If you buy a corvette and replace the factory wheels, it's still a corvette.I'm sticking with the schwinn forks, neck and handle bars but for safety sake the wheels and maybe breaks need to be upgraded. Sometimes nostalgia has to give way to technological advances. Especially when you're bolting a motor onto a bicycle.
No worries Ray...happens to all of us....I'm probably just anal.... LOL....That's the last time I trust spell check.
No, really I'm just a dummy.
- Ray
( Flogs Norm )......learn boy !Yeah, your right... I don't know anything about building these things...
.....Why aint you out pickin' cotton ? ! 
I'm not ragging on anyone's expertise. Experienced builders like yourself lending their advice is one of the things that make a site like this so informative and helpful. I'm merely electing to not go the full restoration route. Even though the original wheels where built tough (12 gauge galvanized spokes I believe), time/rust has taken its toll. Since I'd like to avoid using a ragjoint sprocket mount and would not like to break a spoke at speed, a new rear wheel seems like the right choice. The front wheel is in bad shape as well, I might as well get a matching set. Again, this is my noob opinion based on my very limited experience.Yeah, your right... I don't know anything about building these things...
