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just found a video one of my friends took at the track, slow but makes all the right sounds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYv_3wKh1ZM

relocate those suckers away from your house

Re: Rat Salad #1. Brake fluid does great work on revitalizing hard crusty old grips #2. bleaching white grips turns them a brownish pink color #3. acetone will completely destroy rubber in a matter of minutes, not just soften the discolored outer layer so it can be scrubbed off back to the...

woohoo! Clay Smith Cams' Mr. Horsepower! http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/200 ... ure12.html

'70s custom van theme, cooler on the back with a mural and a porthole window, shag carpet where ever you can put it do it

Re: Manta Race remember emo kids, it's down the road, not across the street

Re: Rat Salad also, just tried an acetone soaked shop towel on the frame. Took off the silver nicely without bothering the black underneath. I might just try that on the whole frame and go with black thats underneath the paint, then do some kind of detailing on the lugs? almost forgot...

Re: Rat Salad I had to go 27" after mocking up the wheels from my 10 speed on it. Thank you, I totally agree about the killer stance. It looks so much more killer in person, I can;t wait to finish it and take some actual good photos

Re: Below Radar I'm picturing this with really narrow bars and the seat low and moved back. Have to be able to get low and tuck in while riding it, keep the sleek fighter jet profile

love the name, buy some of this for inspiration

Re: Below Radar You sir, are in the running for one of my votes! that is suck an excellent idea, can't wait to see how you execute it!

Re: DRIFTWOOD 2: DRIFT HARDER just don't build the first one, last thing I need is competition working with the same frame!

Re: Rat Salad used shop towels wrapped around the forks soaked in acetone to remove the paint without harming the finish underneath in my apartment bathtub/parts washer that got quite a bit off after about 5 applications and soaking for a while, then used a plastic scraper to get the...

Re: Rat Salad can't forget the soundtrack updates! Fresh Blueberry Pancake - Hassles - 1970 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egqIGnSzbD8

Re: Rat Salad my screensaver on my computer is a slideshow of the pictures I took when I made the pilgrimage to speedweek over the summer. http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/s ... ek%202011/ the pic I took thinking of RRB I'm just a car nerd that has resorted to building cool bikes...

Re: Rat Salad and I'm not trying to build a competition winner, just the most awesome bike I can build out of the used parts I can find around town and the cardboard box of spare parts that I actually would want to ride everyday in comfort, style, and speed

air up the tires and you're done

Re: Rat Salad Ive been wanting to build the frame up since I got it, just got the new parts a month ago then decided to wait for the build off to assemble.

Re: Rat Salad I'm still torn on leaving the frame the way it is, it has the patina but I'm just not sure if I'm sold on how it looks? I may try to take a little more off. all these frames ive seen were metallic red, which seems to be a thin coat of transparent red over a silver base for the...

Re: British Steel OK, Rat Salad it is! Inspirational theme music for the build, just have to build it in two and a half minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiK2rs7Vvjk the pile-o-parts 70's nishiki mixtie fork, all chrome under the paint I think, will be stripping the paint and leaving...