Had a little free time this afternoon and threw this together.
Bare metal 51 Schwinn Straight bar I bought a couple years ago at a swap.
Story on the wheels here.
Truss rods are off a crusty old girls Schwinn.
The cheapo plastic seat was a real light tan color. I painted it black with vinyl paint.
Sprocket off some mongoose BMX I must have come across at some point and time.

This is the tale of two wheels...

In 2007 I had 2 rims powder coated green. Not for any particular project but just because I liked the green. Once the wheels were built I stashed them in the attic.

This old Schwinn inner-tube may have been puncture resistant but it wasn't resistant to the effects of age. When it was no longer holding air I tried to save it but it was coming apart at the seams. This thing was really heavy/thick.

I really liked the way this bike that I built up for Halloween rode so I decided to keep it together but change it up a little for another upcoming ride. I swapped out the wheels with a set I built years ago the rear being a Bendix 2 speed automatic (kickback), different tires, crank, added a water bottle cage and a rack that I had started on some time ago but never finished.





The tail light is a cheap LED flashlight that I painted and covered the clear lens with red tail light repair tape. It's mounted to the coaster brake arm with a seat post clamp.

I donated the frame from this bike to the Midwest Bicycle Fest where it was recently built up by Udall Custom bikes into this "California Cruiser" 26" BMX style bike to be raffled off at this year's bike fest. Below is the bike as I got it, as I built it up for the 1st annual Ratrodbikes.com build off where it took 4th place, and as it is now.

Two years ago I hurriedly built up this Schwinn American for our Patriotic Ride but wasn't real pleased with it. A couple days ago I went and got the frame out of storage to hurriedly build it up again for this year's Patriotic ride. I repainted the frame in a darker, flat blue. Put on different bars that I painted off white. Reupholstered some leopard grips with red material. Put on a different seat and made the tank plate. To quote myself from last time "I'd like to have done more but ran out of time. Maybe next year." More photos here.

Today the 6 of us (Nova, myself, our Daughter and 3 Grandkids) and some of our bike club rode a bike path in the big city stopping by an event that was giving away bikes to neighborhood residents. Some really nice old Schwinns were being given away to young kids who probably wont appreciate the "old" part.
This was Scooch's longest ride yet and she rode really well especially considering she was on a 16" wheeled bike. Stopping is her weak point but thankfully Grandma was alert and has quick reflexes.

Video...


Here are 2 Schwinns that were given away. The kids don't look thrilled but it could just be they are puzzled as to my excitement over their new bikes and why I wanted to take their photos.

No I didn't inquire.