So, I seem to have all the parts in stock. I ran into a little snag with the pedals that I ordered off of eBay. They were threaded for one piece cranks (1/2"), and Old Schwinny has two piece cranks, and takes a 9/16" thread on the pedals. Grrrrrr... no worries I found 9/16" rat trap pedals, and they are on their way to me now ( Read more... )

Oooo! OOoOOOOOoooo! OOOOooo!

( More pictures... make with the clicky. )

Finally! I has a good! My new road bike is done. YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

The final bike buildening session turned into a marathon session for kristoffej. Unfortunately he had to deal with a bitchy, cranky, royal pain-in-the-ass aerospcgrl. Poor Kristoff ( Read more... )

Bike nutters in attendance:
1. kristoffej, the man. 'Nuff said. (oh, and he has tools...)
2. aerospcgrl, the hostess with the mostest, and the one with the bike.
3. Demitaita, our indispensable camera wielder.
4. iprj, comic relief.

Things accomplished:
1. Front and rear derailleurs are nominally installed. ...in-lbs NOT ft-lbs... N-m maybe ( Read more... )

Okay, so you may have gathered by now that I have two road bike sub-projects going on at once. One is the complete build of my new awesome touring bike. And the other is the vintage restoration of my late seventies/early eighties Schwinn Traveler (mine is red, actually this one is probably closer).

The Plan:

1. I am planning on getting the frame ( Read more... )

I am taking the day of the 21st of July off. I have a doc's appt. later in the day, and I decided to take the rest of the day as a mental health day.

In the morning I will be taking my vintage Schwinn Traveler to Fenton, MI for a brand new dye job at Superior PowdercoatingThis place looks awesome... I wonder if I have other metal stuff that I ( Read more... )

I will add the pictures later tonight at home... BUT:

mcniadh, I will be returning the Thomson Elite Stem (waaaaaaay, WAY too long for moi, and the negative rise didn't work for me either...) and the seatpost (I got a black one to match the new stem). I will also be giving you back the cantilever brakes, because kristoffej had some V-brakes, the idea of which the ( Read more... )