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  1. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    2024 MBBO & STBO - Are you in?

    I like that idea. In fact, I just grabbed another skirt and chain guard set from the bay. Not the easiest thing to acquire, though I have picked up two sets in a few months. Seller took my offer which was pretty fair. The chain guard is almost worn through from the crank, but I have another...
  2. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    2024 MBBO & STBO - Are you in?

    Ok then. Muscle Bike build or Step through? 🤔
  3. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    How do you name your build?

    I usually struggle with naming my bikes for the build off purposes. A hard part of the build actually. You want to name it something that is relevant to your build, but it can easily lose its relevancy as the build progresses and ideas change. My last build, was named to coordinate with a WW2...
  4. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    Hello all

    Welcome!
  5. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    ** The next build off 2024 **

    My frame is a little different, being it has the extra brace on the down tube. More like the bike Pondo posted. And I didn’t find any id #’s. Looks like it had a badge fastened to the bottom of the bb
  6. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    ** The next build off 2024 **

    This looks very similar to my Firestone frame. Do you know what the brand is?
  7. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    ** The next build off 2024 **

    I think I will attack the step through first if I can get the donor Electra bike. Could be a quick build minus pairing. The muscle bike would take more of my time. I would hate to have it DNF twice!😂
  8. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    ** The next build off 2024 **

    I look forward to building both. I paid $65 for the CWC. I found a guy locally that is on FB RRB, but not sure if he is on the site. A builder as well. The CWC is screaming Klunker to me but I may go another way. I am finding the FB marketplace to be a goldmine. ✌🏻 I discovered the CWC and...
  9. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    ** The next build off 2024 **

    The tank got me. I bundled it with a CWC I picked up over the weekend. The CWC may be fodder for the next big guild off.
  10. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    ** The next build off 2024 **

    Thinking maybe a step through build. 1950’s Monark Firestone Cruiser 🤔 My recent $20 pick up
  11. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    Had a little run-in the other day

    Glad you are ok. Glad you wear a seatbelt 💪🏻
  12. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    Had a little run-in the other day

    Glad you are ok. Glad you wear a seatbelt 💪🏻
  13. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    What are you listening to?

    At Red Rocks Amphitheater for Spoon and Revivalists
  14. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    TRADITIONAL THUNDERBOLT

    I was only able to find an “H” with no other marks that look like stamping on the bb. There is an “8” on the left dropout.
  15. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    ** The next build off 2024 **

    I’ll need Doom Slug to allow you some room for it. 😃 Love that bike!
  16. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    ** The next build off 2024 **

    This is how far I made it last year in the mbbo. If I’m unable to disassemble and then complete the build, I may want it moved to just a build journal if possible. It needs tons of work and sits in this state. Needs a new hub set up and some mild additions and changes
  17. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    All Forked Up

    Just another thought if you haven’t chased threads before. Use some tapping fluid. There are some alternatives to going and buying the fluid. Make sure you cut about a 1 turn worth of threads and back it off a bit to break the thread. Then repeat. Keeps the die from binding and will guarantee...
  18. Shrunken_Head_Pedaler

    ** The next build off 2024 **

    What is the criteria for using a DNF build? Does it have to be completely different from the original build off version? Or, does it just need to be completely tore down to be rebuilt?
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