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Our friend Odd Job would tell you that leaving the paint, rust and flaking is just good RAT-i-tude. BTW, I have a non-profit bike co-op that sells used spokes in ALL sizes. I'd be glad to pick some up and mail them to you.

I just love that frame. You guys up north stumble across cool Canadian bike frames, and here in Tucson, I come across Mexican made Benottos once in a while.

Unfortunately, that saddle has very weak springs and bottoms out when I hit a bump. I will, however, see if I can install stronger springs. The current wheels on the Monty are 26 by 1 3/8 (590)

My recently acquired Monty Amsterdam keeps calling out to me, and it keeps sneaking into the forefront of my mind, stealing my attention away from the Lone Ranger. The Monty's two sturdy top bars and strongly lugged frame tell me it needs to go "off road." I do believe I'll have to enter it in...

While I'm on little details, here's a hack you may not have thought of. Do you ever have Schrader valve rims, but only Presta tubes? It just doesn't work! But if you have some old caliper brake parts, you can make use of the curved piece off the pivot bolt, a deep curved one from a rear...

I took care of the off center wheel and prepped, primered and painted the chain wheel and pedals. I'm happy with the results.

Assembly went fairly easily, with a couple of minor glitches along the way. I love my skinny wheel set; not sure about my yellow chain ring. Here's a closer look: The best I can say is . . meh. I do like how most of the parts look-- My "matte" yellow paint did nothing to hide the...

I stated final assembly the day after I painted the frame. I learned the hard way not to clamp a freshly painted frame to a bike stand, so I turned it upside down and clamped onto the stubby little seat post.

It is! It was 100% original, but I had to switch out the saddle for comfort. I did, however, keep the original black and white saddle.

Do they call those shallow drop bars "pistas?" Such a cool start, and rare!

Will you gear it to keep up with bigger wheeled bikes? This one is fascinating to me.

This morning I cleaned, sanded and masked the frame and fork, then out to the ol' paintin' tree we went. I gave it all about two coats of white primer: After an hour or so, I was ready for the final color, "Golden Leaf," according to Rustoleum: Golden Leaf, shmolden leaf, this color is...

Please don't paint it.

I want my own Back 40. Townhouse living sucks.

That's a perfect little song. Thanks for sharing.

I disassembled my mock up this morning, and prepped the small parts for painting. I used self-etching primer on the bare metal and plated parts for better adherence. I did a bunch of trim pieces in an antique looking brass metallic that I really like, and the chain ring is now gloss yellow...

The whole crank set and pedals look fantastic!

They know me by name, and they are locally owned. And they've never tried to run me over with a forklift.

I found a light, ultra matte yellow-gold paint at Ace, for the frame and fork, and I had a fresh can of a kind of aged brass, for some of the trim pieces. Oh, yeah, and some slightly contrasting Vinyl striping tape for the top bars. The pic isn't color true, it looks much better in daylight...

Don't toss that BMX frame; someone will surely want it.