Thanks, Ted, James and John. Paul, I'd be curious to see any pics of the finish on the Schwinn.
The 614 looks fun, Reynolds tubes there? Seems like you fit a decent amount of rubber, too. On Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 1:27:42 PM UTC-5 Paul in Dallas wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > I also enjoyed seeing your new project. > > Nicely done! > > It's great to see these vintage frames brought back to the vision the > 'artist' has for them. > > You are a definitely an 'artist' at this in my view. > > I enjoy tinkering with a variety of vintage frames also. > > Even though I thoroughly enjoy my Sam Hillborne > from time to time I get bored for another project bike and search the ads > for what I think is a worthy frame at a modest price > > > Although seemingly not as popular as the Bridgestone MB series I picked up > a 1990 CB Zip some months back and built it back up to my preferences. > > It's a fun bike. > Currently it's sporting Rat Traps although that rear one is a very tight > fit. > > On the raw finish front, > a couple years back I stripped down to bare metal an early 90s Schwinn > High Plains mtb > and built it back up. > > I rode it for a while, maybe a year, and then transfered parts over to > another bike. > > It's still hanging in my garage. > I soaked it down ever few months with WD 40 or a cheap knock off and > surprisingly it stayed mostly rust free. > > I should check the current state of it. > > I looked into several metal stain products but never applied any to it. > > The look of your MB2 is certainly appealing. > > My recent fun build a couple weeks back is this 1982 Trek 614. I love how > it rides. > > Safe riding on your new build and thanks for sharing it with the list. > > Paul in Dallas > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9d9f5062-8a8f-49fb-95c3-d2f180b9704bn%40googlegroups.com.
