Recent content by antipodean

Thanks for that. It seems that the hub is a regular rear derailleur hub with this thing where the sprocket would otherwise be

Hey Guys, A few years back when I started building my main ride, I realised that my red rims wouldn't last red for too long, because I fitted the bike with derailleur gears and rim brakes. However the cost of adding disk brakes was prohibitive at the time, so I decided that I would just repaint...

Nice build!! I particularly like the colours, Gives it a different feel. Have you finished? By the way did you check out the last kick bike I did? http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=42093

Oops, I said the forks were three feet long. I meant to say two feet. The two pieces of yellow pipe were cut to 14 inches and then hammered in at either end to a depth of an inch, making them 27 inches from the axle to the bottom of the head tube (roughly 2 feet).

Here she is!! 24 inch wheels, 3 foot long forks. Total cost $6 (for some new bearings) Built over a weekend. I don't have a name yet. any suggestions for a name are welcome. I have a thing about chrome spoke protectors. The kick stand is from a 26 inch bike. It appears the tyres were once...

I got some grip tape the other day for a few bucks, draw some flames on it with an artline pen... .. cut out the flames, and stuck them onto the deck. I'm pretty happy with the results. Thanks for the suggestion.

Good point Dan Last night I did a paper mock up, Orange flames, leaving most of the board with visible woodgrain. The local skate shop sells a neon orange grip tape by the inch, I'll do the outline with an artline pen, and cut the outline with scissors. I'll mull over it for a few more days...

My girlfriend Kate asked me to make a bespoke kick bike for her. Here it is introducing "Johnny Rockets" Features include (from front to back] Whitewall Tyres red rims/black frame Oversized Forks 45 degree rake forks mini ape hangers Foam grips timber deck foot brake mini kick stand...

G'day from Melbourne as well.

On second thoughts, given the width of your tyre, put the front cranks in the normal way round, and run both chains done the same side. That way the jack shaft moves the chain further to one side.

Hey Chainsaw, Sorry to hear about your health. I must admit that I have been at an advantage given that it is summer here at the moment, albeit it a cold, wet and windy one. I did notice your autorama bike elsewhere on this site, and took a squiz at fbn. All good stuff. Sinner4, Looking...

Hey Outlaw, yeah it's gone pretty quite in here. I was expecting a bit of activity at the end of the Jan, but it seems not. It's been 5 months since the thread started, so with the exception of latecomers I think if people were gunna build they would have built by now. Nice looking bike...

OK. I'm finished (more or less). Introducing the bag lady.

Hey all, I'm still beavering away on the bag lady. The frame is finished, and all the parts are acquired. I ended putting 12" ape hangers and taperred forks on her. I'll throw a coat of paint on it tonight between work and other stuff. Still a few weeks away but aiming for end of Jan. I'll see...

So the beginning of Feb sounds good to me, but then so does March. I expect the bag lady to be built by the end of Jan.