First off I'd like to say,I HATE MOUNTAIN BIKES! Twenty five or more years of this overblown bike style that has soaked into the BigBox montra as the only type of bike the sheeple should own, BLEECK!!!!
Now if you own a REAL mtn bike, and you go down real MOUNTAINS, that's OK. I just really hate the perpetual knockoff's.
Now to get off my stump. I do like the style of the Klunkers, however, and I had planned to put together one later if I found a suitable frame.
My older son thought it would be a good idea to visit an old quarry that we used to go to when he was younger and I thought doing it on bikes would be a great way to rediscover this place.
So I THREW together a mtn bike from parts that I had laying around, and to test parts for the future Klunker (see pics). Turns out it was fun to ride, now I just got to make it my own.
My neighbour pulled a girls cruiser and a kids "buddy" bike out of the recycle hopper and took them home. Until his wife saw them, then he asked me if I wanted them. I always want cruiser wheels but another chick frame? Uhh. Then it occured to me that the buddy bike has a neat curved section that would make a nice top tube (see pics).
Now to go get some gas for the torch......
I sprayed out the top tube to give you a better idea of what I'm going for.
Now if you own a REAL mtn bike, and you go down real MOUNTAINS, that's OK. I just really hate the perpetual knockoff's.
Now to get off my stump. I do like the style of the Klunkers, however, and I had planned to put together one later if I found a suitable frame.
My older son thought it would be a good idea to visit an old quarry that we used to go to when he was younger and I thought doing it on bikes would be a great way to rediscover this place.
So I THREW together a mtn bike from parts that I had laying around, and to test parts for the future Klunker (see pics). Turns out it was fun to ride, now I just got to make it my own.
My neighbour pulled a girls cruiser and a kids "buddy" bike out of the recycle hopper and took them home. Until his wife saw them, then he asked me if I wanted them. I always want cruiser wheels but another chick frame? Uhh. Then it occured to me that the buddy bike has a neat curved section that would make a nice top tube (see pics).
Now to go get some gas for the torch......
I sprayed out the top tube to give you a better idea of what I'm going for.