, for the most part, the Colonel is correct.
A lot of English bikes wound up doing this. Notably, the Bates bikes had a bunch of curly stays and forks.
09-08-11, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RobbieTunes
Before, outside a barn in Montana:
After, in my garage:
Before, in a garage in California:
After, again, in my garage:
After, in my garage:
Before, in a garage in California:
After, again, in my garage:
09-08-11, 07:29 AM
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A radially spoked rear wheel? How long will that last?
The rumor I heard about the Hetchins curly stays is that the British racing rules didn't allow decals for a while so Hetchins did that to make their bikes distinguishable.
The rumor I heard about the Hetchins curly stays is that the British racing rules didn't allow decals for a while so Hetchins did that to make their bikes distinguishable.
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09-08-11, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd
Do you recall the RAL color code? It looks really good. Let us know how the outlining goes. But, for my money, it looks pretty classy as is.
