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Round 1 of all the sanding is done. Look how beat up the Solid Stack was! I was lucky to find one, so had to take what I could get. It’s testing the limits of my bodywork skills!

Just ran this by my client. He loves it. He wanted to possibly use the name of his race car that has orange in it. The car is called Savage. So… “Savage B.O.B.” He loved that! So we have a winner! Thanks for the name!

I’ve never seen or heard of such a thing, but maybe you have? What I want to do a take a BMX wheel that has threads enough for a single speed freewheel and I want to tap the threads deeper so a larger freewheel can get mounted. I don’t know if a machine shop can do it without the tap. So is...

Tapped and tacked in a mounting stud for the dice before it leaves for chrome. Spent most the day breaking the bike down and prepping pieces for chrome plating. For instance, the bottom bracket cup lips are rough metal. New chrome will make the shiny rough metal. But having a smooth lip will...

I have a woman’s Murray I’ve had for years, but really don’t think I can do 2 builds at once.

Usually I have something just come to me or suggested. With this next MBBO project I'm drawing a blank. It's a Barracuda frame. It'll be orange. My brain can't get over "Orange Cuda", which is the worst. I'll work on it. But how do you name yours?

And just for perspective, another accessory

I posted a progress pic and someone said they liked the whole thing except the brake lever. The last bike I built needed a V-brake lever because it was a modern disc caliper. So my brain immediately assumed I’d need a V-brake lever for this brake. But this is a vintage Shimano. I didn’t use...

Something I get lost in is the actual size of these bikes I work on. They are mainly on a stand, so I have them up at my chest to look closely at and work on. My friend @JNOACK told me I build “10mm bikes”, meaning they look good even when you’re up close to it at 10mm away. I think I spend...

Cut, shaped, and smoothed the top plate. Now it clears the console.

Can you open up the completed bike threads please? I’m almost done.

I have a sissy back pad, and a drag chute accessory. I could mount them offset, but I’d like to mount them back to back like shown, but I can’t get my head around how. I’m open to suggestions.

Today was accessory day to finish the mock up so I can start paint prep. First, there isn’t any turning clearance from the fork’s top plate to the cover of the console. So tomorrow at work I’m going to cut off the corners on a band saw and smooth them out on a belt sander. I didn’t take a...

A lot of progress made today. Where we left off… Rear triangle was out of alignment. I got a 2x4 and used it to slowly tweak the sides. It took a while of work, but I wrangled the two sides into an even space and realigned the dropouts again. So back the original problem, the chain rubbing...

He texted me with the picture of the parts and said he made a mess. He failed to tell me how! I figured he took a turn too fast! He waited a full day before he told me he was hit head on!!

I don't have a derailleur alignment tool because I don't really need one. These old hanger derailleurs can be tweaked to work. That's one of my last steps of gear set up. As far as where it hangs, that's aligning the dropout itself. Thanks for the step method. I'll work on that this afternoon.

It wasn’t before, and all I did was spread it, so I guess I spread it unevenly. How do you suggest I bend then back?

I checked the frame alignment. It’s roughly 1/2” wider on the non drive side. So, keeping the width on the rear drop outs, how do I shift the entire rear triangle over 1/4” to the right?

Here’s the freewheel with the thickest spacer. The wheel was having a tough time dropping in, so I had to open up the stays again. I got the wheel in, but the alignment is really crooked. I’ve tweaked the dropouts, but can’t find the spot. Where it passes through the seat stays it’s...

Had these two spacers made. (Bottom) and found a nylon space we had at work, so grabbed a couple just in case. Here’s the back of the freewheel body. Here it is with the thinner spacer And the thicker. I’ll get the cogs back tomorrow so I can try it out. I might mess with the washers...