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  1. Uncle Ookie

    Next Build off… For Sure!….

    Might’ve overcooked the number of project bikes at work… way too much… slightly embarassing…. So? i skimmed the cream …. Got down to the Daisy Daisy Tandem …and a fat tire/ Tannus diagnostic… y’know…. to keep it minimalistic…. . That’s a kind of minimalism…hey!! ! Two years ago?…. I ditched...
  2. Uncle Ookie

    “Forget about all that stuff!!… Here comes Mongo!!!”

    Thanks for that M Thanks for that M It’s my second bike with these new-fangled “free-hubs”… no brake arm or anything! I am biking on cutting edge tour de Frankie stuff here So this is road biking… Next? maybe get those curly-q bars what be like a porkers tail?
  3. Uncle Ookie

    “Forget about all that stuff!!… Here comes Mongo!!!”

    “… Mongo’s more of a thing…” I think it likes me…. Finally… My first “road bike”
  4. Uncle Ookie

    “Forget about all that stuff!!… Here comes Mongo!!!”

    Our shop? That BlazingSaddles bit?… This is what is unconsciously said when a “big box” Mongo comes in… But this one?!? #omg $25 of our National MonopolyMoney…. slapped down faster than it could be printed. They balked at: A flat fix and an R shifter flush I had in on the road home in 8...
  5. Uncle Ookie

    Tips n Trix

    Is it just me or are those keyed washers on the ol’ ashtabula 1-piece always busted? Thought of opposing a couple of the fasteners.. left the denuded ring in place
  6. Uncle Ookie

    Let’s Catch Up w/General Klunker!!!

    “My” Murray Elmiminator!
  7. Uncle Ookie

    Let’s Catch Up w/General Klunker!!!

    Everybody wants to copy the Rat Rides!…. General Klunker vs “modern” Retrospec “Sully”…. (Because it will wind up being rescued from the Hudson?) … and the toughest to see….
  8. Uncle Ookie

    Let’s Catch Up w/General Klunker!!!

    My best run was 14 critical Masses in a row… Yes
  9. Uncle Ookie

    Let’s Catch Up w/General Klunker!!!

    If only for @OddJob ‘s penchant for historical notes…. And?.. as no one like the usually astute @MattiThundrrr asked…. well…. The “General Chromius J. Pintle-Klunker Rampage” historical back story is…. Some charity place that mainly saves Costco Returns and Wal Mart bikes (but claims to...
  10. Uncle Ookie

    Let’s Catch Up w/General Klunker!!!

    Well… While, granted, excepting municipal concern for the condition of our local streets, this article isn't on historic terrain for klunkerism However? … G’wan… Get yer fancy prize-winning machine Carl….Or try this at home…. Mere mortal ORBO enthusiasts. ORBO functionality/usability index...
  11. Uncle Ookie

    ... From My Front Door

    Thank you. Thank you. Friend?…. You’ve no idea
  12. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    Yay!…whaaaaa?!? …I got votes!!! stacked and racked. ♥️ Thanks to all. Builders . moderators. Members… et al…. And Most of all: General Reverend Chromious J. Klunker! really appreciated being a part ✌🏼❤️🦿🥃☮️😎
  13. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    All this tension has a dang kink in my neck!… i mean sheesh… @MattiThundrrr infusing winter wonderland images calmed me down but this 70 degree in Chicago and now it snows…. Overthinking it… i should-a studied my wordings… always with the books…. oy wit my Dang-ol night-time photos, reading...
  14. Uncle Ookie

    ... From My Front Door

    Very nice. My idea of paradise. i spent a lot of time in the Tiaga… Thete is nothing like it. Seeking places of certain calm and serenity? Tiaga!! Wonderful. lucky luck lucky Thanks for sharing this. ✌🏼
  15. Uncle Ookie

    General Klunker: 1950’s Schwinn Straight Bar

    Thank you very much… the choice of “red” was the historical nod to the subtle flecks of OG Arnold-Schwinn red primer…. seen more and more, emerging from that black paint. When i found the frame it had been tossed into scrap 2-3 times… once o spied the AS binder bolt i knew it was something...
  16. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    final build night…. -Went w/F/R red brake compression-less housing -added beefy Avid brakes -added “Specialized” cable guides on the straight bar for R brakes -nipped w/boltcutters, my “1917” 1/4 inch eyebolt excess… my bodge that improv’d the R brake … filed it nice w a file -trimmed...
  17. Uncle Ookie

    1950’s A/Schwinn Straightbar Klunker

    I held out for Red brake housings… compressionless kevlar to try to fix the woeful old school bmx levers advance to the avid brakes from the Roadmaster that carried this bike in pieces to the shop The bike goes like stink so much fun it’s a bike ya get excited about riding
  18. Uncle Ookie

    General Klunker: 1950’s Schwinn Straight Bar

    Hi hope i posted in “finished 2022” some let me know if i noobed it My own rules were - it had to be functional -had to have harmonious old and new elements at the last hour the Roadmaster gave up a heart donation w/the Avid brakes… i was rooting for thr “Predator” brake system but the levers...
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