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Awesome video! I'll have to check out more of her stuff! And now I really want to build a swing bike from my junk frames... Thank you! Thanks! 🤣 Haha, no, that's just all the weeds compensating for the Bermuda grass! Thanks Marshall! Sweet, I'll have to check it out!

That tank turned out FANTASTIC! If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was an old metal tank!

Thanks Pondo! Mind if I borrow that?

I normally prefer bike tanks inside the frames, but holy cow, that tank next to the nanner looks AWESOME! I think it's got potential!

My entry for this year's Build Off is the very first bike that got me into this hobby 6 years ago: my 1950 Schwinn DX I won at an auction for $65. It's gone by a few names and gone through a few build threads over the years, but not once in those 6 years have I been able to complete it. For...

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I'm a bit biased towards Murrays, but that JC Higgins has awesome character to it! Still, I think that Murray would make for a great BMX/klunker/standie build, so either way, I think you've got 2 good candidates there!

My first build was a bare metal bike! In fact, because I made Dumpster Diamond bare metal, that changed my original plan for that Schwinn. I only had like 5 bikes back then, so I wasn't too keen on having 2 bare metal bikes at the time. Now that I have WAY more bikes than I did back in 2020, I...

Oh I definitely suffer from analysis paralysis on a regular basis. It practically comes standard when you have both ADHD and OCD like me. I think going bare metal with black or brown accents will be my "good enough" plan for this bike. The frame and fenders are dented anyway, so to cover that...

Thank you! I'll admit that I'm not the biggest fan of Schwinn step-thru frames, but if you build them up right, they can turn out pretty sweet! Yeah, it's a ton of fun resurrecting bikes that have been thrown by the wayside. Awesome! That's a good-looking Schwinn right there! Love that you get...

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While I was down in Oklahoma City last Saturday for a Lego group meeting, I decided to visit my old contact/friend who lived nearby. I hadn't seen him or his collection in 2 years, so I wasn't sure if he had anything I could use. He was interested in the 1968 Stingray frame I had picked up not...

Thanks, I will. The bigger trouble for me these days is artist's block. I can have all the motivation and ideas for a project, but then the moment I get ready to start on it, my mind goes foggy. When that happens, the more I try to fight it, the thicker the fog gets. It's even worse when I'm...

Thanks, I just might! Yeah, it's a good look, but it'd be way too complicated to figure out how to mount the seat right now, and I'd like to avoid any heavy metal fab on this bike if I can. The black-and-white photo idea is perfect! I actually did that before with this bike a few years back...

Well, it looks like I won't be entering the Build Off after all, not with this bike anyway. I tried mocking up a few ideas today, but nothing was clicking. I had all these ideas and visions for how this bike would look, and just as I was ready to get started, my mind went blank. I think I need...

Thank you Bart. Hopefully I'll be able to participate in the Build Off again this year.

Cool. I'll try and mock up my ideas this week and see just how significant the changes will be. If it turns out I won't change much at all, I'll just stick to updating my last build thread, but if I wind up going with a complete redesign, then I'll toss my hat in the ring.

I guess it depends on what your definition of "significant" is. I know I want to see what this Schwinn DX would look like with my flipped Schwinn springer I have mocked up on the bike below. As for other changes, I may use a pair of deep dish Monark fenders or a bobbed rear fender and none up...

Would it be alright if I entered an old Build Off bike in the current Build Off with a slight redesign? I had almost finished this Schwinn back in 2021, only for it to suffer a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" while I was test-riding it. It's been sitting in storage ever since, mostly...

I completely forgot you had those sweet wood block pedals too, so I think a wood tank would really tie the rack and pedals together nicely. Whatever you use to make your tank, be it metal, wood, cardboard or whatever, I bet it's going to look sweet! Looking forward to seeing what you do!