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Hmm... So my addiction hit again, and it may lead to a change and or cancellation of my plans here. I ended up picking up the remains of 3 ebikes off CL on the cheap yesterday. A Giant lite stepthrough, a men's Giant suede E, and a Schwinn sierra with an electrodrive on it. Been...

Sweet. I got one of those bratz bikes I plundered for the seat/tires/apes. Gotta rebuild it for the new GF's kiddo. Nice inspire! it does look awesome in raw color like that!

So, work was done over the weekend amazingly enough. As I took the kid out on his first bike ride! Here our sweet ride! Back to the build; Heres the handlebars I plan on using. Just some old school BMX bars. White won't work for this build. Had to paint em. Have some other stuff going...

That's funny you mention that. There's some stuff I've salvaged from work that'll be used as a highlight. In true rat fashion all the stuff on this build was sitting around, there's a few things from my build thread last year I didn't end up using, plus the parts bikes I'm stripping. Should...

Here's a preview of some of the stuff I'll be using. Tires, well they need to pop and what pops better than green tires ? I picked these up off craigslist about 3 years ago for $20. I didn't know why, or what I would use them for, but they were the right price for a cool looking tire. The...

Going over to check on the weld status. I did break down that Mohawk Industrial cruiser to the frame, but I don't want to commit my only frame change just yet. I think that one looks a little better for a clunker build, but still in the back of my head I really, really want to use my ??? for...

I can't believe that page says Mohawk Industrial has been building bikes for 60 years and there's literally no info out there on them. The name appears to have changed to Mohawk Cycle Company, but info on that is just as sparse.

The mystery first bike had a bendix 76 hub if that helps an id...

So, brought the frame broke down and over to a neighbor's to get welded. However, I think I am going to change my frame anyways. This concept came about last year during BO9, and I really wanted to switch over to this build, but I did not have the parts to convey my vision. That said, I will...

Bad news bears. First day.. started breaking down the bike.. found a crack in the rear stays. Not a cool thing. I literally just bought this guy 3 days ago, and just started breaking it down tonite. #1 it's a klunker, and I like the teeth I have remaining and no health care #2 I have no welding...

Props for using the Dyno stretch coaster/roadster! One of my favorite bikes of all time. I really, really wanted to use mine both last year and this. But I only have the 1, and don't want to do something I won't be able to revert it back from!

Last year was my first build off. I build a lot of bikes every year, but nothing like this; which was my vision of a Steampunk/Mad Max bike. http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/chunkpunk-doneski.83252/ Even though I was cramped for time, I did manage to get that bike about 75%...

Hey ThatGuy, There is actually a few bike events that happen around here often. I guess it depends what your interests are. We have a pretty solid BMX community here in Cleveland/Akron, they have a few meets a year, and more if you go down to Columbus... The MTB scene is getting bigger now...

So, I stumbled onto 2 older bikes I got for a descent deal. I want to build one of the 2 frames up in the upcoming build off, but would like some more info about what exactly these are. The first one: Obviously spray bombed, no badges or stampings I can find... bought this one from a...

Rofl. And i thought surlys were overpriced before. Things of note: 0 feedback seller. Says proceeds go charity.(bs most likely) $3000 bike with maybe a few grand in gold plating.(the amount of gold needed to plate stuff is very tiny) Says it has black diamonds and saphirres; ok what size...

sweet man! I gotta 53 CWC Western Flyer recently I'm in the process of building up! Going with some apes from a Sears Spyder though, I can't deal with the small cockpit

also known as split wire loom.

Silly question, but is it ever worth it to find(buy) parts to restore a womens bike?

Yes, most people buying a new MTB today, are getting way more bike than they'll ever need. The tech has gone way up, but the QC has gone way down, just like everything else. Spend less on marketing, to make a better, more reliable product? Heck no, just pump more $ into marketing, so that we can...