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  1. DIABLO67

    Bamboozle!

    My wife has been telling me that her bike was a little too tall for her for a while now. I got her a 24 inch bike but she couldn't keep up with everyone else on the 26's. So I happen to come across this 80's Murray bike someone put out with their trash. I chopped the frame into three parts, and...
  2. DIABLO67

    Penny Farthing type wheel info

    I've been contemplating a front wheel drive bike build. I don't know a whole lot about the set up for the wheel though. Does anyone have any info on how it's set up?
  3. DIABLO67

    Black Phantom powder coated

    A while back I posted picking up this Phantom for $80. I got a lot of flack over my plans to powder coat it so I thought about it and talked to several folks over options. I finally decided to go for it since I'm not planning on selling this bike. I went with a satin black, and then used a...
  4. DIABLO67

    Schwinn Stingray replica for 30 bucks

    I've been out of town on a training class for the last three weeks. Didn't stop me from pickin up two bikes while I was there though! I was in Charlotte which is three hours away from home, got to come home on the weekends so I might as well check craig'slist right? First week I found a nice...
  5. DIABLO67

    Anyone know about this 3 speed cable?

    Got a donor bike that had a 3 speed on it for the wife's bike. The cable is a little too short though. It's a Shimano and the cable ends say "Positron" on it. It's a solid inner cable, not braided. I need a longer one to fit her bike. Anyone know where I can get one? Took it over to the LBS and...
  6. DIABLO67

    58 AMF Roadmaster goes GREEN!

    Here's a build I'm working on. I got this bike for $30, and the guy threw in a mid 60's Western flyer for $10. I stripped this old AMF down, media blasted it and started redoing it. 58 Roaaster by flickpix67, on Flickr Another shot of it before the strip down. 58 Roaaster by flickpix67, on...
  7. DIABLO67

    need help with an old seat tube

    OK, this is a seat post off of a 58 AMF Roadmaster. I'm trying to figure out a way to mount it to a regular cruiser seat without too much modification. It looks to be 13/16 at the thickest and works like a neck stem with a wedge at the bottom. I was thinking of welding a small shim at the top to...
  8. DIABLO67

    66 Columbia

    Just picked this beauty up today from Craig's list. Paint is in great shape with just a hint of patina showing. Cleaned up a little section and the color just came through beautifully! The rims are a little rusty but can be saved. Not to mention it has a nice looking Bendix coaster. Don't know...
  9. DIABLO67

    Thinkin about going after these western flyers

    These two bikes have been on CL for a little while now. I always wait till they drop the price a little and then make a deal. He's dropped it down to $50 for the guy's western flyer, and $25 for the lady's. I'll offer $60 for both and see what happens. Roly...
  10. DIABLO67

    Black Phantom for $80

    I picked up this Black Phantom for $80 last night. The numbers on the bottom bracket says it's a 1951 model. I'm not going to try to restore her right now, but I will make her up real pretty. I'm going to powder coat the frame and re do the graphix to include new waterslide stickers. Might leave...
  11. DIABLO67

    Free Huffy Cranbrook for momma Jo!

    My wife found this little Huffy Cranbrook next to a dumpster at an apartment complex. The guy had just put it out there and said it was his wife's but they had no room in the garage for it. It's a 24" so I thought it would be great for my wife to ride since she's petite, but when she saw all of...
  12. DIABLO67

    Help deciding on a Phantom...

    Ok folks, I have a guy who wants to sell me this bike. It's a 59 Schwinn Phantom he has all the parts, tank, rims, ect. Mostly in good condition. I've got him down to $100 dollars, but I might be able to get him down to $80! Seems like a good deal to me, what do ya'll think? I might go $100 if...
  13. DIABLO67

    Where can I get the bent seat tubes at?

    OK, I've seen some builds that have these sweet 90 degree seat tubes on them. Where can I buy one? Or are these hand made? I have some extra seat tubes here and an EMT hand bender for electrical tubing, just didn't know if the regular seat tube would be strong enough. Any ideas?
  14. DIABLO67

    1967 Schwinn lil miss rebuild

    This is a little bike I picked up for ten dollars, and after checking the serial numbers on it, I realized it was made the month and year I was born. My Best friend wanted it for his daughter, and he too was born in 67. So he's bought all the stuff and I'm building it. The bike was totally...
  15. DIABLO67

    Bikes of Cuba!

    I've had a few pictures of creative uses for bikes by Cuban folks that were sent to me and gathered by myself. I was born in Cuba, but left in 1970 when I was just 2 1/2 years old. I like to keep tabs on my heritage and some of the things Cubans do to get by are astounding! When you don't have...
  16. DIABLO67

    Can anyone identify this bike?

    Does anyone have an idea of what this bike may be? This is a picture of my dad in Cuba back in the early to mid 50's. I have no info at all on this bike, don't even know if it's American. This was before Castro so it could very well be an American bike. Maybe someday I could find one and restore...
  17. DIABLO67

    20 inch cruiser, maybe Monark?

    I picked up this little gem up today for $30! It's a 20" bike, no markings on it. The head badge was missing. There is a serial number on the bottom bracket that's stamped twice. {50245681} The seat is torn but it's a Troxler, hard rubber or vinyl over a metal pan. The handlebars are welded to...
  18. DIABLO67

    AMF Roadmaster any idea what year?

    I got this bike for $30 bucks. Before I go tearing it down to sandblast and powdercoat,I'd like some advice. Don't know what year it is, cant find a serial on it anywhere. Maybe after sandblasting it'll turn up. I've seen folks on e-bay selling similar bikes for a couple hundred, so I wasn't...
  19. DIABLO67

    Greetings from Raleigh NC

    Hi, although I have been a fan of this site for a while, I just registered and this is my first log in. I've been into biking since I can remember, and I can't remember a time in my life that I didn't have a bike or two. I got into cruisers by accident. I was trying to get my wife to ride, so I...
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