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Heyaz:
I’m certainly no expert, but I’ve just finished putting a 100 mm fork (Manitou R7 TPC Elite) on a 2000 Homegrown. I also have a ’96 with an 80 mm fork (Marzocchi Corsa World Cup SL). Previous to this, I’ve also spent a little time on stock Homegrown’s from the era. Here’s some observations I had:
-I haven’t found low speed handling to be that much of an issue with the longer travel. I think personally, I notice how much plusher and stiffer these modern forks are more than anything else. Because of that increase in performance, I find myself carrying more speed over things.
-I don’t have any opinions on how much stress it adds to the headtube, but those gussets on the 2000’s and up seem pretty strong to me.
I’d be hesitant to go much longer though. We’ve got a ’99 here with an adjustable 100-120mm Marz and we always run it on the lowest setting. Running it at 120, you start getting shaky fork legs.
-I don’t got no fork suggestions. All the kids I polled around here suggested Fox, so I went Manitou and Marzocchi.
I haven’t had any time on any modern Rock Shox, but prior to this I was exclusively on the SID. Hey Ryan:
I think there’s some guy selling a ’97 19″ Factory Homegrown in Bass Boat Blue on Boulder Craigslist. If I recall the posting, it’s like $275, with a bunch of parts.
If you know anyone in the Boulder area, maybe you can sweet talk them into grabbing it for you.
Frames in decent shape are getting tougher to come by. I wouldn’t be surprised if they start commanding higher prices, especially with nicer weather coming.
The hose to the caliper exits at a steep angle so I had to run the line along the chainstay. I’d bitch about it more but it works OK for now. This is a 17″ frame and the rear caliper sits pretty close to the seatstay because the rear of the adapter makes it sit up a little bit.
The other issue I am having is that the rotor in the back isn’t big enough to fully hit the entire brake pad in the caliper, but I can’t go any bigger on the rotor because then it hits the inside chainstay.
I actually wanted to go to a smaller rotor, but the caliper isn’t adjustable on the frame.
RE: Single Speed
If I was building up a single speed from one of these, I’d consider going disc on front and sticking old school V brake on the back. It’d be lighter, both on the bike, and on the wallet.
You just reminded me that I think I’ve got Schwinn logos as .eps (Adobe Illustrator) files. They’re vector illustrations so you can scale them up or down, depending on whatever size you need. I’ll doodle around some this weekend to see if I can come up with something reasonable looking.
Sometimes you can find the BMX sticker sets floating around on eBay. I remember seeing a silver and blue set that would look really good on your bike. I found this gold set a while back:
FOC. That’s industry lingo for “Free Of Charge.” But you gotta promise to post up pics when you get them on your rig.
Well I don’t got any from ’96, but I do have a couple of the small top tube stickers from ’98-’99 (the green oval with sparkly lettering). You’re more than welcome to them if you think they might fit on your project? They’re leftovers from a project I just finished up. They might make an ok space filler until you find the right ones.
I like the seatstay routing to the rear brake.
I was limited on my setup with the brake line attaching to the caliper. I’ma have to track donw some Hayes.
Dig the head badge. Schwinn shoulda done them like that. 😉
Have you considered going retro for the decals? I know what a pain Homegrown decals are to get, but sometimes you can score vintage Schwinn decals on the cheap on fleaBay. I think some old school decals would look awesome with that paint job.
That looks like the brake is sitting there without any adapter? That’s a much cleaner setup. Catching up on disc brake technologies has been challenging–this is my first setup.
It also looks like you’ve got your brake cable running along the seatstay?
How has your setup been holding up? I’ve been wondering about long term/on going maintenance with these things.
I managed to squeeze in an XTR caliper with an 8″ rotor. The A2Z adapter made everything plug and play. I just got a handful of hydraulic guides in the mail so I’ll be doing something with it, hopefully this weekend.Personally, I’d get much more from hearing about your recovery on these forums and how you’re going to get back on your bike–and I’ll further the opinion that you’re going to want them around when the time is right.
The other thing I wanted to add is that you put in time to put those bikes together, and putting together a Homegrown properly is no small matter, and you found a community that not only is interested, but you now have history with.
If someone wants to spearhead the effort, I’ve got: Homegrown Decals, Full Suspension Bushings, New Stems, Some Hubs and Rims, probably some other stuff that other people might find useful.
I haven’t had any time on any modern Rock Shox, but prior to this I was exclusively on the SID. 
