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I recently picked up this Sears Spyder parts bike that was thrown in with a Buzz Bike that I bought. I'm trying to figure out what year it is but searching the forums has only been mildly helpful. @CRASH told me this is basically a Huffy Dragster. But the Sears versions don't have Huffy...

This was a fun build on an old neglected Redline frame/fork that I saw for sale online and it was so muttley I had to adopt it: I don't really need another BMX bike but it was a fun build. Follow the progress here: RR Redline The story the owner told me was that his autistic son came home...

Just a quick 2 day klunker build. I thought about calling it 'Dirty Klunk Done Dirt Cheap.' Here's the build thread: What the Klunk? I blew apart this old build to make something more rideable: Stripped it down and changed almost all of the parts using only parts on hand. It was a fun...

While digging through my garage for old truck parts I came across these motorcycle bars. These bars are old. These bars are not nice. These bars are bent. I think they’re perfect for a klunker build.

I'm looking into getting a mount for my iphone to do ride videos with. I'm thinking a chest mount might be the way to go but I have no experience here. What do folks like to use to record their rides? I don't want to spend too much as I don't plan to start vlogging or anything. It would just...

A couple of months ago I dragged home this little jewel with the intent of fixing it up, riding it and learning some tricks. The guy I bought it from thought it was an early 90s Redline Proline. His kid took the bike apart to paint it and then it sat in boxes for several years. It’s not a...

Lately I've gotten interested in trying to do some bmx riding again after a 40 year hiatus. Like maybe dirt jumps, skate park and some tricks. Not interested in big air, I'm mid 50s with plenty of aches and pains already and don't feel like I need a bunch more broken bones. 14 so far is...

Here's my swindley little project. It started life as a 70s Huffy Cheater Slick. Up front is a recurved, shortened and rethreaded British fork. The chain guard originated on a Liberty Belle. 20x3” slick on the rear, 16” skinny from a Slingshot for the front. It's got that gasser vibe about...

Been busy having fun today. My first class 2. So I originally wanted to build one of these: It's a pretty cool chopper that converts to a tall bike. Built out of a cheapo full suspension mountain bike.

This is a pretty swindley little project I bought from @CRASH for last year’s MBBO. I wound up getting rained out on it and didn’t get much done. It’s a 70s Huffy Cheater Slick with a recurved British fork and a Liberty Belle chain guard. It’s a pretty cool little bike I think. The wheels were...

This is the 66 Rail that I picked up a few weeks ago. It’s in really good condition so I’m mostly going to just clean, polish, lube and tune. @CRASH noticed that some of the parts on this bike were a later vintage and suggested some parts swapping might be in order. Namely the Shimano 333 rear...

I was given a few abandoned bikes the other day. One will get donated, one recycled and then there’s this interesting Motobecane Nomade. I know nothing about these. It’s got a 26” rear wheel at the moment but I have a 27” that will fit. I don’t know if it would have originally been 10 or 12...

This is a project that I've had for a while now but I'd like to ride it this summer so it's time to get busy. From a previous musing of mine: Backroads is a touring company that rents bikes and you can buy your rental bike if you fall in love with it. Here's some info I found online: "I...

I came across this little beauty last weekend. I came across it on marketplace for a decent price so I took a half a day to go pick it up. The guy told me he found it in the trash. It sounded like he got it from the original owners. The kid had an incident with the chain that busted the...

This is my early '90s GT Timberline resto mod. It's a light project I took on as self prescribed therapy to help rehab my injured thumb. It worked splendidly. The thumb is doing much better and the bike is looking and riding great! It started out as this super high-bar comfort (?) bike setup...

I'm jumping in for a late build. I had an accident a couple of months ago that damaged my thumb pretty severely which has been keeping me from all of my projects. That thumb is doing really well now and I'm going to do a light bike project to help rehab it and get it back into the action...

I picked up this cute little red Corvette last weekend for kicks and giggles. I really like it, it's got cool patina and lots of chrome. There's some non original parts like the rear rack and mirror. Not sure about the seat, I think it might be from an older model. Rims are S2s and I think...

Hey guys, I'd like to find an original Ritchey MountainBike someday, '80s vintage. I was just wondering about relative values and what they might be worth? I know the very early ones will be very pricey but I don't know about the later ones. I'm thinking something like this: Any ideas? Thanks!

I've never gotten into muscle bikes in my previous lives. I didn't really understand them until I started doing some research for this build off, just wondering if I wanted to try to build one. Lots of reading and inspiring pics later and I am hooked! My first pneumatic tired bike that I got...

So, I'd like to do a skinny for this build off. But I'm concerned I've bitten off more than I can chew. With 2 off road builds already, work and house projects these next few months will be pretty full. I've also got a Muscle project in the works for this build off. My original skinny build...