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My brother commutes to work on this beautiful beast He's looking for tires with less rolling resistance. Current tires are hybrid road tire, not these burly CSTs. He's thinking about getting these: Does anyone have any experience with these? Better yet, what tires do you like on your...

I've been watching Paul Brodie's Giraffe Bike build on youtube and his skip tooth conversion for the rear hub is amazing. He made his own hubs too. I'd recommend checking out his videos if you haven't already. He's not just a legendary mountain bike frame builder, he's just generally an...

I bought this frame and fork to build up for my partner a few years ago and have been picking away at it little by little. It's a '30s or '40s Newport, as best I can tell. It's a Japanese bike but there's very little info about them on the internet, just a few pics. I thought I'd start a...

This is a project I’ve wanted to do for a while now. I just needed to find the right donor bike. I found this one on marketplace a few days ago for $15 fairly local. Cool. When I got there to pick it up yesterday she told me to just take it, she was tired of looking at it in the yard. Super...

I’ve been wanting to revisit my old Roadmaster for a while now. It’s a cool klunker, fun to ride and actually rides pretty well. But it’s ready for some styling updates. I’ve been thinking about options since last summer’s build off. The serial number is E37122 A0 so I think it might be a...

I recently picked up this Sears Spyder parts bike that was thrown in with a Buzz Bike that I bought. I'm trying to figure out what year it is but searching the forums has only been mildly helpful. @CRASH told me this is basically a Huffy Dragster. But the Sears versions don't have Huffy...

This was a fun build on an old neglected Redline frame/fork that I saw for sale online and it was so muttley I had to adopt it: I don't really need another BMX bike but it was a fun build. Follow the progress here: RR Redline The story the owner told me was that his autistic son came home...

Just a quick 2 day klunker build. I thought about calling it 'Dirty Klunk Done Dirt Cheap.' Here's the build thread: What the Klunk? I blew apart this old build to make something more rideable: Stripped it down and changed almost all of the parts using only parts on hand. It was a fun...

While digging through my garage for old truck parts I came across these motorcycle bars. These bars are old. These bars are not nice. These bars are bent. I think they’re perfect for a klunker build.

I'm looking into getting a mount for my iphone to do ride videos with. I'm thinking a chest mount might be the way to go but I have no experience here. What do folks like to use to record their rides? I don't want to spend too much as I don't plan to start vlogging or anything. It would just...

A couple of months ago I dragged home this little jewel with the intent of fixing it up, riding it and learning some tricks. The guy I bought it from thought it was an early 90s Redline Proline. His kid took the bike apart to paint it and then it sat in boxes for several years. It’s not a...

Lately I've gotten interested in trying to do some bmx riding again after a 40 year hiatus. Like maybe dirt jumps, skate park and some tricks. Not interested in big air, I'm mid 50s with plenty of aches and pains already and don't feel like I need a bunch more broken bones. 14 so far is...

Here's my swindley little project. It started life as a 70s Huffy Cheater Slick. Up front is a recurved, shortened and rethreaded British fork. The chain guard originated on a Liberty Belle. 20x3” slick on the rear, 16” skinny from a Slingshot for the front. It's got that gasser vibe about...

Been busy having fun today. My first class 2. So I originally wanted to build one of these: It's a pretty cool chopper that converts to a tall bike. Built out of a cheapo full suspension mountain bike.

This is a pretty swindley little project I bought from @CRASH for last year’s MBBO. I wound up getting rained out on it and didn’t get much done. It’s a 70s Huffy Cheater Slick with a recurved British fork and a Liberty Belle chain guard. It’s a pretty cool little bike I think. The wheels were...

This is the 66 Rail that I picked up a few weeks ago. It’s in really good condition so I’m mostly going to just clean, polish, lube and tune. @CRASH noticed that some of the parts on this bike were a later vintage and suggested some parts swapping might be in order. Namely the Shimano 333 rear...

I was given a few abandoned bikes the other day. One will get donated, one recycled and then there’s this interesting Motobecane Nomade. I know nothing about these. It’s got a 26” rear wheel at the moment but I have a 27” that will fit. I don’t know if it would have originally been 10 or 12...

This is a project that I've had for a while now but I'd like to ride it this summer so it's time to get busy. From a previous musing of mine: Backroads is a touring company that rents bikes and you can buy your rental bike if you fall in love with it. Here's some info I found online: "I...

I came across this little beauty last weekend. I came across it on marketplace for a decent price so I took a half a day to go pick it up. The guy told me he found it in the trash. It sounded like he got it from the original owners. The kid had an incident with the chain that busted the...

This is my early '90s GT Timberline resto mod. It's a light project I took on as self prescribed therapy to help rehab my injured thumb. It worked splendidly. The thumb is doing much better and the bike is looking and riding great! It started out as this super high-bar comfort (?) bike setup...