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I knew I should have gotten off my butt months ago and looked to see if the Northampton rides still happened, lol

Yup! Komet Supers front and rear. I forget where I got the inspiration from, it was somebody here a number of years ago. In its current iteration, the front brake is mostly cosmetic, honestly. I mean it physically functions but the linkage/mounting hardware probably aren't strong enough to...

Front brake 😁

It was dicey for a bit there 😬 Thanks!

How old am I? That depends on what position I tried to sleep in last night! I'm 37 on paper.

This shot makes me want to ride down the road and pose my bike in front of the corn. Just something about a corn field and old bikes, you know?

Gonna give this a bump because I've been gone for a while... Uh, hi again! A couple things have changed but I'm still Kyle and I still love bikes of all types. A few recent additions to my herd have me getting creative with storage, which inevitably led to me changing up some things on my first...

It was a really fun project! I've got pics somewhere of each step of the machining process. One minor problem is that I didn't take into account the proximity to the rear tire...it doesn't rub but it's close! Close enough that I have to squeeze every bit of air out of the tire to be able to...

Updates! The Church Rat has changed a little over the last few years, most notably the fork. I picked this up from Amazon and, after machining the dropouts to accommodate the hub, I started machining new front brake and headlight mount parts from brass. Next I added a brass panel and number...

Here's my '76 (maybe '79? I forget) Raleigh Record. I picked it up about a year ago from C'List for $40 and started cleaning and rebuilding it. It had these narrow flat bars installed when I bought it and I rather like them, so they received new grips and brake levers. I had originally planned...

Aaand I can't make it :( Have fun y'all! Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk

Man, I'm really glad I happened to check in here, haha. I hadn't been getting any notifications from the thread so I was still planning on showing up on the 20th, hah! I think June 3rd works for me. It gives me more time to figure out how exactly I'm going to transport my bike, 2 weekends ago I...

I'm not getting my hopes up, but there's a chance I could make this ride...at least the Saturday night portion of it. Fingers crossed! Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk

This is wild. I love it! Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk

Glad to hear you didn't get too banged up in the crash! Here's what may be a stupid question: was the wheel appropriately laced for disc brakes? I forget the terminology/names of spoke patterns, but I know that traditional lace patterns can come apart if used on disc brake wheels. Sent from...

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about, but I'll review that thread to find out. No welding here.

Just because I'm proud of my creation, I'll post a shot of mine. Similar setup to the bike Falstaff posted. Komet Super hub, couple of coaster brake arm clamps, generic extension spring, a big steel hook, ball peen hammer, electrical conduit.

This is wild! Great work!

I just can't seem to leave it alone... Nothing too special...made a paper template, transferred it to masonite, cut and sanded, drilled some holes, freehanded the lettering with a Sharpie (both sides) then rubbed with used motor oil.