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I find I love rear baskets but prefer a rack on front

Got cut open yesterday so no building or riding again til march 18th. Was hoping to get a singletrack ride in before surgery but we had rain the week leading up. Hopefully order pedals and atleast get those bolted on and some better photos 😂 I’ll be living vicariously thru the rest of you for now

Be careful with those forks, I built a klunker out of a 53 scwhinn women’s bike (we added a top tube tho) in the same color for my son. These bent fairly easily and he’s 140lbs.

See if it posts in the correct thread this time 😂 morning test ride in the snow Tires are obnoxious on pavement but worked well in the couple inches of snow trying to capture a bit of the two tone. Forecast is 40s this week and some rain so may get it into some mild singletrack Gearing is...

I always build what I want to ride, I do the build offs because it’s fun to build alongside others. Turns out the paint might have been a bit soft when I clamped it. Used a simple orange hand wipe and got it off without killing paint. Sadly can’t buy a new single speed chain anywhere in this...

Yeah I’ve seen plenty of era appropriate klunkers using a cruiser seat. The modern mountain bike seat and straight bmx forks is evolution. The lower and wider moto bars were awesome for better control for sure. I come from a bmx background so a small seat isn’t the end of the world I just know...

I tryed a springer on a klunker but it was off a middleweight so the larger 26x2.10 tires made contact with the fork before the spring bottomed out. An emergency brake you don’t know you have 😂

I enjoy the input from everyone, I don’t need the huge seat but do need the rise of the bars. I commute to work on these things for fun/excersize so they just get adjusted to how I’m comfortable. It may end up with a bmx seat before the end.

Found a seat! Been slacking while waiting for a chain to come in

Yeah I almost went with this style moto bar again, but they aren’t real rideable for me. I understand there’s a show portion of this but the metal in my spine wants me sitting upright and I hate buying things that don’t get used. Building this GT is my biggest regret so far and the plan is...

I really like rear racks/baskets

It’s either an 8 or a 3. Didn’t want to lose matti’s vote already so trying a more appropriate black seat and grips. Almost robbed this seat but it’s just as big as the white one 😂I’m clearly a fan of big seats thought

H53312 on the left rear dropout. Some digit in front of the H but can’t make it out anymore

Haven’t looked but this is what was salvageable when I got it in a pile of bikes this summer. Trying out the wheels and tires. Might swap to the slightly less aggressive tires off my GT. Just for chuckles I grabbed the red tires. That’s a hard nope but it is kind of funny seeing wheels worth...

I’m apparently out of black seats that don’t make my ... hurt. This white loses me some cool points I’m sure but I’m trying it first along with the white grips.

Thanks to a nice guy on the forum I have a seat post. Also this is the current crank/sprocket set. Getting closer to ready to ride.

Follow along for more cleaning and boring decisions. Sadly the chrome is shot. These are my 3 favorites out of the 25 or so I have. I very briefly considered this monster from monark. It’s aluminum so it has to be light 😂the 39T didn’t really make me happy, doesn’t look right. This 46-48 I’m...

This things turning out way nicer then I expected already. I have a few parts stashed for the big summer build but I’m tempted to use them here 😂 it’s a shame this is going to get ridden in snow and mud. Last round of cleaning hardware was the reason I went downstairs but I couldn’t help myself...

Had to get it in the stand and look at the fork tonight. Think I might like the silver metal flake.then trying to capture a photo that shows the blend of both shades of blue.

I love the triple triangle frames! Kind of miss my steel one even if the one I have now is better in every other way.