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05-19-10 | 07:43 PM

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The Start.

Got This old 10-speed schwinn sprint for free, and its just been sitting in the garage. so i decided i would turn it into a FG bike for cruising around town. This is the start of the project. Took 30 minutes to strip it of brakes, derailer, etc. Next step is a fresh paint job.

Any recomendations for forks?

Before.

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05-19-10 | 07:45 PM

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Neat.......

05-19-10 | 07:45 PM

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Nuttin wrong with the paint now.

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05-19-10 | 07:54 PM

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The paint looks fine, a quality fork will cost you as much (or more) than the cost of making it a fixed gear. If it works, keep it that way. Are those 27" wheels? Wheel & Sprocket offers a 27" fixed gear kit for about $150 that will get you everything you need.

Nice project though...enjoy it.

05-19-10 | 07:57 PM

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Recommendations for forks? Why?

05-19-10 | 08:05 PM

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Recommendations for forks? Why?

Tarck...

05-19-10 | 08:06 PM

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Yup, 27"

Yeah, i was just throwing around the idea of changing out the forks.

05-19-10 | 08:09 PM

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the forks are fine! paint looks ok too. Id recommend getting a conversion kit. sooner or later though, you'll end up replacing everything, ultimately getting a new frame too.... thats just the fixie bug.

05-19-10 | 08:16 PM

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i want to put Deep-V wheels on it....go figure. paint scheme plans are blue, black, white.

05-19-10 | 08:28 PM

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Are you just going to rattle-can it? I wouldn't paint it if it were mine, but it's fun to give a new look on the cheap.

05-19-10 | 08:37 PM

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Are you just going to rattle-can it? I wouldn't paint it if it were mine, but it's fun to give a new look on the cheap.

No, We have a Police BMW motorcycle at our shop thats getting a fresh paint job, and was going to have it sprayed the same time as the BMW was. The color is basically the same, but a little darker and more metalic flake.

Like this
https://www.bmwscruz.com/motorcycles/1996/96r11rt2.jpg

It will be stripped to bare metal before the respray.

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05-19-10 | 08:45 PM

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Wheels.
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Cranks
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

bars
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

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05-19-10 | 08:47 PM

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I'm also going to remove all the brake line eyelets, and cable routers.

05-19-10 | 09:11 PM

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Put a front brake on there.

05-19-10 | 09:15 PM

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Put a front brake on there.

Already in the plans

05-19-10 | 09:19 PM

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The only thing I would do to that is put a track hub on the rear and a front brake and maybe change the crank. Keep the drops.

05-19-10 | 09:36 PM

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The only thing I would do to that is put a track hub on the rear and a front brake and maybe change the crank. Keep the drops.

so in your opinion no deep-V rims?

Anyone have thoughts on the stem/neck? I wanted to go with a black one, but might just polish the one thats on there now.

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05-19-10 | 09:55 PM

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hmmm

https://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-27-FIXED-GEA...item2ea51e3dce

05-20-10 | 07:07 AM

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If you're going to paint do it right and get it powder coated. If you're going to do that you might as well invest in a frame. In the true fixed gear spirit do it on the cheap and keep the paint! You can get some deep Vs somewhat cheap, ebay is a good place to look.

05-20-10 | 08:01 AM

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It'll look more classy with the stock rims than deep V's

05-20-10 | 04:19 PM

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so in your opinion no deep-V rims?

Anyone have thoughts on the stem/neck? I wanted to go with a black one, but might just polish the one thats on there now.

Yeah I would keep the stock rims and just rebuild the rear with a track hub, or get that conversion kit from Ebay it comes with basically everything you need. 27s would definitely look better than deep-Vs on that frame. Stem color is all up to you. Find a cheap black one on Ebay or something and see if you like the way it looks.

05-20-10 | 04:22 PM

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You must be really tall.

Enjoy

05-20-10 | 05:37 PM

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I got a set of Eighthinch Tessa's for what might as well be the same frame. While they're not deep v's, they've certainly got some rise to them. I love the way they look, but if Velo-Orange had been selling their current fixed wheelsets at the time I would have gotten them. They've got a more standard rim and they look way classy/refined.

Class before trend, man.