So i'm a newbie
 

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

You would search these forums for any one of the 1000 posts exactly like this one.

Ah yes, this is how so many of us were greeted. There really is good info on search. You might not have noticed--the "search the forums" button only appears after you log in.

Classic and Vintage forum has a lot of info. on old Schwinns. Be sure to use the search function.

NJ fixies are required by law to be no higher than 42-17.

also check out the Schwinn Forums here; they're not big on those of us Schwinn owners doing SS/FG conversions, but they're the most knowledgeable group when it comes to specifics about your bike. There are a lot of resources to figure out what model/year bike you're riding. For starters, look at the headbadge and see what number is stamped on it (its usually really lightly stamped and can be easy to miss) its a four-digit numebr. First three digits are the day of the year that your bike was assembled (0-365). The last number is the year it was made - the problem is that you already have to know what decade it's from, because it just gives you the single digit. So a six at the end could be 1976 or 1986.
This is also the best resource for finding out more about older Schwinns built through 1979.

I converted a 1977 Schwinn Super Le Tour 12.2 to fixed and am really pleased. Found out everything I needed to know from three sources: Sheldon Brown, this forum, and the Schwinn site.

Good luck.

that's true, my friend got his 14t cog confiscated by jersey cops this summer at the shore.

No ****ing way, they have a law dictating the gear ratio? What if you race in a velodrome? What if you are like the super most winning guy at the track and you live in Jersey so the guy you keep beating gets salty and calls the cops and they come raid your spot and take all yer gears? That **** ain't freedom.

thanks a lot guys i'll check out the other forums and i didn't know about the gear ratio law maybe it's cus of the boardwalk or something

not other forums. this forum's other posts :D

Really? This has got to be bunk. What'd they do, pull him over and count the teeth? :rolleyes:

I can't believe that the 17t cog thing actually got past anyone's bull**** meter.

For the love of god, sell this man a period!

Tee hee. Cog law. LOL. Good one.

Did he go to the Sand Bar? Did he buy any Def Leppard t-shirts? More importantly, how did he get to the shore?

I guess you aren't building from scratch then

I am tempted to put in a big OWNED! image but Lotek e-mailed me to say Bike Forums will no longer allow those images to be used.

+1

Obscure? God I hope not.