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Irish John
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These are my two best attempts to get a vintage look using modern equipment.
The black bike is a steel framed Schwinn Deluxe Seven and it is just too heavy and breaks rear spokes all the time. It needs DT Swiss 14g on rear wheel.
The other bike is an alloy Schwinn and much lighter. It can't take springer forks but it is a better ride than the Deluxe Seven. Actually it is better made bicycle for 60% of the price of te D7.
The chainrings all eventually end up turning on the crank because the hexagonal hole in the chainring is poorly machined and the metal is soft so I need to spot weld those to fix them good and proper. I have never been able to get a vintage cruiser frame to work with but one day hopefully......
I'll attach a few pictures of a 1947 Ducati Cucciolo for your delectation.... the Cucciolo will do 40 mph and considerably more if tuned up and has 2 pre-select gears. The positioning of the pedals chooses the gear.
The black bike is a steel framed Schwinn Deluxe Seven and it is just too heavy and breaks rear spokes all the time. It needs DT Swiss 14g on rear wheel.
The other bike is an alloy Schwinn and much lighter. It can't take springer forks but it is a better ride than the Deluxe Seven. Actually it is better made bicycle for 60% of the price of te D7.
The chainrings all eventually end up turning on the crank because the hexagonal hole in the chainring is poorly machined and the metal is soft so I need to spot weld those to fix them good and proper. I have never been able to get a vintage cruiser frame to work with but one day hopefully......
I'll attach a few pictures of a 1947 Ducati Cucciolo for your delectation.... the Cucciolo will do 40 mph and considerably more if tuned up and has 2 pre-select gears. The positioning of the pedals chooses the gear.
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