Dave's Schwinn Madison

This was a frame I bought at the Brazen dropouts bike swap in Madison WI - almost the whole build came from there. The rims are some 36H blue velocity rims that I got for 25 bucks just as the show was ending. The bars are BMX bars I had from a BMX build that never materialized. I had the frame sandblasted and Powder-coated flat black. The front hub is a Shimano 4000 series hub, nothing special but a good hub- the real jewel of this bike is the 2-speed Sturmey-Archer kickshift hub. I really like the stuff from Sturmey, most people don't even know these exist. It's a two speed that you shift by just touching backwards with the pedals- and it has a coast brake! Out here in the driftless area we have way too many hills for a single speed bike to be practical outside of a townie bike. These two speed hubs let you set up a very clean and simple looking bike and still get a low gear for hills -- I very much love these hubs.