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I was in 5th on the freewheel, and the front was in low with a ridiculously small chainring. It was way too low, so bad that it was hard to keep up once you started coasting. I need to find a new crankset, the teeth on every ring on this one is in really bad shape. Now I know why it threw the...

I didn't name it Cyrus the Virus for no reason. Thank you. I'll put Cyrus against any bike when it comes to turning. This thing turns on a dime. I didn't expect it to be anywhere near as rideable as it is either.

I can't wait to see the headlight, 58's had great bezels!

I took the trike up to a friends house to show him. While there I got him to man the camera for me. I have decided I'm going to get a new freewheel without the granny gear, so I can also use a shorter derailleur. Unless I'm on pristine flat pavement, this derailleur bottoms out on the ground.

I'm not worried about the virus, I'm building a Virus! I am worried about it getting here in a timely fashion and arriving undamaged.

That's a sharp looking bike! For the uninformed like me (or am I the only one), what is a 2 speed kick back? Do you reverse pedal for a second to get it to change gears?

I guess the vendors that sell lowrider bike parts are too good to bother dealing with a low life like me. Not one of them got back to me with a simple question about the width of the axle to see if it will fit my fork, I was up to about 5 vendors I inquired with. So China will get my money, I...

Great Idea on the window mount!

I think I'm in love!

I've got all the parts for a front disc brake except the lever and cable, plus the fork has the bracket and guide for the disc set up. It will look stupid to have the brackets with nothing on or through them, and I'm surely not ruining the chrome by cutting them off. I think a wheelchair style...

The rear axle needs to go on a lathe to turn down what's left of the welds for the drive wheel bushing. I ground out the ends of the hole in the bushing so there was a place to weld, then get turned down even to the size of the axle without cutting through my weld. I cleaned it up close by...

It's fun looking at the few peoples reactions that have seen it ride by. I agree with how it is in the pics, I have leaned the bars back and it helps a lot. Now that does sound like fun! The seat is 5 1/2" higher than the crankset, if you draw a line straight from the center of the cranks to...

The seat IS that low! :eek:

I could see this in a dark grey with a coarse metallic.

Armed with the shorter cranks and the 20" front wheel, I went for a ride around the block. The crankset has 3 chainrings, I started with the biggest which would be 21st gear. On flat ground it still pedals easy, so I stopped and dropped the chain to 7th gear and went up hill and around the...

I measured the cranks on the Trek I stole the derailleur and shifter from, they are 152mm. The ones that I had on it for the test ride were 170. I put them on the bike with the 406 rim and I have plenty of clearance. I haven't ridden it yet, but sitting on the trike and backpedaling, it's much...

The panels look great against the black frame.

Thank you

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Beautiful job on the upholstery! It looks great on the bike.