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Forum: Electric Bikes
07-05-23, 06:27 PM
Replies: 1,066
Views: 1,046,241
Posted By Nokton

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulle...

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-04-23, 12:11 PM
Replies: 104
Views: 5,959
Posted By Nokton

I've only done it once, but I had excellent...

I've only done it once, but I had excellent results using wet, crumpled aluminum foil to clean up some rusty chrome on a Schwinn Continental. I used it on the crank and rims and thought it did a...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-01-23, 05:16 PM
Replies: 104
Views: 5,959
Posted By Nokton

Nice bike! It looks like it's in fabulous...

Nice bike! It looks like it's in fabulous condition for its age and it's a lovely color.

There's absolutely no reason you can't enjoy riding and working on a bike like that. If you add a...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-30-23, 05:28 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 569
Posted By Nokton

News Flash! I Succumbed to Temptation and Other Observations From Captain Obvious

I posted a while back about finding a Schwinn Three Speed (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1274080-schwinn-3-speed.html) and had talked myself out of the one in the thread until a couple...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-25-23, 08:09 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 611
Posted By Nokton

Ah. I understand now. It's a lovely bike and I'm...

Ah. I understand now. It's a lovely bike and I'm really thrilled to be its caretaker for a while.

I highly recommend finding one for yourself.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-25-23, 05:35 PM
Replies: 503
Views: 37,011
Posted By Nokton

Okay, I'll Play

Mostly because I want to show off my "new", 50 year old bike, but also because I went and found a bridge today so I could participate in this thread:

...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-25-23, 05:32 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 611
Posted By Nokton

Finally Got a Bike I've Been Looking For (Schwinn Sports Tourer)

Inspired by jpc2001 's thread here: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1274704-local-idiot-spends-good-money-another-old-schwinn.html and thanks to bikemig , I made a drive to Des Moines...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-11-23, 02:19 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,072
Posted By Nokton

Nice bike! I'd be proud to own one of the fillet...

Nice bike! I'd be proud to own one of the fillet brazed Schwinns.

Besides, bike collections are like heaven, there's always room for one more.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-06-23, 08:10 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 643
Posted By Nokton

Thanks, I appreciate the suggestion, but I think...

Thanks, I appreciate the suggestion, but I think I'm going to bide my time and find just the right post-war Schwinn.

Which means, of course, that I'll probably get frustrated and end up with a...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-05-23, 01:42 PM
Replies: 83,260
Views: 14,182,957
Posted By Nokton

Schwinn Sports Tourer $60

If I had a good way to get it to Nebraska, I'd buy this:


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/600x450/sportstourer_56686d78b243ce639f00dd0371a6184a3e5b7554.jpg

From...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-01-23, 06:02 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 41,806
Posted By Nokton

Public D8i. New, but retro-styled. ...

Public D8i. New, but retro-styled.

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-28-23, 05:12 PM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,546,226
Posted By Nokton

Here's one I just, more or less, finished. It's a...

Here's one I just, more or less, finished. It's a 1970s Malaysian-built Raleigh Sports that I converted into a Path Racer style bike. The wheels came off a Nottingham-built bike that got a set of...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-28-23, 03:51 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 604
Posted By Nokton

I have more or less finished this build. I ended...

I have more or less finished this build. I ended up going with a chain guard since I couldn't think of anything "good" to do with the brazed-on tabs. I'm still trying to figure out what to do about...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-25-23, 03:32 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 861
Posted By Nokton

Here are a couple pictures that I took this...

Here are a couple pictures that I took this afternoon. It's not quite as clean, in a damage sense, as I thought, but still pretty good and it's a lot dirtier, in a dirt sense, than I thought.

Oh,...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-24-23, 10:22 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 861
Posted By Nokton

Score! (Warning: Club Fuji Content)

So i was writing my last post on my old Hercules and took a brief break to look on Craigslist.

It was, for a change, a good idea. Sometimes, not often, that happens to me.

Posted was a...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-24-23, 09:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 493
Posted By Nokton

Looking for Information About Pre-Raleigh Hercules

I've had this bike hanging in my garage for several years waiting for its turn to get worked on. I bought this as sort of a favor to a friend who thought it would go to the dump if I didn't take it....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-23-23, 10:39 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 792
Posted By Nokton

Thanks! I really appreciate knowing that I'm...

Thanks!

I really appreciate knowing that I'm looking for a fulcrum sleeve, it's much easier than asking for "that plastic thing that goes along the shifting cable of a three-speed bike".
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-23-23, 06:28 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,019
Posted By Nokton

ehcoplex Both of the Peugeots are PR-10s. I think...

ehcoplex Both of the Peugeots are PR-10s. I think the white bike is c.1970 and the blue one is 1973-75, but that's just a guess.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-22-23, 07:21 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,019
Posted By Nokton

That is a very nice bike, echoplex. I would love...

That is a very nice bike, echoplex. I would love to end up with something like that after the restomod of my blue PR-10.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-22-23, 04:12 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,019
Posted By Nokton

According to the late, great Sheldon Brown: "Many...

According to the late, great Sheldon Brown: "Many higher-quality French bicycles of the '70's came with AVA brand bars and stems. These have a reputation for failure, and should be replaced."

In...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-22-23, 10:56 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,019
Posted By Nokton

Kinda, Sorta

I was surprised to see this thread rise from the dead just when I was doing the same. Thanks for asking, non-fixie. Since I posted this, I've had several orthopedic issues that have kept me off of a...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-09-23, 11:14 PM
Replies: 264
Views: 27,324
Posted By Nokton

One of These, Take Your Pick

Either of these could be my only bike and I'd be fine. The Specialize Sequoia on the left is a wonderful bike for everything I usually ride and the converted Marin Eldridge Grade on the right is ...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-03-23, 04:52 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 342
Posted By Nokton

Thanks so much. I looked and looked, but still...

Thanks so much. I looked and looked, but still missed these. I'll be ordering a set shortly.
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