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Took another shorter, scenic ride around the neighborhood today. Almost didn't get out and ride this morning due to how much warmer it felt around 6am when I walked the dogs, but I'm glad I did. It's much more pleasant out on the park trails, in more ways than one. Unfortunately, my GoPro...

I think #4 is your winner. Solid color contrast really helps put as much focus on the bike as possible. Really nice shot too.

I love me a good klunker build! Looking forward to seeing yours come together! I'm learning quite a bit about brake setups on this thread. I'll have to keep all of this in mind on my next klunker builds...

Haha, thanks! I hadn't had a chance to watch the later seasons until Discovery recently decided to move my Motortrend+ subscription to Discovery+. I had only seen the first 2 seasons of the new show on ABC when they were on the air, and whatever episodes of the show I caught on my grandparents'...

Will do, Kingfish! Thanks!

Question is how would you load it into an oven? 🤣 The racks Dad has have casters on them, so it's easy to roll in and out of the booth and oven. He's been using them for well over 10 years now, and they do the job just fine for him. That said, I'm always down to try something new, especially...

Well, it'll be a while before I can get back to work on Schwindecisive, as I'm over 4 hours away from home, and I won't be getting back until later this Saturday. So, what am I supposed to do when I'm down in Texas looking after my brother's and sister-in-law's dogs and home for a week? Simple...

I'll have to remember this technique when I start painting my bikes. I've just been using my dad's powder coating racks by hanging parts off of that to paint.

Took a shorter ride this morning. In fact, I spent more than half my time outside sitting in one of the public lawn chairs enjoying a nice morning breeze, soaking in the sights and sounds of nature, and the occasional plane taking off from DFW. Still, I got more than 5 miles in today, and that's...

I agree, the 8 Ball looks better for this build.

Got my first real ride in today down in Arlington, Texas. I nearly went 12 miles today on old Shoestring. I probably should've started off going only half as far, as I hadn't ridden in a while, and especially not this far in a long while, but the weather was nice out this morning and I wanted to...

I think you picked the right name for this bike. This thing started out looking... not very good, and now it's shaping up to be one high-class carbon fiber and chrome bike! Literal rags to riches!

Safely made it down to Arlington, Texas today with my favorite bike, Shoestring. I swapped out the seat for better riding comfort, because I plan to put some miles on this bike over the next week! I took it out for a little test run this evening to try out the different seat, and the temperature...

Man, that sucks. At least nothing was stolen, right?

Well, Dad and I tried to fix the bandsaw real quick, but the blade still came off the wheels again in just a second. So, I'm calling it a day and heading home. Might as well start prepping for Texas...

I swear, sometimes these bikes just don't want to be built, and they will do anything and everything to keep you from putting them together like you want. I had just pulled a bunch of wood, metal and even plexiglass out of storage and brought it over to Dad's shop yesterday, and today I was all...

Sad but true.

I don't have a lot of experience drilling into metal, so this is all good info that would've nice to know a little earlier. 😅 I pretty much did everything I wasn't supposed to do when I drilled into this fork! I'll have to remember all of this the next time I drill into metal, Thanks.

I pulled a bunch of wood and a few other materials out of storage for tanks and took them over to Dad's shop this afternoon. I'll try to get pictures of everything tomorrow. Unfortunately, it was so hot out that I began sweating up a storm in only a few minutes. I was also guzzling water bottles...

I know what you mean about keeping bike parts in 2 different locations. I've got my main workspace at home, but most of my parts are stored over 30 miles away! On top of that, if I need to use my dad's sandblaster, bandsaw, beltsander or vice, I also need to drive about the same distance from...