My New Old Beater Bikes

[Kaleidopete]

I just acquired 2 old bikes today. A Raleigh Sportif and a Schwinn Collegiate.
I put 50 lbs air in the 70 psi rated tires while wearing my hearing protectors and they held!
Then I rode the Raleigh around and it even shifts.
I think I'll leave 'em rusty and put on my '70's clothes and ride it down to the store.

 

[Dingo]

What's big ring on the Raleigh 60 tooth? That sucker should down hill like a mofocker... if ya brave enough.

 

[Kaleidopete]

What's big ring on the Raleigh 60 tooth? That sucker should down hill like a mofocker... if ya brave enough.

don't know, I'll have to check 'em over today. I counted 64, I think.

 

[soundz]

wow nice your bikes.
It’s Cheap
Flying in the face of all we racing cyclists hold dear, beater bikes use low-end (or old high end), used, de-rusted, and spare components. You don’t want to put much money into a bike that you only pedal around a mile or two, and leave locked up outside the office or grocery store.
It’s Serious Fun
If you’ve never built a bike before, you don’t quite know the addictive quality that fitting, sanding, and bolting on your own hand-chosen parts can take on. You get to pick the exact looks you want–black, white, silver components.
You’ll Learn to Wrench
There’s not a much better way to learn how bikes work than by taking them apart and putting them back together.

http://www.slocyclist.com/every-cyclist-build-beater-bike-especially-bike-snobs/