Dumpster Bicycle I Sandblasted, Powder Coated and Rebuilt.

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So I can obviously afford to buy a bicycle for my grandson, but then this opportunity came up. A friend was going to toss a boy's bicycle. He asked me if I wanted it, and I said yes. I COMPLETELY disassembled it, cleaned everything up, Sandblasted it, powdercated it in orange and black, and put it back together. All the bearings looked good, so I just greased them up. I did buy new pedals, hand grips and seat. I had a lot of fun doing it.
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I find my most cherished possessions are ones I acquired in poor shape and brought them back to glory. So much more fun than simply buying new stuff imo.

Looks fantastic.....

I like boy bikes like that because they seem to have a more rigid frame than the female counterparts. There's a triangle in the bars in front of the seat unlike the female type that seems to have a soft spot where the frame swoops down in front of the seat. I have a boy bike like that to jump over stuff, and ride through rough terrain.

It is going to serve your grandson well.
 
Is it a huffy or a dino bike. It kinda looks like a huffy but the there's some hints of a Dino bike.

Looks 20 inch but next to the bench it looks smaller like a 16.

Huffy is known to be really tough, even when people use them for jumps and terrain that they were not designed for. I ran a 20 inch huffy and dang that thing was tough.
 
I do that with old racing bikes. It is amazing how little you can get a good bike for, and how little it takes to bring it back to new or better shape.
 
nice

just dont get upset if 10 years down the road he ends up being a KTM guy
 
I have a photo of my dad and I working on my first bicycle in 1968. When my daughter was young she'd ask about why my dad and I would rebuild and repaint a junk bicycle. I explained that it saved money and taught me some skill at the same time.
Then she asks why it's not done today and I have to explain chinesium and "the global economy" and our throw away society.
Sad.
 
This was my Dads old bike I rescued. It has some parts from my Moms old bike too. It’s a great riding bike. 53 Schwinn Hornet. With springer front end.

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billccm said:
I have a photo of my dad and I working on my first bicycle in 1968. When my daughter was young she'd ask about why my dad and I would rebuild and repaint a junk bicycle. I explained that it saved money and taught me some skill at the same time.
Then she asks why it's not done today and I have to explain chinesium and "the global economy" and our throw away society.
Sad.
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OR... You could have found an old bike and fixed it up with her and taught her the same values you got...
 
Bicycles (like all out door and sports equipment) is hard to find now days.

I recently picked up three "dumpster" bikes.
I got a buddy who loves bikes. He is a painter by trade so he is in a lot of back yards. When he sees a good looking bike he asks the home owner about it and often they just give him the bike to get it gone. Most times the bike is left behind by a tenant or their kids. He goes through them and fixes em up and re sels them.

He has sold over 30 bikes during the lock down.
I'll post some pics after work.

Hanging in the rafters of the shop I have a 1940s Skiptooth, Springer Schwinn. It still has the original leather seat on it.
 
I still have my custom built bike from the 70s. It was built by Todd Hendries @ Areawide Cyclery in Wayzata MN.
Areawide was 1 of 2 prominent shops in the Twin Cities... the other was Flanders Bros. Greg Lemond would ride with the Areawide team on occasion.
The frame was Columbus SL tubing with Campy dropouts ,investment cast lugs , fastback seat stays , twin bottle bosses ,integral shifter and cable mounts.
Of course I dressed it with Campy Record deraleurs and brakes , Avocet crank and custom laced wheels using Ambrosia Rims and Campagnola hubs.

I rode about 250 miles per week back then and had legs like Eric Hyden ...lol
 
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