This is a women's Schwinn Suburban that we restored here at Just Riding Along in Bradford, PA. The bike was missing some original parts, so we did a Resto-Rod treatment. The hubs were laced to Velocity Deep V rims with Wheelsmith 14g stainless spokes and brass nipples. Continental 700 x 38 City Ride tires were mounted to the new hoops. We improved the brake system with Tektro levers and long-reach dual-pivot calipers and Jagwire stainless cables and lined housing. The Crank is a Dimension brand Chrome one-piece with a 40 tooth single chainwheel. We used a KMC rustbuster chain and a SunRace Chrome plated six-speed freewheel. The Shifter is a SRAM MRX six-speed index unit which controls the Shimano Altus Derailleur--mounted with a Sun-Race adapter since the frame has no built in hanger. The hubs, headset, stem, and handlebar are the original polished aluminum and chrome finishes. The seatpost is a cheap Wald unit with the step up head to run standard saddles. The saddle is a Bontrager Satellite comfort gel unit, and the grips are ODI flangeless BMX grips (shortened on the shifter side)

This was a fun build. A lot of time went into polishing and cleaning, but the cost of the parts was not too bad... probably under $300 or so, not counting labor. This is the type of project that is more a labor of love that we did during the slow season in the shop for fun. These bikes are not really too collectable, and you can find decent stock bikes like this for $20 to $150 if they're nicely cleaned up and not too rusty....so we put more into this bike than what it's technically worth, but we came up with something very unique and fun to ride. Something that no one else will have on cruiser night! We hope you enjoy and can get some ideas for your project!

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