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26" Cal Custom Cruisers and Strandies...ONLY!
#1 2012-08-16 10:07am
- RyanPartridge
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26" Cal Custom Cruisers and Strandies...ONLY!
I figure this site needs a thread dedicated to 26" Cal Customs/Beach Strandies!
I know there's some bitchin' bikes already submitted here but lets post em!
Bikes, ads, old photos, history...lets have it!
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#2 2012-08-16 10:08am
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Old Cook Bros Cruiser ad with a Strand photo...
Ads from the Fall of 1979.
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#3 2012-08-16 10:09am
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Laguna...1981. 
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#4 2012-08-16 10:10am
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Some badass cruisers! 1980.
White walls on a Powerlight!?!
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#5 2012-08-16 10:13am
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Champion...fully loaded custom.
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#6 2012-08-16 10:22am
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Re: 26" Cal Custom Cruisers and Strandies...ONLY!
RyanPartridge wrote:
Some badass cruisers!
White walls on a Powerlight!?!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Gobotts/sdfg.jpg
That S&S Bigfoot is SICK
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#7 2012-08-16 10:31am
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Motohead372 wrote:
RyanPartridge wrote:
Some badass cruisers!
White walls on a Powerlight!?!That S&S Bigfoot is SICK
Heck yeah!
I dig the Big Foot/Works Replica cruisers!
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#8 2012-08-16 10:45am
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I'll post my 79 Laguna beach cruiser soon. Also, anyone with leads on old school alloy non crossbar cruiser bars please let me know.
Looking forward to seeing cruiser pics on this thread.
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HUNTING FOR... (Rider survivor condition cool with me, cause parts will be used for riding)Cash and/or Trade for other 26ers or parts
> UKAI SPEEDLINE 26" RED or BLUE
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> DX PEDAL single, spindles, dust caps, parts
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#9 2012-08-16 10:59am
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Re: 26" Cal Custom Cruisers and Strandies...ONLY!
Here's a bike I'm working on, this is the before pic.
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#10 2012-08-16 1:28pm
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KickBackCycles wrote:
Here's a bike I'm working on, this is the before pic.
[url][IMG]http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee425/KickBackCycles/SchwinnCaliforniaCruiser.jpg[/url][/url]
Nice colors! I had a blue Schwinn I always wanted to do blue/gold but I sold it...
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#11 2012-08-16 2:31pm
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From that other thread...Breithaupt on an Emory cruiser!
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#12 2012-08-16 2:35pm
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Hey KickBackCycles,
Post up your red Emory...that thing rules!
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#13 2012-08-16 4:44pm
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RyanPartridge wrote:
Hey KickBackCycles,
Post up your red Emory...that thing rules!
Here you go. My 1979 Super de Luxe.
Not quite Bmx'ed out like Breithaupt's but more of an authentic beach cruiser style.
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#14 2012-08-16 9:55pm
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Hell yeah! The original East Coast beach cruiser!
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#15 2012-08-17 12:37am
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That red Emory is sweeeet
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#16 2012-08-17 7:43am
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Earliest S&S ad I've found. May 1980...
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#17 2012-08-17 7:52am
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#18 2012-08-17 8:26am
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Love that Newport.
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#19 2012-08-17 8:31am
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My 1979 Bassett with a 1968 Sachs Duomatic 2-speed kickback hub. Built with some used and NOS parts.
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/bassett_racing/51457
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#20 2012-08-17 8:42am
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1980 schwinn.
1952 Schwinn DX in beach trim.
When I find a part i need for something I am putting together and I have no trust as to weather the part is 30 years old or 30 days old and I'm being charged a price on par with the real genuine and true item. I not only have to question the logic of people with your mind set but the state of the whole hobby in general. That is more to the point why so many people that knew better just walked away. Because they stopped being "OLD" kids bikes and are just kids bikes. Where in all that does the bullshit really lay?
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#21 2012-08-17 8:45am
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Hell yeah! Keep em coming!
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#22 2012-08-17 1:23pm
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This is a worksman frame. . I built the wheels a couple of years ago thinking i would build something like this. I found this frame at a swap meet.
True torch custom built the forks for me and it has a true torch stem. I put new brake shoes in the atom hubs. And cheng shin snake bellys.
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#23 2012-08-17 2:28pm
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My 1980 Cooks Brothers Cruiser ...[img]
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#24 2012-08-17 2:30pm
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My 1978 Bassett Star Cruiser . [img
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#25 2012-08-17 2:47pm
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