Schwinn Straight-bar Knock-Off

I haven’t yet posted anything about the frame Nova unveiled in the latest What’s In The Box? video. I guess I was waiting until I decided what I was going to do with it. I’ve yet to decide for sure but in the meantime I threw some parts on it and have been riding it.

The frame is a Chinese knock-off of a Schwinn straight-bar. Unlike the old Schwinns though this frame is aluminum and takes a 1 inch fork and a 7/8ths inch seat post. The fork I picked up at a local bike shop. The wheel set is the first I ever built many years ago, the rear wheel having an old Bendix 2 speed kickback. The handlebars I had and lengthened them slightly. The Brooks saddle is shared between this and another bike.