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Start fabricating + build a competing website = profit! I'll agree that's probably true most of the time, and thought that yesterday when rockthebike's website was returning "database error" messages. Today, though, the site is working -- and they're (apparently) selling these things for...

Welcome aboard! Here's a thirteen page thread devoted to customized Cranbrooks: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/show-off-your-finished-huffy-cranbrook.32667/ As far as what will fit, there's going to be a learning curve -- luckily, this site should show you most of the things...

If Wikipedia's and Niagara Cycles' definitions are to be trusted, I used all-metal track- and quill-style pedals on my '70's and '80's road and mountain bikes, with and without cages, and in the past two years have bought six or eight sets of big ol' BMX platform pedals like these: (So, ARE...

Define "new stuff." ;) I'd say that most of the stuff there was "used" but less than 25 years old. There were NOT a lot of 50 year old bikes or parts that I saw, though I didn't spend much time in the "used bike corral" either. I picked up a gently used, sort-of ergonomic road saddle that's...

For several years I rode technical trails on a mountain bike with toe clips -- if the straps aren't tight it's easy to just yank your feet out of the back if and when it's time to bail off the bike! I did it dozens of times, including once when the bike and I were in mid-air. :eek: Of course...

One thing I learned today after I installed my brand-new banana seat on this year's "project bike": the shape of the seat pan makes a big difference! For the past few years, I've been using a fairly nice 18" long seat on a couple of bikes, but never really liked it for rides over mile or so. As...

My point wasn't so much "look how much money the ..... is asking for a cheap bike" because craigslist is (sadly) FULL of that nonsense! (Seriously, if we started a thread called "overpriced crappy bikes on craigslist" it would take eight hours a day just to read it! :headbang: ) My point was...

This one made me laugh out loud, mostly because I've been down the same road: "Cruiser for sale - $200. Great bike. Brand new. Ridden maybe 4 times total. Wife wants a hybrid. Tried to tell her the first time. But no. Did she listen. Take advantage of the price before I just keep it for...

The northern half of Oho is flat, since the glaciers shaved off all the hills and dumped them in southern Ohio. A friend from northwest Pennsylvania used to come to Columbus often and couldn't believe how flat and featureless the drive along I-80, I-76 and I-71 were, and she thought that the...

As someone whose first "real" build started with a "big box store" Schwinn from craigslist, I agree! :thumbsup: The only time most people here will laugh is if the owner believes that their Wally World Schwinn is somehow equal or superior in most ways to a higher-quality bike. :21: As long as...

Which way is the "Build Off Hall of Shame, Embarrassment, and/or Best Intentions?" I bought two used bikes and ordered some parts at the end of August, waited until September 1st to start "wrenching" so the one would be eligible for the MBBO, then hit a bunch of snags and realized I wouldn't...

Google Images is an awesome way to find out where random pictures on the internet originated, OR to find out where other people are using YOUR pictures: https://images.google.com/ Note that the link is NOT "just" to the main Google site. Just go to the site, upload a picture (or copy/paste the...

Did you watch the video? The point of the Seatylock isn't to lock the seat -- the inventors have turned the saddle and saddle rails INTO a lock that can then be used to lock the bicycle itself, hopefully to a fixed object like a bike rack or sign post. Of course it costs more than a "normal"...

I never owned a cantilever-style frame until I discovered Rat Rod Bikes, so had never encountered this problem before. My second-hand Raleigh Retroglide NX7 made a distinct "creaking" sound when I'd pedal hard, especially if I stood out of the saddle, or even if I'd ride slowly and bounce my...

Very cool, as well as the bike being a little bit of local history! :grin: :thumbsup:

The flag had me a little confused at first. "Is that a cupcake and crossbones?!" Apparently so: http://johnnycupcakes.com/ Either the flag was way ahead of its time, or it dates from the early 2000's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cupcakes

Well, it's official: after hanging around this site for too long, I'm getting too many ideas for the number of bikes that I have -- so I bought more bikes! :21: Before I did that, though, a little puttering in the garage (and too much time here looking at vintage bikes here) got me thinking...

Plastic/resin/composite tire levers are great, and I agree that the ones with the "spoke hook" can be even more useful! Another device that I've found handy is the Quik-Stik "tire changer" -- it's essentially one longer lever with an end that's thicker and more curved so it's even less likely...

From a strictly mathematical, gear inches perspective, 40x22 is the highest of the four red numbers in my chart above, so it's going to be the HARDEST to pedal, especially starting the bicycle from a dead stop. If you can spin the pedals of all four chainring and cog combinations at the same...

Those calculators can be really useful -- but you first have to put in the number of teeth on your chainrings and/or cogs, and the wheel size. When you're only comparing TWO chainrings and two cogs, it makes for a lot smaller chart than the first one on that page, but for all those people with...