Schwinn Super Sport Cycle Cross Concept

Yesterday I finished up all the custom dropouts for the Schwinn Super Sport frame, other then a grinding wheel exploding and cutting my leg, I got a lot done. I made like 10 different dropouts before I found the one that I went with.

Rock Shox Disc brakes front and rear. The rear I decided to put on one of the new Avid 3G Sweep rotor they sent to me for concept projects, I just need to lace the disc brake wheel for the rear now. I shortened the forks an inch and the rear end of the frame 1.5 inches, it should ride like my Volume Cutter its about a 1/4 inch off the overall bike specs. If only Schwinn built them like that from the beginning.

The goal of this Schwinn is to build a concept 1960's fillet brazed cycle cross bike or a kind of urban speedy delivery bike. Plus it lets me test out my frame table before the big project hits the floor in a week.


Here are some pictures of the Hand Pedal bike I worked on last week. Everything fit, my custom Stem/Bottom Bracket worked perfect plus the shifter bolted up great. It was at Orange 20 bikes in Hollywood.

Last Day Stress Relief

Well today marked my last day working for Roland Sands Design, I decided to part ways to follow my goal of finishing school. Everything went well and I thank Roland for the years of good times.

Time for project of the tonight - a good way to cool down after a week of work

Put on a 20mm front downhill hub and disc brake on my Schwinn Super Sport project bike

Check out the picts fool

I reduced the amount of rake of the stock Schwinn fork and lowered it about an inch. The fork was designed for a 27 inch wheel and tire so a 700c has a lot of room to breath.

Build time - 1.5 hours - no disc mounts yet

Here is the parts I made - Aluminum 20mm Axle, dropouts and the other goodies

Done - If it only was that easy