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    Show us them cars!

    I have built a bike using the same idea, stuff glued to the thing, but it was beer labels I used not Monopoly money.
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    Show us them cars!

    My 93 Ford Festiva is now an art car. I covered it in Monopoly money. It was a fun car to drive before, and Its alot of fun to drive now. before after
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    weight ?

    the way I see it is, the heavier the bike, the fewer miles I have to ride to get the same amount of exercise as the guy that rides those light weight bikes. Example, my Alumasled (8 1/2 foot long aluminum honeycomb composite homebuilt bike) weight is about 60 pounds, so I believe, I can ride 5...
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    ART TOUGEAU 2012 (its art on wheels) w/pics

    This memorial weekend we went to Lawerence Ks. for Art Tougeaeu ( art to go ). Its an art car and bicycle event with show and a parade thru downtown Lawerence. Ive put together an art car, my 1993 Ford Festiva covered in Monopoly money. a few of the pedal contraptions the raffle bike, no I...
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    THE NAME OF THIS PLACE

    OK... Change the name to... Someprettyshineybikesthatgotoldandusedandsometimesrustythengotfoundbysomeonewhocaredenoughttorebuildorrestoreitbacktooriginalorbuilditintothecurrentownersowncreation BIKES on second thought.....I think Rat Rod Bikes, works just fine,.. but Thanks for asking.
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    Carroll Shelby

    RIP....Oh, heck no...keep roaring like a Cobra. Since I was about 12 years, the Cobra was the coolest car in the world... and it still is. If I was a gazillonaire, Id have some of Carrolls cars in my collection. He was a real racer, builder, inovator, and just wanted to go fast. A story I read...
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    Frank Lloyd Rat

    Im throwing my hat into the ring. I got tooo many other projects I should be doing, but this will be motivation to get my Colson steer from the rear tandem up and going. Frank Lloyd Rat will be a Frank Lloyd Wright inspired bike. Here is what Im starting with.
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    Show us them cars!

    OK, here are a couple of mine, nothing too special . My 2000 Pontaic GTP, a nice comfortable car. My $100,000.00 car, a 1993 Ford Festiva. Thats right a $100,000.00 car. A few years back an accountant crunched the numbers, saying that driving his Festiva could save him $100,000.00 over the...
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    Black bikes

    My $1.00 bike, I bought 1 raffle ticket at the Midwest bike fest last year and won this bike. Its a 1961 Schwinn frame aka_Locojoe donated to Udallcustombikes who then used a bunch of parts donated from Porkchop. I changed the seat to this seat with springs and added the package carrier. This...
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    Show Your Aluminum Builds

    Here are my aluminum builds, made from aluminum honeycomb composite there is no tube frame inside. My first aluminum build, the "Razor Bike" The same bike covered in peel and stick mylar as it is now, the "Captian America Razor Bike" My second aluminum build, the "Alumasled"
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    Custom Kickstand anyone?

    The stand on my "Alumasled" is a tire iron. The holster for it. Holding up the bike, there are 2 axle nuts on that side that tire iron fits on.
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    Past RRBO Bikes WHERE ARE THEY NOW!

    Ive built 3 bikes in the RRBBOs. I still have them. The "Rust Rat" my RRBBO3 bike is one of my favorite riders, It got some Electra creame tires shortly after the build off. But late last year I had a problem, due to my liking to skid the back tire, the brake arm has bent and broke the wheel...
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    4/22/12 Midwest Bicycle swapmeet

    Man, whata great time. I sold some stuff, and gave a lot to the free pile through out the day and most of the stuff was scarfed up with in minutes, it was fun to watch how the free pile would grow and then shrink ( I was setup next to it), I cant believe some of the stuff let go for free, of...
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    19th Century Full Suspension

    That full suspension bike is AWESOME. I can see some RRBBO bikes getting that kind of springer fork.
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    4/22/12 Midwest Bicycle swapmeet

    WOW! What a great time. The Coasters BC is the BEST, and riding with our friends from out of town, made it even better. I counted 41 people on the ride, and 1 dog (LittleBlueTrike had her customized dog, a dog with a wild hair cut and wearing shoes, towing her along). Everybody was having a...
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    4/22/12 Midwest Bicycle swapmeet

    Dangratsdans Bargain Van is loaded up and ready to go. The prices are right and the deals can't be beat. Schwinns, Roadmasters, Evans, B.F. Goodrich, and more. Crusiers, choppers, mountain, light weights and road bikes and parts. Did I say parts? Yes I did. There will be frames, wheels...
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    Coasters At Tulip Time

    Had a good time hangin' out with the Coasters BC crew, and I think the people at the festival enjoyed use being there, we even had the mayor stop by and say hi.. The kids really enjoyed the bikes, and oh TootallUdall...custombikes was a the hit of the show. When him or his daughter were...
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    I'VE BEEN PROFILED!!!!!

    Cool article. That nightime pic is awesome.....I want pics of my bikes setting right there .
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    Why exercise bikes are so cool to RRBers...

    Ive bought 5 of them all schwinns, 2 were the Airdynes. I get them mainly for he bigbutt seats. Ive never paid more than $10 for them. A couple of them are out to people on loan to use, 1 to a recovering cancer patient, the other to someone needing exercise. There are some interesting parts on...
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    Coasters At Tulip Time

    I will be there with some bikes to show and will probably ride the Captian America Razor Bike in the parade. As far as the weather....what I see in the weather report is a 20% change of rain from 7am until 2pm. Thats not bad odds for me, I will be there....see yea there.
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