I've got a pretty nice pants guard that came on a set of SR cranks.



sweet ride PastorBob, what tires are those?
wait-a-sec...are those 650B wheels?

Yes, but I've found that any ride past about 10 miles the bars become intolerable. My shoulders hurt, my hands hurt, my back hurts. It's the most "taxing" bike I have at the moment. I have several sets of north road type bars to try, but the project will need to wait for inclement weather before I give it the time to make the switch.

They are the 26 X 1 & 3/8 EA3 or 650A (590mm) Panaracer Col de la Vie, mounted to new Sun CR18 aluminum rims (cudak888 built the wheels). Originally the New World would have come with 597mm or 599mm rims and tires, but new rims in that size are not made. Since I was only working with a frame, and not tied to a perfect restoration, I was satisfied with these.

Pastorb, do you ride it with the handlebars like that? If so, may I ask why? It looks extremely uncomfortable.

The bars are uncomfortable this is why I plan to swap them for north road type bars. They are known as "Major Taylor" re-pop bars from Soma. They are a close match to one of the options available for a New World in the late '30s early '40s. I like the look in the catalog, found these for cheap on CL, and thought I'd give them a try. Well, I tried them and they will be changed out!

I bet if you moved the levers up toward the bend, and tilted the bar flats closer to parallel with the ground, then the bars would be much more comfortable. In their current position (which is very different from the drawing in the catalog) they give very little vertical support. Regardless of bar position, she's a beauty!

Yes, in Major Taylor's day, they had learned that racers need to have their handlebars low, but they hadn't yet realized that increasing the reach helps, too. They had very short reaches on the bikes. I couldn't stand that.

That Schwinn is nice. I really have a thing for high-flange hubs and wing-nuts..