Penny Fake-thing

Inspired by the blog at www.pennyfakething.com, I chopped apart an old Schwinn Varsity frame and welded it back together along with some extra tubing and a BMX fork. This is a drawing I made showing roughly how the frame was assembled.



Honestly, the fact that the final design works as well as it does is amazing, considering that the overall plan was made on-the-fly. Practically 100% of the original Varsity frame was re-used in the final product, except for a few inches of unnecessary tubing.

Step 1 Cut apart an old frame

The bike we cut apart was an old Schwinn Varsity. This was a good choice because these bikes are SOLIDLY made with thick steel tube which is strong and easy to weld. Also they are easy to find abandoned and rusting in your neighborhood dumpster.

Comments

[abbabibble2]

figured i'd share my creation. Saw a few pictures and then your instructible pushed me over the edge, and i had to build one of my own.

[Bad Maxx]

OH MY! You need to make an instructible... Not a doubt about it!!!

[JOEYAMA]

I LIKE YOUR STYLE. IS IT STILL UP AND RUNNING? I WILL HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN 2010. HOPEFULLY IT WILL LOOK AS GOOD AS YOURS. LIKE YOU I FOUND THIS SITE AND GOT VERY INSPIRED TO MAKE ONE OF MY OWN. NICE JOB

[jraschke]

 Hey everyone, videos now exist! I added them to the intro.  Now there is proof that it actually works.
Cheers!

[toekneebullard]

You can't create something like this and not put up video of it being ridden. Very creative!