NOS (new old stock) Suntour copy BMX stem and 1/2" thread Beartrap pedals for the one piece crank, only cost £10 with free P&P.Ī Klunker has to have an old Brooks saddle!, So a 1962 Brooks Professional, bought for £25 for another project but unused. I have started to gather the parts i need,Įbay scored a pair of huge chrome vintage motorbike scrambler bars, and some old school 1980s UNI Hand grenade grips. Some old wheels from an old Marin Moorwoods mtb in the loft will do as i need a 36 spoke rim to have a coaster hub laced up. I have decided to build the schwinn up as bare as possible, stripped down with no hand operated brakes and just a single speed coaster hub brake, mostly to keep cost to a minimum and also for looks. The guys in Marin County in the early 1970s including Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze, Tom Ritchey, Charlie Kelly and many more and some guys at the same time in Colorado and Geoff Cleland Apps here in England UK all contributed to the multi gear go anywhere bikes we ride and enjoy so much today. It was only a matter of time before a stronger offroad specific frame and fork was produced, Joe Breeze built 10 frames and built them into complete bikes - named `The Breezer` and the rest is history. I already have the DVD film Klunkerz - a documentary of the history of mountain biking, i had kinda thought about trying to build one when i got the Schwinn back in the summer but it ended up just hanging in the garage, for a quick explanation of what a Klunker is and how they came about watch this trailer for Klunkerz.īicycles have always been ridden offroad since there invention in the 1820s due to no tarmac surfaces back then!, Victorians cycled, carried and dragged there bicycles all around the world, they crossed continents and rode around the world,īut it was not until the 1930s and American balloon tyre bicycles improved off road potential for DIY offroad designs to emerge combining road touring gear parts and heavy duty tandem hub brakes and fatter rims and tyres allowing the low gear ratio strong bikes they needed,Īn early custom off road bicycle builder in the 1950s was John Finley Scott You may have to press play then pause and allow the film to load Whats Klunking you ask?, watch this, these guys are flying, and having a blast! -:) Then this film popped up about Klunking on Vimeo,
#SCHWINN HEAVY DUTI KLUNKER FULL#
Some google images turned up these pics of complete bikes.Īnd it seems to be as new as 2008, so how did it end up in a skip?,ĭave said the skip looked like it was full from a garage clearout due to the contents, he said there was another cruiser but it was a speckled rusty chrome so he left it, maybe someone took the wheels off the green bike whilst in the skip?, who knows.Īnyway i thought it would make a cool cruiser for going to the pub, and i started doing a bit tinkering with it,įriend Jason pointed out "you already have a pub bike", er.
It is a made in Taiwan basic model replica of the Pre WW2 American company Schwinn newspaper delivery boys bikes, It was single speed with a coaster (back pedal) brake. Here it is as found and been hanging in the Garage since summer. He gave it to Mike who then gave it to me as he knew i would do something with it, Friend Dave G found a Schwinn cruiser minus wheels in a big skip near the Commando memorial near Spean Bridge in the Highlands earlier this year,
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