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Wow, my town is stuffed! Giant earthquake two days ago has made a mess of Christchurch, 75 confirmed dead so far but hundreds still missing. Stupid thing is this was only an aftershock! We had what we thought was the big one on September 4th last year which measured 7.1 on the richter scale...

My hotrod interpretation of a Penny-Farthing or HiWheel: The specs: Forks and 36inch front wheel from a donor UDC unicycle (thanks to Unicycles.co.nz). 16inch rear wheel and Raleigh Chopper tyre (thanks to Andrew at Edgeware Mowers and Chainsaws) Custom frame in mild steel tube. Brooks saddle...

Yup, I'm an idiot. D: "Ratrod Ratrod can we have an open buildoff? Please please please!" Ratrod: "Okay. Go." D: "Oh crap, not quite ready yet..." So yeah, here I am with two (?) weeks to go. If I had any sense I would've just continued with this... But I've already shown you Guys pics of it...

So I've put the chopper on hold until inspiration hits afresh. Spotted some white tyres in an LBS (rare in NZ) and decided to build a cruiser around them. Whipped up this frame over the weekend using a heap of design cues from My Girl's bike (viewtopic.php?f=21&t=11959): I really need...

Was gonna call it quits after finishing my Girl's cruiser (viewtopic.php?f=21&t=11959#p119528) but had a heap of ideas floating around the melon so have started this thing: Frame is of hand-bent 38mm tubing, top tube drilled-and-filled - may do the whole frame like this if I can work up...

I have an idea but it may be a silly one so go easy on me here: Is there any reason why you couldn't take a coaster brake hub (also called back-pedal brakes here in New Zealand), make a lever arrangement to replace the sprocket, and run it as a front brake, perhaps with a cool rod-style linkage...

One of my favourite sites - Dafont.com. Real handy for making up pro looking lettering and stickers for your ride, and easy even for technological illiterates like me. All the fonts are free to download, then simply play around in a word-processor or paint program, and print to a clear adhesive...

Just wondering if you Guys know about the Winmiter program? Invaluable for frame building if like me you're too poor for real tube notching equipment. If you haven't come across it, google Winmiter and download it free. Punch in your tube diameters and intersect angle and it'll give you a...

Started this thing a couple of weeks ago as a surprise christmas present for my Girl. Would've just brought something but despite the huge number of bike shops in my town, the only people they're interested in taking money off is spandex- wearing, shaved-leg, psuedo-racer types - couldn't find a...

Am stoked to have found this site and some like-minded cats! Here's a couple pics of my chopper I built a few years ago. Not in the same league as others here but was my first ever attempt. Frame (except rear stays), forks, jockey-shifter, and saddle all made from scratch. Sadly sold it a couple...