by Brooks | Feb 3, 2023 | Repair and Restoration, Updates, Vintage Bikes For Sale
When you start a vintage rehab it is really fun to find a vibrant color like Lime Green! This 19” step thru frame is the perfect size for most riders and the paint and decals are in nice shape for the age. The frame up rehab included rubbing out the paint and...
by Brooks | Feb 1, 2023 | Accessories, Repair and Restoration, Updates, Vintage Bikes For Sale
This project started out in the Huntington Bicycle Shop boneyard, digging out this very nice opaque red LeTour. Paint was solid, the decals were nice and looked to be a fairly complete bike. Did the frame up rehab and polished the paint and chrome. Swapped the...
by Brooks | Jan 8, 2023 | Repair and Restoration, Updates
Next up on the rehab/preservation schedule is this Kool Lemon 1971 Schwinn Twinn Deluxe tandem. Five speed set up with a rear expander brake. Going completely down to the frame; de-rusting chrome, cleaning, polishing and touching up paint, then reassembly. Somewhere...
by Brooks | Dec 14, 2022 | Accessories, Repair and Restoration, Updates
Simply stunning! This Violet gem of a Schwinn has nearly flawless paint and decals to match – it was new 55 years ago. The owner brought it into the shop last summer and we gave it a Level II Rehab – basically a frame up cleaning, degreasing, de-rusting,...
by Brooks | Dec 10, 2022 | Accessories, Repair and Restoration, Updates, Vintage Bikes - SOLD
The owner approved! Full frame up rehab/preservation. Sunset Orange color, original Weinmann alloy wheel set and Ashtabula crank. Customer selected cork handlebar grips, Origin8 city cruiser handlebars, gumwall Panaracer Pasela tires, SKS longboard fenders, and a...