Alright I just can't keep it in any longer, I was gonna hold off on posting this bike until I had finished my lighting solution and gotten a friend of mine who's a great photographer to take some proper shots but I can't wait any longer. Kittens be damned, Here is my 1969 Schwinn Super Sport Conversion, I'll post specs or answer questions if anyone is interested.





more photos here:
https://s429.photobucket.com/albums/qq12/KBPFISTER/

Beautifully done, and overflowing in good taste and class. This is the way to make a fixed gear.

-Kurt

Very nice! I have its slightly younger (1970) sibling, which was first set up as a single speed, but now is a five speed with a single stem shifter and upright bars. It's a very smooth ride.



Neal

Very nice work. Go post it in the SS/FG.

Methinks the kitttens would be proud. And very happy to be alive too.

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I remember seeing your bike when I first started down this road, it was very helpful to see some of the possibilities, I think it used to have different crank on it, which I think was how I started to feel ok about putting a modern crank on this bike.

I Should also say that I could never have gotten through this project with out a lot of help from all you forum members, especially Pastor Bob, King of Kadence, Dirt Drop and many others.

That Super Sport = super sweet

The ugly Ashtabula crank detracts from the lines of a beautiful bike. I intend to set up my Super Sport as a flat bar IGH hub bike with 700C wheels and 32c creme Schwalbe Delta Cruiser tires.

I'd be willing to wager that the plastic bag with all the parts I pulled off this bike weighs almost as much if not more than the whole bike does right now

Very nice! Looks great from every angle.

While the Ashtabula crank is a very heavy anchor, they do clean up nice and look appropriate ]IMHO. They just are so heavy which makes them hard to take. I just finished cleaning up two of them in my acid bath (one from a 1971 Racer, the other from a 1974 Suburban), they look pretty nice polished up.

A heavy anchor. A modern crank will remove weight and considerably speed up the bike.

Nice nice nice! Are those 700s?

They are 27"ers, I purchased the wheels through Ebay from Fly Bike shop although a lot of people seem to offer this same wheel set they had the best price, cheaper than building my own wheels, they are built by Wheel Master

The rims are Sun CR18 36 hole, they are really nice double walled rims and come with the inner faces polished. The hubs are formula track hubs, the spokes are SS straight gauge Swiss DT 2.0.

The wheels were very round when I got them although perhaps a little under tensioned all around, I thought I would ride on em for a while before tightening them and truing them any further.

The tires are Panaracer 27" by 1 1/4" Tour Guard

I will eventually rebuild the original front wheel, but the bike was missing the original rear wheel, which was part of the impetus for converting it in the first place.

Just beautiful ...

Bob

Thanks Bob, and thanks for your help as well, I recognize your headbadge from a lot of my posts over the past few months

Very Nice!!!! I love the look of a fillet brazed Schwinn that has been shown love & respect!!

thats a fixie thats easy on the eyes.

KP,

I'm in Super Sport SS/FG heaven! Fillet brazed frames have an appeal which is hard to beat. Many of us have to thank Schwinn for using this method to mass produce (sort of) this frame for almost two decades. Even a poorly maintained Super Sport/Sports Tourer/Superior frame provides nearly endless creative possibilities. Another job well done!

What type of stem did you use? Did Schwinn use a larger then .833" stem in '69?

That is a seriously good looking bike... well done.

Well, images of Sporty haunted me while I polished the heads of bolts and slippery little cable hangers and what not, thanks for the inspiration and help along the way PB

I was able to buy a Stem from a really nice guy on the Schwinn forums, it's the skinny 21. something one, I just have it lowered almost to the point it flairs out, I don't know if it's correct to the year or not but I think it came from a super sport, I've seen a few different stems on these old Sports.

I think the 5sp SS is really a perfect setup. For fixed gear,I'd much prefer a much snappier frame.
My first adult bike was a '71 Varsity,so i know what comfortable pillows those long wheelbase bikes are...