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which details bicycle features, wheel sizes, etc., as well as showing a price estimate for your vintage bicycle.
| We have "his & hers" Schwinn Collegiates from the mid to late '60s, as close as we can tell. They were my husband's parents' bikes. Are they worth refurbishing and is this commonly done and how much does it cost? |
| You can determine the year of the bikes by looking up the serial numbers on the Generla Resources section of here. You could take them to a bike shop for new tires, cables, grease, etc and should cost around $40-50 per bike, depending on where you live. After that, just clean up the chrome and ploish them. Never repaint them, it will kill their value. "It's only original once." |
| I have a vinate Pinarello frame whose paint is still in very good condition. However, the decals are cracked and peeling. They were not oversprayed with clearcoat. I have new decals, but was wondering if anyone knew a trick or two for removing the remnants of the old decals. Thanks in advance. |
| Nail polish remover works great for removing old decals. |
| i am currently restoreing a old dragster and it needs new handles because the handles i have are beyond restoreation and my brother said you should be able to bend some your self (i have no idea how?) can enybody teach me how to bend it properly or what i should and shouldnt do? |
| your not gonna be able to just bend tubing, it will crimp. You'll have to get some sort of pipe bender. Thick walled conduit MIGHT work but don't know for sure. Can get at any home improvement store, bender too. Good luck, Mark |
| I haven't done handlebars but I have bent conduit successfully by filling it with dry sand, heating and bending it. The sand will keep it from colapsing but it will also stay hot for a very, very long time. I learned that the hard way. Ron |
| I have a 1954 Schwinn Corvette. The lettering is worn of the chain gaurd. I am going to repaint the letters myself I just need to find A good picture of the lettering, any Ideas where I could find a good sized quality picture to work from? thanx |
| Looking again at the serrial number I do not think I have a 1954 I can't seem to figure out the year from the chart it is D048364 this doesn't seem to match anywhere am I looking at it wrong? |
| Hi just saw your message tonight. The serial number of D048364 according to my chart puts the date of manufacture 04/22/1960 |
| Hi, I was wondering if anyone had a tip about restoring the finish on old schwinn kickstands? I believe the flat silver original finish had something to do with a Cadmium surface treatment, but I'm not sure. I want to recreate the flat silver finish the steel parts came with originally. Thanks in advance, Michael |
| I've tried a few things for a cad-like finish. First of all realize that cadmium is highly toxic - not a do-it-yourself plating job. I've tried flat silver spray paint. I've tried sanding and then covering with wax or with oil. The closest I came to a decent look was the flat silver paint. |
| The automotive guys use 3 paints that come in a kit from Eastwood for cadmium but I think the flat silver is more like a galvanized finish also available in one can or a dip I believe from Eastwood. Ron |