Recent content by Outa_Spaceman

I had an old MTB frame given and decided to put all the spare bits I have on it... My 'engineer's tool kit' (hammer) was liberally applied to the chain-side stay to stop the chain wheel scraping... I had to add a chain tensioner as the frame has straight drop outs... So, add a link, chain to...

I like those forks...

I really like this construction.... Those guards are superb... But... (and I really apologise for pointing this out cos' I know what it's like when someone does this after all the work that goes into a build of this quality...) Zip ties...? I'll go away now... O.S.M.

Re: Fire Bike Now there's something you don't see everyday...

Re: Schwinn h*** Cat Thank you for detailing your paint effect.. It would, indeed, be a shame to paint the rest of the bike... Please don't...

Re: Schwinn h*** Cat Splendid...! Tell us more about the 'distressed' look you achieved on the cut-down painted pizza pan... (Warning: Do not attempt to say 'cut-down painted pizza pan' whist drunk!)

I hope this is the right thread for this picture... I found this old t-shirt in a bag of rags... It's falling apart but I'm going to make a cushion... errr...? I'll rephrase that... My girlfriend is going to make it into a cushion for me... O.S.M.

I was out in the back yard working on my next bike... I ran out of inspiration... Then I hit this thread.. I think that's one of the most beautiful creations I've ever seen... I like the variants as well... Congratulations... O.S.M.

Being a Brit I'm not a 'natural' at this Rat-Rod lark... Thanks all for the positive feed back chaps... I'm truly surprised at how smoothly Rough Trader rides (might have to consider changing the name to Smooth Trader...) Got to love Hammerite paint BTW... :D I've still got the rods (which need...

I've finally got this into some form of ridable shape... When I acquired the frame it looked like this... Surprisingly it turns heads.... :shock:

:idea: Just think of all the effort you'll save... :lol:

I'm a bit slow on the uptake but.... I can't see what's wrong with it.... At all.... :?: In fact, I think it looks pretty sharp...

Thanks Markm... Yeah the Dawes really isn't my sort of thing nowadays... (It even has the deeply unfashionable Biopace knee wrecker chainrings... :shock: ) I just couldn't let it get thrown for scrap... All I added were the Northroad bars, 150mm pipe stem and a set of leavers... I took off the...

This is Potato Noir... It's gone through and awful lot of changes to get to this stage and I'm not finished yet... :shock: Probably never will finish actually... :roll: And when I need to be somewhere in a hurry... The Dawes Impulse I rescued from a skip (dumpster)...

One of the many problems these forks have is their good looks... On many of the posts on this thread the "look" was cited as a reason for wanting them... I fell into that trap... WARNING...! All that glitters is not gold... I solved the fork crown race problem with a "coke" can shim... I solved...