I also replaced the flimsy rubber rim strip with a double layer of gorilla tape and I repacked both the front and rear hubs and trued both wheels. Since I’d gotten this bike for so little I wanted to keep that frugal trend going and see how little I could spend. The Schwinn World Sport was a not fancy but decent sport touring bike of it’s day. The lugged frame was made in Taiwan for Schwinn and the main triangle is 4130 ChromeMoly tubing.
With their commitment to quality and affordability, it’s easy to see why they’re a top choice for cyclists everywhere. Steve’s gift cog came in the mail and I mounted it to the wheel using loctite. I’m not one of those hipster kid fixie riders who run no brakes and skid stop so the loctite should be sufficient. I have both front and rear brakes with really good brake pads and I use them PLUS my legs to slow down and stop. The mirror, the bell, the light, the yellow cable housing, the bar tape and the Jandd frame bag were all things I had in my bike shed. I really wanted to make the bike into a fixed gear, but it turned out the one thing I didn’t have in my parts stash was a fixed cog.
They can be toggled to either flash or constant lighting of red or white LEDs and they come with a little rubber mounting strap. They are quite small and I mounted one on the back of my helmet and a couple of more on the back of a couple of my bikes. The Orp is an electronic horn & light combo that I used to think was too loud kent bike but given how distracted everybody is these days I’ve decided it is damn handy. At the Goodwill store I found a perfect little blue bag for two dollars and I knew what to do with it, I made it into a handlebar bag. I did have to swap a big spacer on the rear wheel from the drive to non-drive side and re-dish the wheel.
But when I posted about my initial conversion on my blog, my pal Steve in Minneapolis dug through his parts stash, found a 16 tooth Surly fixed cog and dropped it in the mail to me. kent bikess come in models that suit almost any member of the family, and Sears PartsDirect offers a variety of parts to keep most major models rolling along smoothly. Kent Bikes are not designed for heavy off-road use and may not be suitable for high-performance cycling. They are best suited for recreational riding, commuting, and light off-road use.
The white lights shine forward and down, illuminating my rotating calves and reflective ankle bands. I did have the proper freewheel puller in my tool kit to remove the freewheel, but I didnt have a bench vise for leverage. I did, however, have a big wrench and the seatmast from my Bike Friday Pakit that worked great as a cheater bar. A casual observer of the work in progress would think that I was building a unicycle.