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anyone build a 26" Klunker? show me
#26 2014-03-10 5:36am
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#27 2014-03-10 7:38am
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OK, last pics. Dig the frame standers. Makes that ride back from the bar so much more fun.
Im in this hobby for the nostalgia. Most of my bikes are ongoing projects.
My day-to-day riding consists of commuting, bar-hopping and mountain biking.
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#28 2014-03-10 4:25pm
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Just got back from a 8 mile ride on some sweet single track. The trail has about 300
Feet of elevation change and flows really well. This was my first off road coaster brake
Ride in 30 years and I can't believe how much fun it was! The gears shifted smoothly
In the Nexus seven speed hub. It was surprisingly easy to stay on top of the brake and
I only hit the pedals a couple times even with 180 cranks. I've got that new bike buzz!
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#29 2014-03-11 11:30am
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#30 2014-04-10 3:35pm
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Klunked out King Sting
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#31 2014-04-10 4:48pm
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Man some super cool cruisers on here! 
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#32 2014-04-10 7:12pm
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Cook gone Klunker.
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#33 2014-04-10 7:34pm
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My old man took his '49 Schwinn a little new school. Nexus inter-8, nexus dynamo up front, both will roller brakes, PC'd hot pink (gods know why), internally routed cables. Ignore the goofy seat, this was his first ride after prostate surgery...
Collecting the parts to build one now from a '67 Schwinn Fleet just to use the Slimline tank- I just nerdy enough to want a klunk with a tank and am dying to use these bars on something (note the desperate plea for Atom hubs in my sig, hint hint)
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#34 2014-04-12 10:24pm
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My prewar Schwinn Klunker
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#35 2014-04-12 10:47pm
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#36 2014-04-13 6:00pm
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1manta wrote:
Don't just leave us hanging!! Tell us about that SWEET build!
Don't be that guy!
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#37 2014-04-13 6:22pm
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bigpoppawheelie wrote:
1manta wrote:
Don't just leave us hanging!! Tell us about that SWEET build!
Yeah, that's sick!!! What bars and fork are you running?
Reliving the '80s, one ride at a time.
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#38 2014-04-13 7:06pm
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Those the Kos tributes?
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#39 2014-04-14 7:41pm
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#40 2014-04-15 1:32pm
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Those bars are 71 Hodaka bars 31" wide and a little crusty.
The frame is '37 Schwinn Motorbike
Speedster crank and sprocket
Tange fork
Schwinn headset
NOS Ukai 26 x 2.125 rims
Bendix red band rear
NOS ACS front hub
Cheng Shin studded knobbies
AME grips
Brookes Professional saddle
Nickel chain
I bought the stem in '92 with a bunch of stingray parts and it finally landed on this build. Here it is before I cleaned it up. There has been a some discussion among my friends about what it is .Any opinions?
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#41 2014-04-15 1:35pm
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#42 2014-04-15 5:55pm
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Cook Bros stem?
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#43 2014-04-15 9:13pm
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scottyt wrote:
Cook Bros stem?
i don't think so but the clamps do look like Cook Bros...
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#44 2014-04-15 9:59pm
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downbylawberlin wrote:
scottyt wrote:
Cook Bros stem?
i don't think so but the clamps do look like Cook Bros...
Its a first gen. Cook Bros. Racing straight stem.
http://bmxmuseum.com/reference/1091
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#45 2014-04-16 10:54pm
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Thank you for the follow up on my stem question gents.
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#46 2014-04-17 7:41am
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Glad to help
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#47 2014-04-17 8:53am
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1manta wrote:
Thank you for the follow up on my stem question gents.
Anytime 
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#48 2014-04-18 8:49pm
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patxi wrote:
what is this lock nut on this headset?
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#49 2014-04-18 8:59pm
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well, based on the double seat tube clamps, I'd say it was a 'medical' maryjajuana state?
I'd guess it's just a 1" nut from some sort of industrial/aircraft app which required insane enough torque to be fine thread or a lug nut from a Kenworth or something.
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#50 2014-04-18 9:26pm
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Marked:D
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