Search results

Anyone every tried this to restore zinc plating on bike parts?

My personal deadline is July 4, get the bike(s) ready for the local All American Bike Ride. Held on July 4 at 1 pm. Starting place in front of the Statue of Liberty on the 1st Avenue Bridge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. USA The Twins The Twins multiplying One offspring getting too fat. 27.5 x...

When I was working at the local bike shop during the bike boom, the owners had problems getting bikes to sell. Raleigh was their main line but with Raleigh they would order 300 to 350 bikes in September for January delivery and sell them all in just a couple months. So they had to buy any other...

I finished this up today. 2001 Trek 60 Mountain Lion. Have some neighbors who bike a bit and their kid is on a 16"er with tiny cranks. He just can't go fast enough on that. The Trek has 6 speeds. Full tear down. Lots of scratches and scuffs so I masked off the decals and sprayed more paint...

I sometimes get whinney complaints from walkers on the trail about not letting them know I'm passing them. I don't for several reasons. I've tried bells and had packs of women stop and scatter looking for birds and wondering out loud what that noise is. I don't have a loud voice. Most...

Fresh find, not quite Vintage but pretty cool. Aluminum frame with diamond shaped top & down tubes, rectangular stays. Solid sprocket but it's swaged to cast iron crank arms. Cleaned & tuned up and ready to go. The knobs vibrate the entire frame on smooth asphalt.

I tried out this new spray head design from Rust-oleum. My hands are now covered in clear. They claim you can use the can in any angle but it leaks all over when just used in the upright position. More complaints. It it has a wide flat spray pattern and shoots a lot of paint in a hurry...

Not mine. but i did provide the wheels to the artist. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/919265603018647

build thread https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/uno-under-the-sno.119404/

Local St Paddys parade FLAME ON! This left the parade announcer speechless.

August 1, 2023. I ordered some gold aluminum dice valve caps. Looked up my ebay history, the seller is in China. Oops. Over sight on my part. I usually don't order from there as it can take a month for stuff to arrive. If ever. March 14, 2024 (Pi Day!). One valve cap arrived! Holes in...

build and many more photos https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/a-nomad.119352/

"You know what, Stan, if you want me to wear 37 pieces of flair, like your pretty boy over there, Brian, why don't you just make the minimum 37 pieces of flair?"

We finished this bike today. Complete bearing repack, new tires & tubes, replaced the bars, brake levers, cables. De gunked the seized drive train. I've been training a new volunteer at our local bike coop. Hands on instructions on overhauling bikes. This one will probably go to the local...

Spotted this advertisement from a Boys Life magazine for sale. Crazy handlebars and wraparound chain guard.

No mine. You sure don't see these for sale very often. or ever. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/6527286640705804

A batch of images recovered from a digital picture frame. circa 2006 to 2011. album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rickpaulos/albums/72177720314616849/

Got more shoveling to do before i can start on this. I got the bike as a challenge last spring. The stuck seat post is broken off in the seat tube with the top of the remaining post about 1 inch down in the frame. And the bike has been sitting out a few years before i bought it. Missing seat...

Bike books only please. Currently being read: Personal Best, autobiography by Beryl Burton (1995). One of the all time greatest women bike racers. First woman to break the hour for 25 miles, 2 hours for 50 miles and 4 hours for 100 miles in solo time trials. 15 world championships and...

Been sitting in my basement for a couple years so this will be my offroad build. Hard or soft tail? The mid frame shock cushion is pretty much petrified and there are no pivot joints in the frame. More of a gimick than functional. I'd seen a KHS a few years ago that someone equiped with...