Recent content by aWolfDrawsNear

That brass drum cymbal design, and the roulette darts design (both bottom left of two example posts) are RAD! These are going on my list for sure, especially now that I can tell the business is run by a stand-up dude.

I was just checking out their site. They look really cool overall, but the big company branding on all the designs is what stops me from buying.

Someone just gave me this bike for free: I was going to buy a 3-speed hub and wheels/tires/tubes to get it going for my girlfriend, but she's 4'11" so I'm probably going to build a smaller bike for her instead. She stood over this and was like "Nope!". What I'm wondering is if this thing is...

A little beer can shim action and it's right as rain. Thanks guys. Instead of grinding some threads off a standard 5/16" bolt, I just got grade-8 1/4" hardware. All is well.

Thanks for the responses, guys. I did make sure I got the seat bolt very tight before squeezing the hub between the dropouts. Didn't make a difference. It's not greasy or oily in there, either. I like the thin aluminum can shim idea. I'll try that after work. Tankenstein, here ya go: Can't...

Ran into a little snag today... My frame has what I assume to be an integrated seat post clamp: And the Shimano Nexus 3 Hub I intend to use is slightly wider than the dropouts on my frame, so when I put the back wheel in, it spreads them out juuuuust enough that I can't get the seat post...

Hey guys, I'm new to this. As best I can tell by browsing and searching the forums here, I have a Westfield or Columbia frame on my current project. There is no headbadge. When I got the frame, the original paint was long gone and it was just the bare frame with no other parts except this bent...

Hi everyone. I've built a few ratty single speed coaster brake cruisers here and there over the past ten years. I also built one motored rat bike: Right now I'm working on a 3-speed cruiser project: I've been reading the RRB forum for how-to's and following the Instagram for a couple...