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Someone is going to get a beautiful restored shwinn bicycle out thairs for Christmas.

Free advice for using Evaporust: IF you have ANY hydrocarbon film (grease/oil/solvent) on the part you're trying to derust, the Evaporust will NOT be able to get at the rust easily....or in some cases not at all. ALWAYS wash the part in soapy water FIRST (Dawn dish soap works great)....then rinse off in clean water.....THEN put the part in the Evaporust. The derusting process will then take place a LOT faster......and the Evaporust won't be contaminated by the hydrocarbons. As for the spokes or anything with bright zinc plating, please do NOT use a wire wheel on the part. All this will do (especially on spokes) is COMPLETELY REMOVE the very thin zinc plating and you'll be down to the raw steel substrate. Better to use a metal polish such as Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish or (preferably) Autosol Metal Polish. This will clean and shine the zinc plating and leave it very shiney.....assuming the zinc plating is still on there to BE shone up. The zinc on the spokes is VERY thin so treat it with care.

It is not uncommon to do away with the cage for bearings but you will need a couple more to fill the space. Many sources including Sheldon Brown's site prefer eliminating cages and having a higher ball count. Less load per bearing.

what is the tool called that holds the brake calipers together when you're running the cable?

I did the same thing.but the rust came back.thinking a sealer spray

Nice work. Your music choices are excellent. Do you play?

Another fantastic job. With how easy it would have been to replace cables, cable sleeves, bearings, etc. and what you do is disassemble everything removable, clean it and reassemble it. The work is simply spectacular. Bravo!

Wow! Kudos for taking those bearings apart to clean. I know these Schwinn caged races get slagged but I love them. I feel they do a better long term job. I cleaned them with alternating cycles of solvent soak and ultrasonic cleaner with a degreaser (in a freezer baggy).

I have started to polish the fender mounts with steel wool and then rubbing compound. It gets them one step away from chrome! You really are a master of the details so I thought you might like to try it. A big visual improvement for just a few minutes work. Looking forward to more episodes on this classic.

I had got some from a swap meet and it started to flake off it was made in China.😮

How much would it cost to get a paint job.

I know you already did it- but I am thinking of using electrolysis to remove the rust from the fender arms (i have mine separated from the fender). Think that would work?

STOP STOP STOP THE SHTTY NOISE YOU CALL MUSIC REALLY SUCKS

My dad had an identical spec bike branded as a Ross he purchased in mid 70s. I think it’s still at the Florida condo he sold some 20 years ago.

Aside from the now called “step through” what really made it a women’s bike? Was it just the frames shape?

Absolutely amazing. I have never seen any vids on how to disassemble/reassemble either the front freewheel or the rear "non-freewheel". You've supplied great tips and warnings all the way through your vid. Very thorough the whole way. The FF System from Shimano was supplied to only 3 bike manufacturers: Schwinn, Raleigh and (correction) Panasonic. There were at least 3 variants of the system during its relatively short life. The earliest use I've seen is on a 1978 Chicago-built Schwinn and the latest use was on a 1985-ish Panasonic Schwinn. I've never seen it installed on a Raleigh although I have an idea that Raleigh maybe sold it only in the UK and very few bikes were sold with it there. There was also a 6 speed "non freewheel" version available although this may have been for Panasonic/National bikes in the Japanese domestic market. I've never seen a 2 x 6 FF system-equipped bike in North America. I have some of the advertising documentation for the FF system for both 1 piece and 3 piece cranks. I currently own a 1979 Schwinn Caliente men's bike with a 1 piece crank 2 x 5 FF system on it that I'm currently in the process of refurbishing and that's why I searched and found your great vid. I also have a 1984 Schwinn World Tourist lady's bike with 3 piece crank 2 x 5 FF system that I refurbished a number of years ago. Over the years I have bought, fixed and resold THREE 1985 Panasonic Schwinn World Tourist lady's bikes with the 3 piece crank FF system. Out of all these Schwinns, only the Caliente has been abused/neglected. All the others were almost brand new !!! Apparently the owners decided that the FF system was a little TOO novel for them.....and the bikes were heavier, too, which wouldn't help matters. At the end of all this, your vid will now allow me to tackle the rear "non-freewheel" on the Caliente without fear of never being able to reassmble it.......although I might use a light EP-rated grease on the front freewheel assembly instead of oil. I'll let you know how it works out.

Howdy from western Colorado!

I am having trouble converting from a square tapered 3 pc crank on A Genesis G7, Desperately need this for a build as in daily driver. thx

I've been toying with the idea of trying to lace my own set of wheels and this video is perfectly timed! with that said, and consider this may sound dumb : what are the benefits of 4-cross over 3-cross? is it more rigid or long-lasting, or something of the sort? thank you again for the video!

Thank you for another great set of videos. I learn more and enjoy more. By the way was that music from Vivaldi?

Another fantastic job. Also, yellow 🙂

Great job. Lovely music , lovely bike. Long after you (and I) are gone the bike will be still rolling.

I’ve been de rusting old chains with dilute hydrochloric acid. A minute soak then into the neutralizing bath. They come out pristine. Do you see any problems with this?

I love using bench grinder with wire wheel. Also using aluminum with those cotton wheels and compound. I could literally do it for hours.

What da f is the point of this video. uselees

Thanks for the trick with the screwdriver to be able to work on the spoke nipples. I will shortly do as you do: one manual and one for the electric screwdriver.

He is American??

Keep up the good work..!! ... Only just found your channel...am well impressed with the DIY content...very useful...u got a new subscriber...👍

I am Featherstone too!

The work you have done is fantastic. Simply marvellous. You have shown impressive patience. Because removing the bottom bracket and headset bearing cages for cleaning is a lot of work. I really enjoyed watching the series. Bravo!

Are those brass brushes?

I’m learning something everyday I’ve got the same axel on my beach cruiser

great info ! thanks

always wear googles with a wire wheel, they will shed bristles-bad experience

I done the same thing and some metal polish.hopefully it will say that way it had very little rust.

Looks great 👍 I need one for my Schwinn beach cruiser I have the same hub in the front rim.it was made in 1981.I want to put back the original parts that were on there.and maybe a paint job.black again

Much better 👍

Video is frozen 🥶 I want to learn about how to clean parts specially Schwinn beach cruiser.mine is from 81

I just want to say I really like your style of videos. I like the amount of talking since I like learning from this as well as enjoying the process. I hope you keep doing these!

I just cleaned my kick stand on the bench grinder because it had light rust and buffed it out with metal polish.hopefully it will stay that way.✨

Liberal use of the wire brush. Have you thought of trying dry ice blasting?

My kick stand has some rust not much but I did clean it up but the rust came back what can do to get back the shine ✨

I found that jewellers rouge on a buffing wheel works great on spokes to make them look like new again after wire wheeling them. Also sos pads don’t dull chrome up like ordinary steel wool does.

Grand !

After watching your video and skipping through parts of it, I noticed there's a lot of talking, which isn't really my style. I'll pass, but others might find this content interesting.

I think your channel is off to a great start! My suggestion would be to stay out of the frame and keep the commentary to a minimum. In fact, no talking at all might be even better for this type of content. Please don't take this as a personal criticism-I understand that starting a TH-cam channel can be a way to connect with others. However, the less we know about you, the better. Keeping the channel as mysterious as possible can really drive intrigue. All successful channels do this, especially those that attract the 25 to 60-year-old audience. We're just really interested in seeing the work you do.

If you are unable to find the rear reflector I have one that might fit. You can have it no charge.

Good Luck! Can't wait to see the final product.

I am working on one right now. Please, what size socket do you use for that back fender, I can't seem to fit it.

Why dont you take the airpump to help you remove it