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Wow! That extra 45 days were well spent!

All done! And only 45 days late for the RBBO deadline!

I'll be building my Aunt Suzanne's Murray-built Western Flyer Sonic Flyer for the Step-Thru Build Off. I've had it sitting on this...

The first coat of copper paint is on. I want it to look like it's made of copper tubing.

When I think Steampunk.. I picture wheels, gears and chains, but also gauges. You know, to measure the steam pressure. Maybe a brass...

The coaster hub came with an 18 tooth cog. With the 52 chain wheel (26 by skiptooth) the gear index was 80, way too high. I went online...

Big change up, but using the same frame. The wheels got snagged by my other build and I had planned on returning this to the original...

The other bike stole back the cog and the seat! Now it has a 19 tooth cog and a mattress saddle that is still in shipping. The gear...

This is probably the biggest scrape. Never going to match a paint with this much flop so we’re going for gold.

Ratrods are Relative. Ive been out of the game for a while due to limited garage space and time but happened upon this frameset over...

"So if the bike was built as a deluxe, stik, would it still say "Stik Shift" on the chain guard, or would it say "Deluxe?"" I couldn't...

Still looking for sheet metal for filling in the frame. I'm trying to not have any money in this build, other than a couple cans of...

Take a couple strips of wood on each side, thin engough so you don't overbend and lay the rim on, and another piece of wood cross ways...

I was way to worried about what color primer I used, this pink doesn’t give a .... what’s under it 😂 lots of sanding to do before paint...

This is a good look… You saw the wing I bought a few pages back. So I came up with a plan. I fabricated some upright mounts using...