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Re: Hot Rod 'Liner More Pics 28Jul11

Very inspirational!! I've been thinking about building a fixie (or a coastie :wink: ) with deep V's for flying around town, but I'm in love with the lines of vintage cruisers. Your bike is the perfect answer!! And, it's very shiny! Great build!!
 
Re: Hot Rod 'Liner More Pics 28Jul11

You had me at the 3 piece crank. Most would have left it as is in your before pic. Looks fast and light. Nice build great bike and different from the others.
 
Re: Hot Rod 'Liner Fri29th 'Liner Ride

Hey,

Thanks so much for your compliments.
I am seeing different things in the bike after hearing your responses. :D

Went for a ~21 miler tonight
88F, Low wind, dewpoint, and humidity, perfect.

Went straight over to the lake chain to get the sunshine.
Hilly all the way over
Played tag with a woman roadie between stoplights, fun

I stopped by the rose garden.
Found this sun dial that said "Only count the sunny days". :D

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Headed down to Lake Harriet beach. Tough to get a shot but easy to cool off in.

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Went around Harriet and stopped by the Bandshell
The low wind helped me but not the sail boats

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At the bandshell, they were setting up for a free concert
Had some nice jazz going

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Headed north to Thomas Beach on Lake Calhoun.
They have great map kiosks for bikes
Downtown Mpls in the background

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Went around Calhoun and ended at the Tin Cup
Everybody was having fun and lots of bikes in the racks

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Went North to my old running spot, Lake of the Isles
Kids were jumping off this bridge and they asked me if I was going to jump
I tried to say politely "Not Today" :lol:

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Finished Lkae of the Isles and headed Uptown
The library has some cool metallic art

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So my bike fell while trying to balance it :lol:
The seat moved a bit
So I headed to the free bike repair place, awesome
That is the Greenway below


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Time to get home so hit the Greenway and could keep a steady pace
No Handed Action Shot :lol:


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Stopped for the last light left on the Sabo bike bridge


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I'm tired but I'm happy that the bike is solid.
I'll response to your comments after some sleep :lol:

Thanks for Looking.
 
Re: Hot Rod 'Liner Fri29th 'Liner Ride pics

Im lovin those pictures, all of them.

i have a set of those super deep V's on my roadbike, they look great.

super cool, super ridable.
 
Re: Hot Rod 'Liner Sat30th Morning Mural pics

Hey,

Thanks again for the posts.
I'll respond after a nice nap :lol:

I had to do my last pics this morning.
Needed the light to be right.


I really like this mural on the Angry Catfish LBS
The lake chain on the left was Friday's ride


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Does anybody remember Pogo? Or pay phones? :lol:


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The Hub bike Co-op put this up recently. Very Cool.
I guess it's a tribute to Co-ops of the past.

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Minnehaha Falls didn't have too much light but the clouds started rolling in
Carrying HRLiner up all the stairs was tough


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Found some Cows. They seemed disinterested in my bike.


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Okay, I'm done with riding before the deadline.

Thanks for looking.
 
Re: Hot Rod 'Liner Sat30th Morning Mural pics

Hey S,

I love how the bike came together!

You really took it out for a tour of the town, too.

I love the "Bike Baywatch" photo. It's goin' on Coasties.


-Johnny
Coasties wheels
 
Re: Hot Rod 'Liner Sat30th Morning Mural pics

Mmmmm...I'm lovin' this. Just awesome. Verrrry sleek and clean!
Your restraint and good taste are to be applauded - REALLY well done! 8)
 
Re: Hot Rod 'Liner Sat30th Morning Mural pics

I love what you did with this bike. I want to get a deep v set of wheels like that sometime. I want to paint them white so it would look like a fat whitewall from a profile view.
 
Re: Hot Rod 'Liner Sat30th Morning Mural pics

Hey Everybody,

I'm overwhelmed by all your responses.
Thank you so much for all your compliments and comments.
What a great competition to be in!

I have to post one more of Lake Calhoun with Downtown Mpls in the background.


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Thanks for looking
 
tvc15 said:
from one "liner" builder to another... great work, just so clean and stylish... I love it!
Mike

+1 Super Clean! Super Sweet & an awesome collection of parts! Go Liners! Amazing how different these frames look with different parts on them! These frames are one of the best looking styles in my opinion. ( I am a little biased though) Great job Steve! :mrgreen: 8) 8) 8)
 
Hey,

I gotta say the quality and creativity of everybody's build is really high!
What a great competition!

Thanks for all your positive comments. :D
I was planning on commenting on everyone's post but I'm overwhelmed at the task.
So I just gonna say that I think we have a great group of people on the site and I really appreciate it.

I forgot how many Spaceliners were being built and I'm blown away! 8)
Great to see so many different ways of doing them.
I see others agree
I can't wait to see new ones :D
Go 'Liners!!

Thanks for putting up with my lengthy posts but I just a bit proud of my city :lol:
I didn't put as much work as a lot of other people but
part of the reason is only 3 months of summer up here.
It's now 2/3 over, so I wanted to get as much riding in as possible :D

I saw a few people in the "discussion" thread mention that there is so many cool bikes we need many more ballots :lol:
I totally agree.
I'm wondering of someone is going to put up some non-trophy/unoffical votes for honorable mentions like
Best Pinstriping
Most Creative Suspension
Best Stance
Coolest Tire/Wheel combo
Best Details
Most work
etc, etc, etc
I think they may all have to be at least ten each :lol:
Maybe I'll post this in the discussion page but I feel little too new to take the initiative

One more pic (for now)

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Thanks for looking
 

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