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Here's my "Fresh Find" that's not REALLY a "fresh" find -- but I just brought it home yesterday! This was my third bike, and the first one that I bought myself. I was 15, had outgrown my Schwinn Varsity and dad couldn't figure out why I needed a more expensive bike. I later bought a...

Very nice find! My first bike was a yellow Cheater Slick -- I'm not sure of the year but I'm going to guess 1970.

One old thread with drama from 2012-2013: http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/kickstand-magazine-update.56603/ My Googling ALSO uncovered this: http://kickstandmag.com/ "2014 REBOOT" and "As part of the relaunch, our distribution network in Colorado will grow exponentially..."...

Even today, a lot of misinformed people still think that you're supposed to be able to sit on the saddle (on every style of bike) and touch the ground with both feet. (Google "bicycle seat feet on ground" and try not to laugh at the results -- even on some road bike forums!) That may be the...

I think I'm finally (mostly?) done building this one up -- still toying with the idea of flames or pinstripes or something to add a little flair. As mentioned in other threads, since I moved the shifter to the frame, I can swap bars and stems in just a couple of minutes -- all four brake levers...

I envy people who are young enough and/or live where it's flat enough that single speeds are a viable option! Ohio is pretty flat, but there are enough hills that I greatly appreciated going from my Huffy Cheater Slik to a 10-speed Schwinn Varsity, then a LeTour IV. My dad convinced me that I...

" http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/index....hifter-mount-and-stickshift-conversion.66386/ great minds think alike!" Yes indeed -- I referenced/linked your thread in my first paragraph above, since that's where I got the idea! :thumbsup: It's kind of funny and embarrassing -- I read that entire...

Thanks, everybody! I'm not sure if the shifter was an "innovative" idea exactly, or more like"derivative," but I'm happy with the way it all came together! :) I don't think it's too shabby for a 2008ish Schwinn Jaguar from Craigslist: some flat black primer & enamel, solid steel layback...

I know this project isn't quite up to the amazing vintage building and restoration stuff that so many of you guys do (and do so well) but this forum has inspired me to start swapping parts and figuring out new ways to bolt things onto a bicycle frame and thus sort of "build" something new. After...

Still experimenting with "quick change handlebars" on my not-terribly-vintage but sort-of-vintage-looking Schwinn: I keep going back and forth between these crazy 25" ape hangers and (somewhat reasonable) 15" ape hangers. :)

From everyone I've talked to, nothing beats a compressor...but.... When I was a kid and building lots of plastic models, the Badger airbrush company had a nifty brass adapter that you screwed onto the valve of an inflated spare auto tire, that then worked as an air source! It wasn't fantastic...

They're not all in one place, obviously, but if you go to Google and paste in either: "site: ratrodbikes.com burrito" or "site: ratrodbikes.com/forum burrito" (without the " marks) and hit "enter" and then select "More results from ratrodbikes.com" you'll get a LOT of hits! Pictures, builds...

Lately I've been using rubbing alcohol to remove and install grips. It's cheap, it doesn't hurt the grips or (hopefully) the paint, and it dries fairly quickly -- especially if I park the bike in the sunshine after putting on the new grip(s). :) (I've been swapping bars and grips a lot lately...

This summer's "new" cruiser, which started off as a 2009ish Schwinn Jaguar before I covered it in black primer and flat black rattle-can enamel: Chop Shop Customz layback seatpost, STEEL 7/8" x 22.2 stem this time, and "short" D-Cruiser bars. The brake and shift cables look way too long...

When I was toying with the idea of putting some FAKE rust on my newest "project bike" I stumbled across a YouTube video of a guy using this peroxide/vinegar/salt method on a Honda Civic that he'd taken down to the bare metal. You can actually see the oxidation start just a few seconds after he...

I agree (as does my buddy) that the saddle looks like it's angled back a little too far, but it's actually pretty comfortable like that! Angling it forward makes the rider feel like he's going to fall off the front of the seat. Back to the main question of "ape hangers -- when are they too...

Since I posted that above, in order: found a new (old) cruiser on craigslist on Sunday, realized the seatpost I got over the winter would fit the new bike, moved the layback seatpost and my West Coast Ltd saddle to the new bike, took a 14" ape hanger bar I had already and installed it on the...

I like the way the bars look on the two bikes in the thread so far -- not so sure about the ones on the motorcycle, though. ;) I'm glad I found this thread, since I just figured out how to put a set of 25" ape hangers on my weird mountain chopper conglomeration! I've been wondering if they'll...

Hey, Buzz, and welcome yourself! That fence looks like a convenient bike parking place...I seem to recall parking there myself once or twice! ;)

Thanks for the welcomes! :) "What about throwing a multi speed front on the Murray, bump it up to 18?" I'd thought about that, but really don't know how complicated it would be to change the bottom bracket -- before I started trying to find out, though, I found what seems to be a sort of...