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thank you all for the approval :D :D :D everyone is making me feel all giddy inside... rick what can i say but not enough time yet... hopefully in the next couple of days... too busy, busy, busy :( :( :( you know what they say though "too much work and no play makes ponytailmike a dull...

i add a piece of heater hose to my generators. only down side is it may slip a little when wet. but saves the side wall. oh and love the surburan. i've got a crusty/rusty old 75. i've been told "that is the uglyist bike i've ever seen" but mine is a sleeper. added continental rims with...

thanks for all the good reviews a lot of people call me the three speed king and now i have found my "Holy Grail" of three speeds it's way to kool "a skiptooth three speed" by the way hooch are you coming down for bicyclericks show and swap at peddlers?

BoilerMaker #47 This is my latest ride. It’s a 49 Huffman built skiptooth frame. I found the frame in http://oldroads.com/ pict data base. The date is from their serial # chart.. The Huffman serial # are a little sketchy. I also found the same frame in a 41 Huffman catalog at...

as always there is two sides to a coin.(and mabye a third if it happened to land on it's edge) i've read a lot about the Critical Mass rides around the country and the world. some do seem to be pretty bad. others seem to be just good fun. i myself try to make it to all of the Critical Mass rides...

sorry to tell you this but they have not been made for years :( i checked ebay (abd still check from time to time) no luck i got mine free by spraying liquid wrench down the inner cables for a week or better i did have a bike shop say he could make me a custom cables but i dont know it's...

also check sheldon brown's web site. i've learned every thing i know about "the three speed" from that site and with sheldon's passing this feb may he "rest in peace" he was a great loss to the bicycle world i know he is still looking down and helping us all out ponytailmike mike p.s. make...

you might be suprised what a little lube can do. between the motor oil or the zoom i use the zoom oil. it's a non detergent oil and it comes with a kool spout about six inches long. ponytailmike mike

i hate to ask :oops: but :) have you feed the strumey any oil you know it's their special treat :D :D kinda sounds like your pawls are sliping take the indicator chain out and oil through that hole or if it has an oiler in the hub your set by the way don't use 3-in-one oil motor oil or i...

I recently picked up an old bike from the 40’s with a crusty old skip tooth chain. Most all the rollers were frozen and it was very stiff. I started by soaking it down with some Liquid Wrench (I’ve had very good luck with this product.) I was able to free all but one roller with the Liquid...

just thought i'd show off my old school mid 70's shimano disc brakes on my super deluxe

Re: First project--Murray faux Spacerat (updated 3/8) hey ParkNRDL i gotta say looking good i love those old murray drop outs that come to a point as far as tweaking the frame i split the rear cross bars and added about a half inch to my frame although you may be able to A. spread the frame...

hey fast eddie go talk to bicyclerick i'm sure he has a die to do that i've discussed this with him before but have not needed to do this yet ponytailmike mike

hey ParkRNDL it's ponytailmike just saw this on another post if your still looking for a disk brake front freewheel system and 24x3 think i have may have found your anwser check this out http://www.bicycledesigner.com/defaulth ... r%3D505202 use it with a track hub a track hub should have...

uncle stretch your point is well taken and respected if you do find a donor car let me know i do have an extra just lying around ponytailmike mike

66olds98 yea she mine i call her the Racer Rat need to get some better picts and post in the gallery it's just been so cold here waiting for spring :D :D :D as for the shifter??? it's the only one i have :cry: ponytailmike mike

i have to admit that would look pretty far out personly though i do leave all my reflectors on my bikes i do quite a bit of after dark riding i do have all my my reflectors(even in the pedals) a front light and a blinky in the back if i am to get hit by say a drunk or a 16,17,18 year old kid...

i would tend to agree with bunbury find a set to dress her up and include the orignals p.s. bunbury that is a good thought hey also i noticed it is a skip tooth i think i rember reading some where on here where someone ground off every other tooth on a standard 1/8 in chain rear sprocket to...

Cman wanted a brief tutorial on brass brazing Here goes I’ll do my best You can think of brass brazing kind of like soft soldering some copper water pipe together You get the metal hot and then and then apply the solder If the copper is hot enough the solder should flow into the joint If the...

Cman wanted a brief tutorial on brass brazing Here goes I’ll do my best You can think of brass brazing kind of like soft soldering some copper water pipe together You get the metal hot and then and then apply the solder If the copper is hot enough the solder should flow into the joint If the...