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That is such a kuel find / frame That top bar almost has the appearance of a camelback but reversed

I thought the idea of turning the tension brakes into a truss rod was always a neat idea but I never truly liked my initial try at it Recently I did come up with what I feel is a far superior truss rod look than the original the starting point More in depth content here...

Funny you should post this because I just recently started gathering parts for a basic ladies art deco bike to build for my girlfriend The one thing that she emphasized is to stay away from stuff that looks more art nouveau (which a lot of people consider art deco including me) Apparently art...

so here is Truckin" as it sits so far mostly finished but still some things that need to be done here is a good close up of the base i built to hold the milk crate

Did some slight redoing on the design with this build New chainring This is an odd 122 bcd size (not the standard 110 or 130) so it fits with using weird parts that are obsolete its not easy to find this size spider and ring in steel (i happened to have this in my parts stash from a purchase...

Thanx LTJ I forgot it was a separate post from my main build off bike in 2012

I finally have time and final pieces to finish off some of these old builds that have been set aside Figured it would be best to combine into a single post Schwiinciser = mid 50's 24" schwinn and schwinn exerciser parts couldn't find old build thread but these are the pics of where i left off...

Took out J.C special on it maiden voyage cruise at the Rat Rod Riders OC montly cruise in HB/Newport no major issues just the chain rubbing on the chain guard Overcast so not many pics taken but here is one at Bolsa Chica Bridge

found 2 other possible stem types to use now I just need to figure out which one is the most similar to bmx/cyclecross

Just want to say thanx to all who voted for J.C special I was a bit busy after finishing the build and I never had much chance to sign on and express my appreciation

My Friend/coworker Kayla took these professional quality pics Personal Favorite "Barn Find" My own personal crummy phone pics

I didnt get nearly as many photos at the end of this build as I would have liked The pearl mist spray paint ended up causing me to fall quite behind to make the paint job work I had to use a lot less of the pearl and more of the metalcast cround coat silver Which turned out to work well since I...

My take on a 1960's indy car inspired bicycle http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/j-c-special-sharkruiser.106418/ Murray Monterrey style frame sears/Murray Flightliner tank Murray 24" rattrap springer fork Higgins/Murray ladies skirt/fender guards attached to modified front...

got some of the metalcrafters base silver and metallic red spray cans to do the frame Also did some trim painting on other parts but had some issues so no pics yet BTW yes KF the pearl i used was Pearl Mist rustoleum I just couldnt remember the name when i wrote the last post

I haven't forgot about sharkruiser either but I have hit just as many snags on that project also I did trim the "Nostril" area The one big problem i discovered was the stem I wanted to use was for a 1 1/8 fork so i needed a new solution ended up separating it in the middle but I needed a new...

Hit some snags this last few weeks but I am back on track first issue was I couldnt find an affordable spider to fit the uni directional chainring almost went with the boring solid murray chainring But found a disc that will work for now Also had to straighten the frame so that has held me...

recently acquired a new mid size bmx bearings and adapters for dirt cheap at a swap meet plus an aluminum stem to use

Not much to report from the weekend had mechanical problems with my person vehicle so focused working on that I did however narrow down my choices on a sprocket / chainring Duchess got me thinking about maybe having the sprocket be the turbo/supercharger of the indy motor since the offys and...

thanx KF that is what was trying to achieve Thanx TRM although i am a bit surprised you didn't mention anything about the gooseneck i was finally able to find

No one has suggested flipping the rockers because I believe I mentioned early in the build I was going for an operational springer I have flipped rockers on a couple of builds and noticed that it has almost no spring action since this is inspired by indy car racing I wanted to go for something...