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  1. toro1978

    Dynamo

    A friend bought for me this cool dynamo at a flea market. I mounted it and I like how it looks. I haven't connected it yet and I don't know if it will work in this direction. I will probably try it during the weekend.
  2. toro1978

    Daily fail

    I have a daily bike. Nothing fancy - a diamond frame, 7 speed igh, and a drum brake in the front. Well I didn't bother to reapply some grease to it and a hard emergency braking caused this: Luckily I have another fork that I can use, but not having another drum brake on hand I will have to...
  3. toro1978

    A new diamond project

    I got this diamond frame bike as a gift today. It is a simple locally built bike. One speed coaster hub, cotterpin cranks... But it is a nice 26" frame in pretty silver. I have a 7 sp nexus I will try to install... I should have a drum brake front wheel... I have a few stems to try or might...
  4. toro1978

    Black sails

    My finished BO entry. This is my main photo: It is an unknown frame with a downhill fork. It has a 250watt midmotor from Bafang and a Nexus 7sp rear hub. The wheels are 24" with 24x3.0 Thick Brick tires. And a few more: This is the build thread...
  5. toro1978

    Black sails

    Well, this is my starting point, a chopper frame that I couldn't identify: It is similar to a Nirve or a Velor chopper, but there are differences. The Velor seems to have a more angled headtube and a longer fork and the frame seems larger and longer. The Nirve has the down tube and the top tube...
  6. toro1978

    Sparta

    I have a new project. I need a bike for work so I found this trash - a Dutch bike of the brand Sparta. It has a few original parts like the grips, bell, cranks, but it is overall bad. Last guy who touched it didn't know what he was doing, for example the rear tire is backwards, it has an arrow...
  7. toro1978

    Felt "Heavy duty"

    Here is the finished Felt. Voting pic: A walk around: Some details. Brakes: Taillight: Rack: Cockpit: The starting point was a Felt Haribo frame with parts that are or look like heavy duty parts: The frame, rack, fork, handlebars, fenders, chainguard are all stripped to raw metal. I...
  8. toro1978

    Hubless rat rod style

    Now this is an interesting hubless setup:
  9. toro1978

    Felt Heavy Duty

    I am happy to enter my third build off. As expected I will use my Felt Haribo frame . I have a relatively easy start in a sense that most of the parts are already there. During the build we will look at the parts in more detail, but for a start we can count the following puzzle pieces: Frame...
  10. toro1978

    Looking for these Abraham fork spring washers...

    Hi guys, it seems that I have misplaced some of the black washers of my Abraham linkage double Springer fork. I missed two of the big ones during assembly and now I only found one. Would anyone have a source for these where they can be ordered? Preferably in Europe?
  11. toro1978

    Carcass 2.0

    Some might remember this bike from the last BO: It has a 29" tire in the back and 26" in the front. I rode it some and changed the seat and the seat post to make it more rideable. Had to raise the stem too: It needs a front brake in order to be street legal, also reflectors and lights. So I...
  12. toro1978

    Felt Torch Chopper

    I happened upon a discussion on FB where a fellow from the German group mentioned he had a Torch he would be willing to be deprived of for a fair monetary compensation. So I thought about it for a day or two and since the good gentleman lives just nearby, 25 minutes by train I messaged. (I'd...
  13. toro1978

    Carcass

    I managed to finish the bike. Unfortunately we have relatively bad weather, so pics won't be spectacular, still better than the indoor shots. So here is the voting pic: This is how it was when I got it: The rear wheel is mine though, for a test fit. General concept before starting...
  14. toro1978

    Squeaky drum brake

    Guys, what could be the reason for a drum brake to squeak when it is raining? Could it be that it needs fat? If so what do I need? It is a Sachs front hub, I would say it lacks in performance too, regardless of the weather. Any thoughts? I don't know much about drum brakes, apart from opening up...
  15. toro1978

    Daily mini build.

    This is my daily bike: I took its rear 7 speed wheel for my bo entry, but I still need a daily (I would not want to leave one of my builds on the street unattended. So I have an old 3sp torpedo, but if I don't find the shifter I might just run it in 3rd gear (at the no cable pull position)...
  16. toro1978

    BO15 Carcass

    Well I am in. I wanted to use some interesting frame, but I will have to go with a generic cruiser frame. I almost got a pg board tracker with a fork, but I don't really like the lines so I passed. It was expensive anyway. I will use this Springer though: I want to have a 28 rear wheel (not...
  17. toro1978

    Some thoughts on bikes left behind.

    I am riding the train to work every day and I noticed two things. 1. There are a few vehicles only on a parking lot they used to park in the corners of. 2. There is a growing number of weird bikes that are there for 6 weeks already. However I am not sure if I could just take them, not much to...
  18. toro1978

    German (or Swiss?) 28" diamond

    I went to the city today and had a look at the old bikes our co-op is offering. I was hoping for a diamond frame bike, possibly 28", something simple for the commute to the train station. There was this one: It has a few interesting touches. The front is not very inspiring, long gooseneck...
  19. toro1978

    Quick Brick 24x2.125

    Guys, does any of know any source for 24x2.125 Quick Brick tires??? Google doesn't find anything and I never even knew they existed.
  20. toro1978

    Felt

    So, the new project. As some of you have already seen in the Fresh Finds subforum I got a Felt Haribo: Haribo is a candy producer. They make all sorts of candy, but they are most known for the gummy bears, hence that particular paint: They were made to celebrate some Haribo event, probably 90...
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