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    Top Quotes

    "GIVE ME THAT BIKE!" is a yell used by some Coaster BC members to show approval for a cool bike.
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    Top Quotes

    Thats not rust, thats patina. A good paint job takes hours, good patina takes years.
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    Rusty/Patina Bicycle Gallery

    The "Rust Rat". My RRBBO3 bike. The "Star Chief". My first rat bike build, a bike built for my girl Crazy Mae.
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    the good, the bad and the ugly...

    Rust and red.... a very nice combination.... Nice bike. That badge is beautiful. Get a small cheap LED flashlight and reconfigure it into that headlight....cool.
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    Before & After Pics

    Rust Rat before after Starliner before after Monark 13 before after Alumasled, my favorite bike, used for special rides and parades before after for Xmas after for St. Pats day after for halloween after for another halloween before Vista tandem for parade after
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    Show us your J.C. Higgins Bikes

    OK, I'm going to give you my secret vendor for cool stuff. Check out NightProwler, you may have seen them at some of the bigger custom car shows. Check out their web site thenightprowler. com. They sell jewels in 7 colors, they're glass and they're cheap. Here a pic of Crazy Mae's 'Monark 13'...
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    Show us your J.C. Higgins Bikes

    my first bike a 20" JC Higgins. Around 1958.
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    How I make a Lucky 7 or Lazy 7

    Yup me too, I bend 'em cold, with a 5 foot cheater bar and a hole in the ground, with shims in the seat tube, holds my 220 pounds.
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    Beer Light

    Hey bikebum1975 if you use a beer can, cool, be sure to post it on the "show us your beer bike " thread. Rico great choice of beer can for a head light. Here is how I did it a few years back on the "Beerbike" Start with a can, cut the top out , and cut a hole in the bottom for the flash...
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    Coasters New Years Day Pot-Luck Dinner And Ride

    We had a good time, and the facility was great with the gym and all. Been a long time since I touched a basketball. the game of horse I played about did in my arm, Im still sore today. The Slamdunk contest was fun, thats Airick who I was trying to block, man, can he catch some air, for an almost...
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    Twin flex Frames!!!!

    One of the Coaster BC guys has built a couple of front and rear springer bikes using Monark springers and they are beautiful.
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    Correct tire pressure?

    I run the tire manufactures suggested max psi. I want the tires to roll easy, so it s easier to pedal and I can go faster. The bumps can be absorbed by a longer wheel base, springer fork, and/or a good seat with springs.
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    HANGIN' OUT WITH UNCLE STRETCH

    GIVE ME THAT BIKE! Thats a common Coasters BC yell of approval. You do build some super cool bikes. And having seen pictures of some of the bike shows accross the pond, it makes me wonder if Texas is somewhere in Europe. The big tires are great, I like it.
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    Freewheel Vs. Coaster

    Coaster brake. As has been mentioned, for the clean look of no cables, for good brake control, and for easy skids. And thats the way they make the 2 speed kickback hubs I like to use on my bikes.
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    Coasters New Years Day Pot-Luck Dinner And Ride

    I think we will be there. COLD, I want it to be like today, in the 60s, not the 20s like the weather reports say.
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    Let's see those things never meant for a bike on your bike!

    most of the bikes I build have items on them not made for bicycles. Aluminum honeycomb composite wood veneer (to cover the honeycomb), lug wrench ( stand) license plates (mud flaps and box), hood ornaments ( on box and front fender), glass door knobs (hand grips), Pontiac "Star Chief" script...
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    sister topic for 'Most overdone trend?'

    RIDING... yes, ridng on beautiful days and nights, especially with others on cool bikes is always a good time. I agree using non-bike materials on bikes allows the builder to get creative/inventive giving the bike a one of a kind attitude. I think most of us like owning things that nobody else...
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    Just how many bikes do we have

    Did a quick inventory of the bikes. The ones stashed in the shed and in the garage, in the attic of the garage and inside the trailer, and there is grannys shed and a couple of others. Well all somewhat totaled there were 66 bikes. 15 that were ridden in the last year. About 30 or so that you...
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    Ready for Christmas...join in!

    Here is our Xmas parade and Coasters Xmas rides. Rudy ridin on back, peddled, but really didnt help much, must be saving strength for the big night. crazy mae Wester Flyer with lights and bling Happy Holiday!
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    2010 The Year In Review

    The Coasters BC members are the BEST! of coarse anybody who rides with the Coasters is a Coaster. they're all over the place.. Even as the day job has me working late into the night and I miss out on the weekly pub ride I try to make it to weekend events and special theme rides and parades...
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