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The last restoration from me. The Pink Schwinn.
Midschoolfool:
OK. I have ordered the fork and stem. You don't get much choice in 1" threadless :LolLolLolLol: that said I am happy with it. Cheap, and it's just a gnarly block.
Now the fork was much more tricky. I did look for 1" threaded, but they are all whimpy old school forks. Nothing wrong with that of course, but you try bolting pegs to those. It just isn't happening. Plus they are stupid money and wouldn't look right.
Now the Powerglide had a "standard" sort of 1" threaded fork. Overbuilt and very sturdy, but no lugs. The Hydraglide was 1-1/8 and had the fork you see with the peg bosses. So these.
Were perfect. They are 1" threadless, and almost identical to the HG fork. The only downside? feckin V brake mount - ewww.
The Powerglide however had a silver Bulldog front brake. What do I have in the loft?
So it is the perfect mixture of Powerglide and Hydraglide :)
BTW yeah, those V brake lugs are going. I will cut them down as close as I can with the Dremel, then get rid of the rest with the belt file. Which will obviously remove some chrome. However I have had a good idea about that. Will show it when I do it :)
Edit. Yeah, I did think about using the Goose fork. Sadly the chrome is absolutely gone on the back of the legs.
Midschoolfool:
Crap, I thought I'd put up a pic of the PG. Here it is, totally 100% bone stock.
And this is the idea I had (well no, actually it wasn't an idea I had seen it before). This is the Brian Foster model. It came out before the Garcia one.
You can see what I mean with the fork there. Nice decal with the Schwinn logo centre front and a pin stripe top and bottom will cover up the scars from removing the V brake lugs.
Midschoolfool:
OK two more parts bought. I am trying to keep it all in keeping with the original bike. Stock or better. The lower SST Oryg cable is on the frame with the yolk etc. It even has the excellent plastic cable guide on the seat tube. It was little touches like that that made the bike work and ride so well. The cable is dirty etc, but I am sure I can give it some love. I also have this cool trick of using Tcut on the outers, brings them up like new.
So I needed an upper cable. Usually I would just buy the first cheap one that comes to mind. Instead I got this.
Thankfully the Oryg unit is just a regular old gyro. I have some of those. The top plate too was just a steel one, I should have one of those in 1". The lower frame cup? identical to the Gyro. I have one, needs restoring (off the Goose).
I then moved onto the headset. ETC do a black one for about a tenner. I then got side tracked looking for a chrome one, but it was 20 quid. Again, ETC. This worried me a little as it stated road bike. Meaning the OD of the cup that goes into the frame could be too small. Not a huge issue, as you can use a coke can, but yeah....
After looking for ages and ages this popped up. Wow !
Minty NOS.
I will need to mod the top cap for a Potts (drill). I do have a potts bolt and star nut, but the star nut is 1-1/8. I am pretty sure I can trim the tangs with a pair of tin snips and yam it into the fork. If not you can buy a 1", but I would rather save the tenner if I can.
Midschoolfool:
Couple more parts. Lovely Dragonfly seat post. 22.2.
Seat post shim.
And a decal.
Midschoolfool:
Bars got. Won't post a pic as I can link.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392278098970?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Dc561ea4e718843148d774725fe1feb60%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D392278098970%26itm%3D392278098970%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A2966b2d6-02f6-11ed-b237-fa0620b33544%7Cparentrq%3Af98d0d751810a60c134a7c57ffed5046%7Ciid%3A1
Not sure how long it will last, but there is a 20% off voucher on Ebay ATM. I think Chili was talking about V bars?
Welds look a bit poo, but chrome quality is good apparently. Fancied something different, and they are a nice width so I won't have to cut them.
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