planning out the pre-war Schwinn…

as you all may know i have a ’38 Schwinn straight bar that i am starting to modify and make into my town bike. so far the conversion has been very slow going, as i always seem to have another project that manages to creep in front of the poor old Schwinn.

but now as i can see the end of Bianchi Volpe rapidly approaching my brain has started to wander back to of the Schwinn.

basically the break down of the build is this:

wheelset

• Sturmey Archer X-RD8(W) rear 8-spd internal, 70mm drum brake hub
• Sturmey Archer XL-FDD front dynamo, 90mm drum brake hub
• Velocity Blunt SL 650b 36h rims in silver
• Sapim double butted 14/15/14 spokes
• DT Swiss black brass nipples

frame

• modifications to the steerer for 1 1/8″ headset
• Masi Speciale 1 1/8″ fork
• new 1 1/8″ (28.6 mm) seattube for 27.2 seatpost
• lots of fillet brazing
• Paul Components dropouts

components (front to back)

• TCB Racks Pret a Porteur Woodie
• Thomson Elite stem, the older 25.4mm kind
• Soma Oxford handlebar 25.4mm mount, 22.2mm grip
• Jtek 8spd bar end shifter
• Vuelta spacers, black
• Walnut Studio City Bike Grips honey
• Sugino RD2 crankset
• Surly S.S. Chainring (uncertain on teeth)
• Truvativ American to Euro BMX Bottom Bracket Adaptor
• VO Grand-Cru Square taper B.B.
• Thomson Elite seatpost, 27.2, black
• Brooks B68 saddle, black
• Acorn Roll Bag, black canvas with honey leather
• VO Zeppelin 650b fenders

and that’s about it…
-peter