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Old 06-04-08 | 03:29 PM
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Old 06-04-08 | 03:33 PM
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Ride it.
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Old 06-04-08 | 03:34 PM
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obviously you want someone to tell you to convert it because otherwise you wouldn't have posted it in the ssfg forum.
so I'm going to do it.
convert it.
happy?
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Old 06-04-08 | 03:34 PM
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I would like to do that.
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Old 06-04-08 | 03:36 PM
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What's wrong with riding it as is?
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Old 06-04-08 | 03:36 PM
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God at least find one with ****ty, rusting components so that the only thing that's salvageable is the frame.

Not this.
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Old 06-04-08 | 03:37 PM
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What's wrong with riding it as is?
Can't do barspins like that, duh.
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Old 06-04-08 | 03:43 PM
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Bikes: a bike.

Ride it. Don't convert it.
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Old 06-04-08 | 03:56 PM
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The stem is a little rusty as well as the pedals and cassette. I'm interested in converting it, tell me why it's a bad idea?

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Old 06-04-08 | 03:57 PM
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Well ****, yeah. If it has a rusty stem, you should definitely convert it.
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Old 06-04-08 | 03:59 PM
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I think the wheel has a little rust on it too. Going to rid of them asap.

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Old 06-04-08 | 04:12 PM
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I'd just scrap the whole bike honestly...

Or keep it cause its neat looking as it is. If you convert it you may have a chance to fit in for however long the fixed trend is cool and then you will be left with a cliche' orrrrr you can keep it as it is and have it accrue significant cool points the longer you keep it stock.

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Old 06-04-08 | 09:35 PM
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Bikes: a bike.

It's a nice functioning bike. The point of most conversions is to make something out of nothing. If those components work then use it. I am positive you can find another frame to use that has horrible parts.
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Old 06-04-08 | 09:39 PM
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Old 06-04-08 | 10:59 PM
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smoke it?
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Old 06-04-08 | 11:01 PM
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convert that biatch

or set it on fire and ghost ride it off a cliff
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Old 06-04-08 | 11:51 PM
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dont forget to strap a 42x18 gearing on it too nancy. maybe a hello kitty sticker for that candy ass.
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Old 06-05-08 | 01:50 AM
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Please don't turn this beauty into a tarck bike.

Oh, the humanity.
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Old 06-05-08 | 09:05 AM
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Beauty? It's an old Schwinn.
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Old 06-05-08 | 09:27 AM
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think of the earf and re-cycle that suka, there's probably one and a half Bianchi pista's worth of steel there
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Old 06-05-08 | 09:31 AM
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Make it a flower planter thing?

Send it to me?
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Old 06-05-08 | 10:39 AM
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Do you have any more information on the bike? Lugs (not electroforged), bar-end shifters and cotterless cranks say it's not a junker like most old schwinns.
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Old 06-05-08 | 10:41 AM
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Stimulate it's prostate.
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Old 06-05-08 | 12:25 PM
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The brake line looks so scary in the top right photo... all close and in your face.
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Old 06-05-08 | 12:29 PM
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The photos are eight years old. What does it look like now?
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