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Took this pic when we had the freak snow storm here in Connecticut. She just looked right old bike planning to restore at one point. Nothin fancy just an old 80s Winora German lady

Had a good 22 mile ride today sorta in a way on a bit of a photography scouting ride here's the shot sure some on here may recognize a few places out on my Panasonic Sport Got some fall color to :) enjoy Start of the ride Local landmark the old flagpole she's HUGE in person this...

Well I think I finally have my bike idea in the works had this bike for about 8 years now and time to rebuild the old lady. So toying with adding a piece of copper tube for the top tube on the bike gonna leave bare copper and leave all the solder joints I put on it exposed. Frame thinking gonna...

Well boys and girls here is a pic of me and my old lady She's a bit better shape now still unsure if I'm gonna strip her down and repaint her or not at one point but here is my Panasonic Sport 1000 she's bone stock right now to .... fast at that. Ignore the red running shorts was laundry day...

Hey guys and gals got an idea to take an old Schwinn cruiser frame and set it up with a st of drp bars down tube type shifters but my question is on these old bikes is there a way to put a 6 or 7 speed freewheel out back and a double for the crank? I'd love to set it up as either a 10...

Hey guys and gals any Panasonic road bike fans out there? I got one from a friend i am slowly restoring and moddng. She's a beauty nice old ladies frame and .... fast to. She's pretty stock drive train and all nice 12 speeder setup. I have only replaced the cables brake pads tires and tubes...

Howdy Guys and Gals Wanted to say how much I have enjoyed this site and learning and getting inspiration from all of you wanted wish y'all a very Merry Christmas and a safe holiday season. May Santa bring everyone new power toys and new bike parts for the new year LOL :D

Hey fellow rat bikers need some ideas as to where to get the parts for it namely a reflector big enough to fit in the can. Ok here goes my idea I found a pint size Heineken keg can on the side of the road I wanna take and make a headlight out of it for my 12 speeder I am slightly ratting up...

This was a really interesting read if it was already posted sorry but seeing as a lot of this kinda bike here thought a lot of y'all would enjoy it I know I did. Definitely some bikes to drool over http://www.theliberator.be/militarybicycles.htm

I have an old 12 speed bike that I am going to rat up a bit it's more of a modernish frame not a cruiser type of a frame. The bike in question is a Panasonic Sport 1000. It has 27 inch rims which I am planning to keep on it but replacing the tires with 27x1/38 tires rather than the 1/4 inch...

Hey Guys I'm toying with an idea for my Panasonic bike it's currently a 12 speeder but I wanna drop it to an 8 speed Sturmey Archer coaster brake hub I have a 27 inch wheel that I wanna try rebuilding when I get it but my question I was wondering would it work with double crank? Would it...

Hey Guys wanted to know if anyone has used this sissybar on a bike for an adult I will be pretty much riding it full time I am about 5 fett 6 inches tall and about 160 pounds will it hold up? if not any idea where other than making one from scratch? http://www.bicycledesigner.com/defaulth ...

Hey Guys Got a question on tire size. I have a pair of mountain bike rims that currently have 26X1.95 knobbies on them and I am wondering what is the minimum tire size the rims will take. Reason is I have a panasonic road bike that I want to put a little bit wider tire on it that the 27s that...

Hey Guys Wanted to know if it would be a hard thing to pull off toying with putting a rear disk brake on my lady. Any tips or ideas on how it can be done? I am going to be semi restoring the frame but looking to turn it into a bit of a long distance rider and grocery getter type bike. but...

Hey Guys thought I would share this with y'all I wrote this a while back and figured you would get a kick out of it. Any one else here beside me write poetry? i am a bikebum this much is true with two wheels i will always be free the open road calls to me when i am down whether motor or pedal...

Hey Guys I was wondering does anyone have any experience with gold leafing on bicycles? I am toying with doing some at one point on my old bike when I get to paint her. But wondering if any of you have any tips with it. Thanks for the help

Hey all been looking at the forum for a while now and going to finnaly build my rat. Got the bike already it is an old Winora Sport single speed from Germany a friend gave it to me a few years ago. I also have a Panasonic Sport 1000 that I am not really going to do much to it will basicaly stay...