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My Schwinn Meridian trike will be in tomorrow. I'm not looking to customize it TOO much yet, but maybe just a few things at first. Firstly, what's a good site to order some nice custom seats and grips? Most sites I know of either have gear for mountain bikes or lowriders, not much for...

Alright, idea scrapped. Decided instead to spend the money on a Schwinn Meridian trike and put a rear seat on it. Pics when it comes in.

Ok,started building the sidecar out of wood. Pine 2x4 box with cedar planks for a floor. Gonna use a Harbor Freight wheelbarrow wheel for it. It's gonna be ugly, it's gonna be heavy, but I'm trying to do it as cheap as humanly possible. It will literally only be for riding up and down our...

Yeah, it doesn't have to be heavy-duty steel pipe. Just my first thought. As stated before it would only be for slow-speed rides around our suburban neighborhood. It would be attached to a seldom-used bike so I'm not worried about weighing down my primary bike. The electrical conduit idea...

I'm really wanting to build a sidecar for my little girl to come riding with me (she's 4), but I do not have a welder or the money to buy one. I'm thinking that with the proper design I can make a basic one using mostly threaded steel pipe. It would only be for short distances at low speeds in...

I'd love to do something Stargate themed on a bike...but other than doing a military bike (which I've already done), I can't think of anything. Trying to make something look like Goa'uld technology wouldn't look very good I think.

Awesome, I'm actually the leader of a Stargate fangroup, SG-21 the Louisiana StarGators. http://www.sg-21.com I'd love to do something Goa'uld or Jaffa themed.

Yeah yeah yeah, I know "rat rod" and scifi don't really go together. But has anyone done anything futuristic looking? I was thinking about doing something kinda Hitchhiker's Guide/Dr Who/Willy Wonka, ya know, kinda futuristic but all crazy looking.

bring it down from OKC :mrgreen:

just plan on hitting some semi-rough trails, no crazy jumps or anything like that. I'm too heavy and in too bad of shape to be too rough, lol. definitely think i should swap on some off-road tires first though, our trails are not steep, rocky, or anything like that, but they get quite muddy.

was thinking about swapping the original fork back on (the bike is a huffy cranbrook), that should at least be more stable than a springer. would probably also add a front brake before undertaking any mountain biking (do keep in mind I am in Louisiana, so it's really just trail riding, there...

Ok guys, thinking about doing a little mountain biking with my military cruiser http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=44449 Do you guys think I should replace the springer with a solid front fork? I'm thinking that with my weight (280lbs) and some rough terrain that springer...

The bike was brand new, so 2011

Ok, I think she's pretty much finished. Still debating on whether or not to put the fenders back on. Now before you go off saying "but there's shiny bits on it!!", keep in mind that this bike is supposed to be military inspired, not military issue. Oh, and be gentle, this is my first custom...

now if I could just find something to act as a spacer in between the top crown and the springer.

Just a quick update

no problems, I just banged the crown off of the old tube with a crescent wrench and then banged it onto the new tube. that's what I was missing ;)

Went by the surplus store and bought tons of cool little bits today. Gonna put it all together and paint the wheels later today and post up some pics ;)

Started with a plain old Huffy Cranbrook and so far have changed the handlebars, added a rear rack, painted the frame flat OD green, added a headlight, and added a painted springer fork. It's not done yet (and much better pics to come), but I thought I'd share a little bit. Next up is to paint...

Ok, got the old fork off by removing the top nut, but I'm confused with the bottom of the new fork. I took the little "ring" bearing thing off of the bottom of my old fork, but it just seems to sit sloppily on the bottom of the new fork. I'm talking about the bearing that looks like a ring with...