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Cleared up some space in the barn and finally put all four of my build-off bikes in one spot. I’ve been moving two of them around because they are always in the way, and the other two were just in random spots. Thought they deserved better than that. Haven’t given the first one (on the left)...

So, a teacher at my school has an exercise bike in her classroom that has two stripped out crank arms (at the pedals). Looking for a couple square-taper crank arms, size isn’t a huge deal, but the important thing is that neither arm has a chain ring attached to it. Needs to be a left and right...

Unofficial final weight: 57 pounds.

So, I’m sitting here at midnight looking at a picture of my bike and I had a mini-revelation. A 2 minute change that I can’t believe I didn’t think of before! All I did was switch a couple of the bar ends on the rack, and now it looks like it was all designed together! Originally my...

Fun facts about the build: The tank was made out of PVC sheet from Home Depot. You can cut it with a utility knife, sand it, shape it and paint it. It was screwed together in the interest of time, but if you’re not in a hurry it can be joined with PVC glue or super glue. The 4 matching...

Secondary shots in case of freak accident or natural disaster when I go to take pictures tomorrow morning:

Build thread: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/stratos.108739/ Finished photos:

Well, it’s done! Long day but I made it. Going to get some outdoor pictures tomorrow morning and get them in the finished thread.

Single-handedly keeping our IKEA in business...

The last minute grind continues... Went to get some wood to make a tank, came home with this stuff. Wish I had found it sooner! It’s PVC stock from Home Depot. Comes in sheets and lumber trim sizes. It cuts like refrigerated butter, and you can glue it together with PVC cement. Worked up a...

Well, here’s where we’re at right now. Still a lot to do, but getting there! Pretty sure this thing weighs like 100 pounds already.

Not sure if the bike will be completely done the way I want it with one week to go, but I can guarantee I will be the owner of the most excessive, over the top rack ever seen on a bike. Probably worth more than most of my other bikes just in scrap value. I’ll show it on the bike tomorrow.

Nice weekend for completely over-engineering a project...

Ok, first things first, I’m officially done with reformatting pictures specifically to display right on this forum. They work fine everywhere else, so just tilt your head... This build is going slow, but it may still get there. This update is pretty self-explanatory, rack mount isn’t quite...

Cut the bars down tonight: This will probably be the next step:

Okay, so I shifted a few things around in the interest of not losing my mind, and I am getting very close to the final configuration: Nothing like tightening down 40 inaccessible Allen bolts to accomplish the same thing the bicycle industry figured out how to do in 10 seconds with one bolt...

Ok, so here's where I've been going with all this: Still a lot of fitting to be done, but imagine a 1" handlebar with a 7/8" bar mounted beneath it. The smaller bar will be cut down some and have lights on it. I still have to ream out the stems for the handlebar because they are for 7/8"...

Not trying to keep people in suspense, it's just taking forever to flesh out. More tedious backyard machining then I thought, but I think everything in place to make it happen this weekend.

FINALLY! I've been watching this package float around the United States for about 18 days now. When I ordered these parts I didn't realize I was ordering from a U.K. company, and thought they would be held up, but they only took two days to get from the U.K. to New York. That's when the trouble...