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Subject: [Leica] Real True Beauty ! ! !
From: rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)
Date: Thu Feb 26 07:15:00 2009
References: <COL119-W67346FE403B038B0EFFA6882AC0@phx.gbl> <BAY140-W547A824BAD0DC44B58D253C7AD0@phx.gbl>

Javier,
A Black Schwinn! My dream bike as a kid (not this one, but a real 3 SPEED!).
Got it for my 10th birthday. Rode it into the ground.
Thanks for stirring up old fond memories.
Your bike looks very mean and growly, just like a black schwinn should :-)
Have fun,
Bob
 Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com




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From: Javier Perez <summarex@hotmail.com>
To: lug@leica-users.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:58:58 PM
Subject: [Leica] Real True Beauty ! ! !


Howdy All



Have a look at my Schwinn Ranger



http://63.164.201.182/pub/ranger.jpg



It's almost finished. I just got the new direct curve calipers in the mail 
and I'm waiting for the drop bars and V drop levers. It's hard to get V drop 
levers! Boy this is more fun than cameras! I've been building up this puppy 
since last summer and It's starting to look downright exotic! Notice the 
chain? The frame has vertical dropouts but there's no tensioner!
The frames geometry allows a 39T chainring and a 16T sprocket to be tied 
together almost perfectly without needing a tensioner. I just shimmed the 
axle by about .150" and it worked out great! The only things left from the 
original bike are the frame the seat and the pedals. I like cheapo plastic 
pedals!

I can hardly believe this started out as a department store bike from Target!



http://63.164.201.182/pub/schwinn-0.jpg



I think it should be finished in less than a week. 

I'd love to see pics of your bikes thank you.

Please be imaginative!

Later

Javier



http://www.ultragone.net



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