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We pedaled like heck on an evening ride a few years ago to see how high we could get this thing. The ones that look like they say "9" are actually "19," but because of the weirdness of LED phasing vs. video FPS they didn't catch the first digit. We had a pretty mixed bag that evening...

For me, a bike from a different era is like a time machine back to that era. I am a big fan of '60s (and '70s and '80s) Americana. If you jump on a '60s middleweight, or a '70s banana seat bike, or an '80s BMX machine, you're experiencing the bicycle in a way that most people don't anymore, and...

Back story: I have a great LBS. The back room is a bicycle boneyard with lots of old stuff to pick over, and the owner is usually willing to chat about bikes and local history. I've found a number of parts, frames, and even whole bikes there that made great projects, so the guy knows me when I...

Took my recently acquired 1960 Schwinn Corvette for a spin yesterday. All I have done to this bike so far is replace the front wheel with one I had already, new tubes and tires, replace a couple of missing seat pan nuts, and adjust the shift mechanism. Once we get some nice spring weather, I...

That's the bare pan. It was marginally better with the upholstery on it. They are very cool looking and make for good customs, but as far as riding them, they have all the rigidity of uncooked spaghetti. I've been lucky with my two, but I have heard that the common failure mode is for the...

oops. gotcha. that's actually a Schwinn Deliveri. Got it as a frame/fork from ind-chuckz here on RRB. I painted over the name and made up the Tornado BX graphics because I thought Deliveri was a dumb name for a bike if it wasn't being used as a delivery bike. :rofl: here's how it got to its...

Picked this up at a local antique mall after a friend tipped me off. The one trouble spot is the front wheel. It's like that one spot sat underwater for years. It's actually much less rough than the '59 I found last year and I think it will probably clean up better.

I have a great time at this every year. Didn't get too many pics this time, but you all get the idea. My ride was a Murray Strato Flite that happened to be my last build-off bike. The Honeymooner is a perennial favorite. These folks carry a huge karaoke speaker blasting Christmas music in...

Totally missed this build-off, life has been busy the last several months and I have been pretty much absent from RRB. I have been kicking around ideas for reimagining both of these, and hopefully I will get one in the next time there's a build-off with a Klunker/Grown-up BMX theme.

I guess I kinda ran out of time to do a proper photo shoot for this one. Down to the last day, and it's a rainy cruddy day and we have plans to go to a cookout, so all I can do is rip off a few shots against the garage door and the neighbor's brick wall. Oh well, the bike will have to stand on...

I'd like to, but I can't promise anything. It's a busy school year for me

This show is the only place I've ever seen one. It's been here almost every year that I've attended. The Brasilias were a new one for me. A friend was telling me that it's a big deal to see one at all. Two at one show is huge.

Well, since you asked... :grin:

Some pics from the annual Simple Transport aircooled VW and bicycle show today in Hagerstown, MD There's always a pretty good BMX turnout, since the show is held at and benefits Hagerstown BMX. There were two amazing customs in particular. One was this Rollfast + sidecar that was fabricated...

But anyway, back to the task at hand. Today was Simple Transport, a local aircooled VW and bicycle show that I attend every year. I entered the StratoFIite.

I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that this all got the wheels turning for next year's Build-Off. Bought this at a yard sale in 2014, according to the date on the photos: By random coincidence, I found a much older Murray tank and rack that are painted the same color as this bike...

That's what I needed to hear. Thanks!

Ok so here's the thing... I have a vision in my head of how I want this taillight treatment to work. So I'm trying stuff, buying little random bits from the hardware store, ordering stuff online, digging through stuff in the garage, and I got to this point: And I'm not sure I'm sold on it. I...

For what it's worth, the 26 x 1.75 tires seem to leave a ton of daylight in the fenders, but we tried a set of 2.125 whitewalls I had around and they barely cleared the fork and do NOT play nice with the fender braces. That's why I assumed this is considered a middleweight.

Buddy of mine just picked this up. He's into German cars, so once he found out this was a German brand, he was right on it. We are looking for information and history on old Rixe bikes, but are not having much luck. Besides a one-paragraph Wikipedia entry that talks about Rixe motorcycles...