Recent content by jsd

Oh there's rust. The pic is deceiving. Not real bad but there's definitely some rust. I actually stumbled upon one a couple minutes from my house over the summer and it was super clean but they guy wanted $250 for it and wouldn't budge.

I've been looking for one of these for awhile so I can actually start my bike build. My girlfriend and her son thought I was dumb until roughly 8 people stopped me on the way to the car to tell me the bike was awesome and asking how much I got it for...I was proud to reply... $55.00!

Wow! Yeah, you're a little more advanced than me. hahaha Looks like its coming along great!

Just never really cared for that style. Momence? Really? Grew up in Bourbonnais.

I'm looking for some reviews. I don't know how I missed this bike but aside from the handle bars and the hefty price tag its exactly what I'm looking to build. By the time I buy everything I need to build one its not much more to just buy this one.

SEE I knew it was an obvious answer! -stupid newb

I know, I know...probably common sense... I've been talking to a couple members about switching from 26" tires to 24x3. Does this change the overall height of the bike enough to really make a difference when you're 6' 1"? I've found the bike I want to base my build on but the more I look at the...

Thanks for all the input! @Markm...that bike and the Widowmaker are the two I've been looking at as inspiration. @mikesbikes36...I'm down by St. Louis. I wish I had known about the meet early I would have totally gone!

Thanks for the info. The last thing I wanted was to buy a cheap frame and not be able to add the things I wanted to it.

I've been looking through numerous threads trying to find some basic questions before I jump into this for the first time. I want to keep things fairly cheap for my first bike but I would like to get new forks and a set of 3" tires. Question 1: Will Chopper Bike forks fit on any frame? Say I...