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Wow, nice pair of wheels.

Actually I bought the bike in the morning and didn't wash my car until the afternoon. But the driving fast to dry it off thing sounds like a good idea. Wait a minute, I did that one time when I was in college. Had a '64 Stingray at the time and I left the car wash and ran through 2 or 3 gears...

Garylee, that's a great deal. I know there are a lot of kids and also adults who can't afford a bike that would love someone to give them a free one. To some it may even be the difference between being able to work or not work - since they have no other mode of transportation to get back and...

Thanks, guys. I really like the way it turned out and it rides nice too. I didn't mention that Paul painted it black for me. He said "Hey, it's a clone, so mine is black which means yours has to be black too". :lol: I think RatRod has some different plans for his, though, and will probably...

Okay, I figured out how to know for sure that I am now addicted to bicycles. I was out washing my car in the driveway yesterday and the weather here in Houston was sunny and in the mid 70's so as you might imagine, lots of folks were out bike riding. I saw several different ladies ride by my...

Uncle Stretch (I guess it's actually Brother Stretch to me) got bored while waiting for his Mexico connection to come through on building him some Colson clone frames, so he built me a one in the mean time. I ran over to his house this weekend with my parts in hand and we put it together and...

The bike looks good. Lots of red. I like it. What's that white stuff in back of the bike, by the way????? (Not to rub it in, but it was 76 and sunny here in Houston today) :lol: :lol:

Okay, I think this guy in Houston has your guys beat .... http://houston.craigslist.org/bik/551330216.html He's selling his as a "Krate like" bike. Brings lots more money that way.

Thanks. I'm just sorry I didn't take any pictures of the mountian bike frame before I started pulling it apart. Front and rear derailers, cables, hand brakes, more cables. A major difference from how it looked then to how it looks now.

Thanks, Clancy. I'm sure Paul will see the post and check out those links.

I bought an old Murray ladies single speed coaster brake comfort bike a while ago and I planned to clean it up a bit and sell it. I took a good look at it the other day and found that the frame was pretty rusty in quite a few places so it was going to take a bunch more work than I wanted to put...

Does anyone know a good source of new Brooks saddles at a decent price? Uncle Stretch would like to get one of the new 2008 models so he's trying to find the best place to buy one. So if you know of a reasonable source, pass it on. Thanks.

Paul ( Uncle Stretch ) ordered some 3" Kenda Flames the other day and finally received them so he threw them on Steve's Colson clone to see how they were going to look and fit. Here's a few shots he took of the bike with the tires on it. I will be heading up to Dallas in a couple of weeks to...

Re: "Y" not??? UPDATE 1-3 The bike looks great so far and is definately unique. I'm still trying to picture where the chain will go. It looks like the rear arms will be in the way of the path of the chain. Maybe it just looks that way, though, since I'm only looking at a photo and not the...

There are a few bike shops on 1960. David's Cycles is a mile or two west of 249, and there are a couple of others east of 249 around the Champions Drive area. I don't know what the wheel came off of, but sometimes you may be better off to find a similar cheap donor bike and use a wheel from...

Buzzy, I'm no expert on these but I bought a mountain bike recently that had a rear wheel hub but no cassette on it. So I learned that the cassette unit screwed on to that type wheel - and came off with a special tool that fits in those grooves inside the hub and allows you to unscrew the...

Today I did a little handlebar switching - to see how Remix would look and ride with some cruiser bars on it instead of the ape hangers. I think it actually rides a little better with the cruiser bars on it since they are wider than the ape hangers were. With the neck rake the front fork feels...

Thanks, guys. I guess this one is the first one I would call a true rat rod bike - black hot rod primer, red wheels, and big fat whitewalls.

Thanks, Mark. It's amazing how much difference $5 worth of Krylon makes. :D :D

That's a beautiful bike. Looks like Christmas arrived at your house a little late - but who's complaining.