My old Schwinn High Sierra mountain bike has been dusted off and become the object of some tinkering in hopes of creating a more comfortable bike without frame cutting or welding. Farther down this page are pictures of the old mountain bike with the repositioned home build fat comfort saddle in place and some cut off road bike drop bars. What the bike seemed to need yet was a better pair of laid back cruiser bars. I had and old pair of BMX handle bars with a wide straigh across design that I did some cutting and brazing on. The result is a pair of very comfortable bars that fit in well with the cruiser style of riding. I rode this bike 12 miles this morning and found it to be very comfortable and good handling--to a point. Wheelies in the lower gears are extremely easy to pull and care must be exercised when climbing steep grades to stay leaned forward far enough to keep the front wheel on the ground.
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Hi there! You have inspired me to create my own crank forward bike.
However, I can't figure out what to use for the 2 struts you used to attach the seat to the post on the Schwinn Sierra bike.
Did you make them? Or did they come that way? What can I use?
Thank you so much!
I used telescoping sections of tubing with holes drilled through both to allow adjustments by moving a clevis pin to the appropriate holes. You could just use a couple pieces of thinwall steel or aluminum cut to a fixed length if adjustment were not an issue. I think one of the sections I used was an old steel tent pole about 5/8" dia. A hardware store like Ace will have some selection of small tubing strong enough to support the seat back.
So a BMX stem fits in a most frames? I cant fimd the answer to this question anywhere on the net/ I am trying to have a better sitting position on my mini velo. I hate the racing stance.
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