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EXCELLENT! If i drill the holes thread deep, I wont even need to mask them. I watched a lot of wheel lacing videos and these guys make it look easy. The front wheel will be a 3 trailing/3 leading pattern like this: http://www.minortriad.com/wheel.html It will work with normal 3x length spokes...

Here are the parts so far. I will try and use the old seat after conditioning. The Normandy hubs are in good shape. The crank cleaned up all right. The frame has some nice detail. The Rigida knurled rims should look cool and they cleaned up nice. The stem is classic, too. I'll play with...

The artistic cyclists also use forks with no rake so they can spin the bars (or the bike) continually in either direction. The first time I saw acrobatic moves was in the 1986 film Quicksilver where all the messengers had a sort of competition on the street. I'm guessing this evolved from BMX...

I like your build. The level of craftsmanship in this forum is impressive. I like your parts shot. That will be next. At least it will force some organization on me. Knurled, that's the word I was trying to find. Yeah, these rims are funky but right. Bum bars elicit such mixed reactions. I...

Just posted them on the original post #1.

Fixies are bare looking. When the bike is all stripped down, the bad boy shows through. I will try and use the cranks, seat, stem, bars and hubs because they look classic-y. I have a set of steel rims with a patterned braking surface. Thinking of painting the spokes. I'll run a front brake...

Started out with a 74 Raleigh Grand Prix. See the before shots below. So far I just took it apart to see what was going to be usable. It will be a fixie or singlespeed. My goal is to make it fast and rideable but to keep it as rat as possible on a low budget, like early hot rods. I have no...

Here's my daily fix(ie). All dressed up for winter with the big Odyssey Triple Trap pedals, Planet Bike fenders and Kenda Knobbies. I bought it as a closeout in about '98 and soon abandoned it for lighter faster better. I did the FG build from my parts bin. The cranks are Suginos from a Fuji. I...

Thanks Wolfy. The two tone grey bike (Mofo?) is a stunner. The artistry and design are world class and in perfect harmony. It's pure, functional and has an economy of detail with decorative aspects in balance. This could be in an art museum. (In other words, "wow, nice bike".) Feel free to...

Nice ideas mikee and kinda where I a'm leaning (today). I saw Velo Orange has actual wire mesh cable housings. A setback seatpost makes perfect sense. The inverted touring bar like an albatross or similar is a nice look. I would love a leather spring seat and grips. Pseudo rivets...I guess...

BOB, Good description of Steampunk, nailed it. The stink is definitely out there on adjustable stems. I only thought it flew because it has a little dial on the side with degree markings. The board track bikes look very turn of the previous century. I love the attitude. I have a couple of OEM...

BOB and wolfy, Thanks for weighing in. I like the stem from culture cycle. It's a beauty. I especially like the bolt on top which they chose to leave prominent. But...here's my problem, I can't ride in a crouch position. I don't fold in half like I used to. So, the adjustable is the least...

This is my first build post on RRB. I got this frameset on Ebay. It was a nice blue with an LLBean logo on it. Plan A was to build a daily rider from parts I already had. I didn’t know it would evolve as a project. Here’s the original frameset I got on ebay: I had the frame hanging in my...

Thanks for the welcomes, folks. I'm posting a build in progress soon called STEAMPUNK 1987 Cannondale ST400 as soon as I get some pictures done. But I'm already looking past this to a real rat bike. It's brewin' in my head. Meanwhile, nobody's garbage is safe cuz I made a deal with the...

Oh, sorry… no religion allowed. I started riding and building my own bikes when I was a kid. Every kid in my neighborhood did the same thing. It kept us off the school bus. They all started out as trash (the bikes, that is). We all pieced broken bikes together with other trash finds. Some of...