2001 Schwinn PowerMatic 
#1 2012-11-26 9:53am
- El Gecko
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2001 Schwinn PowerMatic
2001 Schwinn PowerMatic
Holy heavy! Built this up in college and it was so heavy I didn't ride it much.
Seriously, this thing is a tank.
2001 Schwinn Powermatic frame (Hi-ten/cromoly mix from what I've read)
Haro cro-mo fork
Snafu Armstrong stem
Standard Strip Bars
Dia-Compe Aheadset 1-1/8"
ODI grips
no-name aluminum seatpost, no-name saddle
GT cro-mo cranks, no-name diamond plate chainring, GT aluminum platform pedals
Alex MX-22 rims laced to 48h high flange Redline hubs with 14mm axles
ACS freewheel
Some crappy old tires that need to be replaced
Big Cheese steel pegs
I don't build carpet queens, and I could care less about NOS. I build bikes that have marks from lives of abuse and neglect.
"I'll take this old junk and dig you a grave with it." - Dennis Anderson, creator of the Grave Digger monster truck
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#2 2012-11-26 6:27pm
- digilante
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Re: 2001 Schwinn PowerMatic
the chainwheel is GT also, stock on GT Fly, and I think Thumper as well, late 90's early 2000's
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#3 2012-11-27 6:28am
- El Gecko
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Re: 2001 Schwinn PowerMatic
Hmm. I looked those up and they look pretty much the same, but there's no stamp or decal on mine. I bought it in 2004 for like 5 bucks from a shop that was going out of business. It wasn't in a package or anything, just had a price sticker on it and it was in a bin with a bunch of other random parts. I think it's just a cheap knock-off because although it's aluminum, it's really not very thick, and I would expect a halfway decent ring to at least have a stamp showing the number of teeth, but this one doesn't.
I don't build carpet queens, and I could care less about NOS. I build bikes that have marks from lives of abuse and neglect.
"I'll take this old junk and dig you a grave with it." - Dennis Anderson, creator of the Grave Digger monster truck
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