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Recent find, in as-found condition: This one came with it. I may try and use some odds and ends off it. Definitely sticking with the frame, tank, and rack/crash bars. (Edit: Yes, the rack-on-a-rack has to go. I may go pick that off right now as it sits in the garage lol.)...

My 1965 Murray Strato Flite has the same frame, guard, rear rack, sprocket, and fenders

Augh. I did it again. I know you all have done it. Bought a bike with the sole intention of using it for parts and then got it home and had second thoughts about cutting it up. This was my FB Marketplace find for today. I mean, look at this. It's butt ugly. But it looks barely used and it...

Picked up this Huffy off FB Marketplace. Its fate is as yet undetermined. And although it caused me great pain, I passed on these two at a local flea market this morning. Guy would have taken $100 each. I have been trying not to buy bikes that I know I won't ride. I already own something with...

Spent 10 minutes fixing the backwards seatpost and sticking on this wheelset I had here (Specialized hoops and Phil Wood hubs) and now it looks like a candidate for a good cleaning/refreshing...

It's a P.K. Ripper. Look close at the down tube just behind the kid's right foot (Pony sneakers, remember them?). The light blue letters are the P.K. Not my pic, but like this: His buddies all had cool bikes. I remember the Ripper, a Redline, a couple Mongooses (Mongeese?), Hutch, others. I...

Oooooh, that stem! And the Bear Trap pedals! And that rear wheel is apparently the Pro Class wheel that Chuy mentioned above. Apparently, though, this one also is missing the original front wheel. From the eleven minutes of Google research I did on this earlier today, it looks like that one is...

I see Redstone red mags, a red Sugino or similar chainring/spider, and red pedals (Sugino? SR?). Is that a Predator by any chance? Flashbacks to my brother's '83(ish) that he built all up with paper route money... This pic was after he put the blue Z-Rims on it, but I remember it had red mags...

What was the pro class wheelset? I just noticed now that the rear hoop is Araya, which is a nice surprise. If it still had the matching front, I'd be thrilled.

Well this was unexpected. I responded to this ad thinking it was a Wal-goose. My intention was to rob the rear wheel to use on the Beachcomber, which has been sidelined due to an unfortunate hub shell implosion. But upon closer inspection, this is a pretty interesting specimen of early...

So this was an interesting find. I thought it was a Wal-goose but apparently not. Kinda makes me feel bad to blow it apart for parts, which was my original intention...

Life got busy so I'm sitting out this build-off, but I figured I'd check in. This build is FANTASTIC. I love the patina/barn find look. That's what I did for my Coppertone Fastback in a recent MBBO.

I can see this book was discussed here on RRB maybe 10 years ago, but I had never seen it before. Just snagged one at my local Ollie’s Outlet for 5 clams. If you have an Ollie’s near you, hit them up.

Scored this Snap-On tool chest at a yard sale for 25 bucks. No keys. I took the lock apart when I got it home; you can see the lock bars in the top of the box and the lock cylinder in that little Ziploc bag. There's a good locksmith in town; I'm going to try to get a key made. From the...

Anybody besides me have the thought that to the causal observer, this year's Class 1 winner looks like it could be a Class 2 bike while the Class 2 winner looks like it could be a Class 1 bike? There's a profound point there about good aesthetics transcending rules and limitations, but I can't...

I was eager to see it too

yep. that's why I haven't been back on one. I've decided its safer for me to be a spectator :bigsmile:

When I started here on RRB, I was all about the muscle bikes. In the intervening years, though, my focus has shifted to cruisers and middleweights. I may build up the enthusiasm to get this whacked together for the MBBO; it's been a collection of parts in the dungeon for a couple years now. I...

Right? And the frame/tank/guard design on the Evans... wow.

just stumbled on this thread and found this post; thank you very much :cool: no joke. I need to remember this in future builds.