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THANK YOU, I just sent him an email.

Yeah, I wish I would have had my nice camera with me so that I could have done a better job capturing the true color. It really is a cool finish, and as it turns out it was long discontinued but they were able to find 5 lbs. in their storage room, which is plenty to do a bike frame. Now I just...

Went back to the powder coater place to decide on a "black" for the bike. Here are the samples I narrowed it down to, I think I'm going with that silvery dark grey on the far left. I had planned on a shiny thick black, but that sparkly one really caught my eye. It was super bright and overcast...

Exactly. Somebody should explain that they would get MORE exercise on a heavy klunker for a mere fraction of the price.

Which is adding some difficulty since 99% of my searching for how to do some of these mods pertains to vintage bikes. For instance, I need a laid back seat post. Problem? I need a 27mm, which is a "modern" size. I want to keep my brakes, springer forks don't accommodate them. The bars I want...

Believe it or not, despite being a subject beaten to death, I can't find either of these two questions via the search feature so here we go... Question #1: Since a Brooks saddle is a pricey investment, how do you secure them or guard against theft? Question #2: The "Aged" models seem like the...

I do, but it is in its infancy. viewtopic.php?f=21&t=37762

When I am out on my bike, working up a sweat, trying to lose weight, trying to get in shape...I never see anybody on bikes like seen in the galleries on this site. Do you strictly ride your rat rod bike for casual, light fun?...or do you pound the ground on it and do serious exercise? I'm...

Welcome fellow Okie, I'm new around here too. That bad boy would make for a great board tracker too, be sure to check that gallery out. I'm slowly turning my '97 Kona A'ha into a vintage board tracker, granted this is my first dive into bike building/modding.

However tempting some of the inexpensive bikes can appear, they just aren't built to last in these throw-away days. My kids get a new bike from the store every year. This is because they out grow them AND because the bikes literally fall apart. Don't let the flashy marketing and low price...

Funny, I love the white one. I have some custom guitar fuzz pedals finished the same way, different colors.

It's 110, just measured the other day.

This is my first venture into building my own bike. I picked up this Kona A'ha a couple of weeks ago after waiting and waiting for just the right bike/frame to come along in my budget. I love the Cook Bros. type frame, dig the SS/Fixed flip-flop hub, hate the paint job (too gaudy), time to move...

Re: pedal car-stroller build (update 03/16/11) There's my youngest, tearing up the road in his pedal-powered roadster. He's got a leather cap and goggles to go with it, but he wasn't wearing them this time.

Thank you so much Dr. T, I really appreciate it! Yeah, I too thought it would make for a nice updated board tracker. I'd been waiting for a Cook Bros. type frame to pop up and when this one did I pounced on it. I'll hit those links now!

The worn spot on the Takara's top tube is from my fly rod. I would store my fly rod along the top tube and hold it in place via my coil bike cable/lock and take my bike to remote spots for fishing. The Takara has my Trek saddle on it. The "rack" on the Trek is from the kid's seat. The Kona's...

Ok, the bikes mentioned as of 30 minutes ago: Early 90's Trek 830 Antelope Early 80's Takara Highlander 1997 Kona A'ha

Would this work on my Kona A'ha? I want to keep the hand brakes though. I'm going to blast the frame and powder coat it black, toss a Brooks springer saddle, get some new bars...take it board track style. Maybe a tank or something too. Or would I need to go with something more like this: I...

I saw that today too, lol.

Oh, don't worry about that. I was just curious as to why this finish seems to call people to defend it so much. So are springers easy to install? 8)