The New Hampshire tag is a cereal box reward from Wheaties. They made all states for a few years. There are a bunch of personalized plates on eBay. You use to be able to find them on a display in stores like K-mart and TG&Y.
The Thick Slick is mounted up to the new rim and ready to mount up. The wheel came to me very true which was a surprise. I need to work on a seat post shim and dial in a bunch of minor things. Hopefully some progress over the weekend. I do have a nice vintage Monarch Springer coming to me that...
I put the Shimano 333 3 speed shifter back together but most likely need to move the washers around. maybe @CRASH could shed some light on the proper setup? Also working on extending the shifter arm with a leg from a previous build I scrapped out. I’m liking the looks so far. Getting snow now so...
I recently received this amazing commissioned illustration from @Bike from the Dead, which he awarded me in the 2022 build of 17. I am honored to receive this kind gift. Austin and I have communicated back and forth on the piece and he came up with an amazing illustration of the Hellion. It was...
An awesome update!
The Hellion bike and myself were picked and awarded an amazing commissioned piece of artwork by @Bike from the Dead and I am blown away by what I received! Austin Jones has an incredible talent and kept me so involved in the process that I was stoked to see the results. The...
Picked up some white pedals that I’ve been seeking for a while. I hope they will thread in to what I have. They are from Germany. The pedals will disassemble which wil allow me to clean them up. I may try the peroxide and sun technique to whiten the rubber. They are quite petrified so I may just...
The 26” wheel from Wheelmaster arrived today. Heavy duty with 12 gage spokes. I like that they are assembled in the US. This one has a much better finish than the last one I picked up. I cropped my feet out of the photo for other peoples sanity. 👣