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I seem to remember someone mentioning reinforcing a seat post. Any more info? I'm guessing you just tap in a smaller pipe that snugly fits inside the post, thereby doubling the wall thickness. Got any examples, ideas, instructions?

I picked up the starter bike for the clunker project. I'm calling it the blue bomber since I'll end up painting it Rustoleum Sail Blue. I've always wanted a blue mountain bike, so this will be it. It's a mid 80's murray cranbrook, and has a brand new rear wheel. The customer abandoned it at...

For all you enterprising freak bike builders - I came across this unreal deal on oil damped rear shocks. Has some specs listed, you could work this into some interesting projects...

So....the local bike club (Central Georgia Cyclists) did the ACS Relay for Life this past weekend, and I took my rat bike an trailer as a novelty. All the serious cyclists in the club think it's coolest, and it got a lot of response from the non-bikers walking the event. As a club, we raised...

Has anybody ever seen or made wood block pedals? I swear I saw them somewhere once, but I can't find any info. I've got a bunch of old pedals running around ad some oak flooring.... I thought that an oak plank pedal would look killer on my beer bike, and feel nice and comfy for those summer...

Okay, this is my first bike build. Bought the 80's Murray "Westport" at a garage sale with a 24" women's cruiser, both for $8. Refurbed it, and it was rideable in about 30 min. I had all of my mountain bike friends collect beer caps for the project, grabbed a few parts off the girls bike, and...

Hi all! I've been mountain biking for about 7 years, and really dig general bike culture and odd homebuilt bikes. I built my first bike last year, and everybody I ride with loves it, but nobody around here builds bikes for anything besides racing. It's nice to find other people interested. I...