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1950 Kustom Schwinn Straight Bar 6 Speed vintage American cruiser - $2,100 (san anselmo)
bicycle type:
cruiser
frame size:
19"
wheel size:
26 in
bicycle frame material:
steel
brake type:
cantilever
condition:
excellent
make / manufacturer:
Schwinn Chicago made USA
model name / number:
straight bar
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frame built at the Schwinn factory on the northside of Chicago, Il...
built with a new headset, bottom bracket, 175mm Cro-Mo crank, Schwinn sprocket, 6 speed freewheel, Shimano hubs, Suntour derailleur, dark alloy rims, stainless spokes...
NEW reproduction UniRoyal Knobby tires like the ones that were used in the day, tubes, Brooks saddle shown-WTB saddle for less money available, grips, cables, housing, etc...
rear cantilever bosses were brazed on, and a Cro-Mo MTB fork was installed, using Shimano cantilever brakes...
if you like history and want to feel like you were part of the movement, this is the real deal,
and built by someone that was present for the excitement...there is an easy 25-30 hours for these builds...
rear end gets spread and aligned, hours of prep before the build begins...
very nice rider, and a lifetime bike...this is virtually a new bike...
2200.00
LOCAL HISTORY Mountain Bike Moment: this is what a handful of bikes looked like, that were ridden on Mt. Tam in the later 1970's and early 1980's, as the modern mt. bike was evolving here in Marin County, before the Big bike companies got on board in the 1980's...
this bike has been built to ride like new, with new, old, and NOS period correct parts...
Joe Breeze built the first 10 Mountain Bike frames in Mill Valley, in 1977-1978 that started the modern MTB party...the 1st 10 frames had cantilever brakes, after drum brakes had been used on Tam for years...
watch "Camera Corner" on youtube, the pictures from and story about Wende Cragg, godmother of the MTB, she was the one person carrying a camera in the 70's and 80's as this party was starting...
also, google Klunkerz, the film about the evolution of the Mountain Bike and Marin county, available on Prime to rent...