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Shucks, it's been a while since I darkened the doorway to this forum. I have been pretty much focused on motorcycles and 80's-90's MTBs, so I haven't messed with any sort of old cruisers for several years. It was a Facespace Marketplace find and I wasn't really looking for something like...

I like one of the local shops on Facebook and they posted some photos taken at the Trek dealer event where new products were revealed. As many know, Trek has acquired Electra and this caught my eye: I have no details on spec and this is the only pic, but I like what I see.

This is a 1978 Honda XL175. My dad got this for me 18 years ago when I was 14. It has 1750 miles then and today is just shy of 4000. After a couple years, I started moving up to bigger bikes and my mom rode it a little bit, but has mostly been sitting unused for the last 15 years. I just brought...

Thought y'all might be interested in the Dolomite for $249. Free shipping over $39, but nore sure if they have extra charge for oversized items...

I love immersing myself in images of the past. Very recently, I found a vast collection of archived documents on the University of North Texas' websited called The Portal to Texas History (texashistory.unt.edu) which can be searched and accessed by anyone. Within this library, I found a...

Let's see what you've made. Some of these specialty tools are just plain expensive. If you don't use them frequently, it's hard to justify the expense. I had a threadless fork I needed to install a star nut in the steerer. The guy at the bike shoo would do it for free, but I didn't want to...

I bought a cheapo Minoura truing stand off CL years ago for $10 and it has certainly served me well. It does have it's limitations (axle diameter and rim width to name the most frequent issues). Every time a Park TS-2 comes up for sale, it is $150 or so, so I just have not pulled the trigger...

Monday or Tuesday (can't remember) I responded to a CL ad for an old Schwinn cruiser. I liked that it had been klunkerized with a BMX fork and I could tell it had alloy rims which turned out to be Araya 7x. I will be doing just a mechanical service, swap tires, maybe play with the gearing...

On my local CL. I like the chainring. Long head tube and it almost looks like it's been in a front end collision, although that forj has little offset.

I picked up a pair of WW Typhoon Cords at a swap meet a couple weeks ago and assumed they were repops from 1995 when Schwinn did the Phantom repops. I still think they are because they are in too nice shape to be 60ish years old, but I was under the impression the repops were stamped "made in...

This may be the dumbest build name I ever thunk up. Let me explain. This is a 2011 Trek Cruiser Classic Deluxe. Trek hails from Wisconsin, known for its dairy products. This is an Asian made bike, thus not real Wisconsin "cheese," but rather a facsimile like the yellow stuff in a spray can. It...

I "need" another bike like a I need a hole in my head, but this popped up on CL the other day for a fair price, so I decided to pull the trigger. I have a thing for cruisers made for tall people. This one has a 21 inch frame instead of the usual 18-19 inch. The geometry is similar to Electra...

I am trying to get a line on some moderately wide black anodized or painted 24s to lace up with some disc brake hubs, so I need something without a machined sidewall or at least a rim that is anodized after the sidewall is machined so no silver shows. I am looking to go no wider than around 2...

I have been wanting to build a bicycle around a set of tires, specifically the Felt Berm Master. Originally, I planned to do a 26/24" combo and build sort of a BMX/klunker hybrid. Upon learning that you can no longer get the 26" version, I started thinking about building a flat tracker style...

There is this really neat convenience store nearby that had lots of locally sourced foods/snacks, craft beers, and a very good selection of baked sweets. On the side of the store is a restaurant with beer on tap and a wine bar. It is a very peculiar convenience store, but I love the food and my...

Too bad I couldn't score the rest of the bike, but I got this cool saddle off ebay. Seller has another one currently listed if anybody is interested. For those who aren't familiar, a few years back, Felt made a series of bikes in conjunction with a company that restores vintage MX motorcycles...

I am of the mindset that older is better and certainly have a preference for American made stuff, but this caught my eye: http://www.bikebuyers.com/fito-modena-gt-alloy-7sp-man-photos-matte-grey.htm For $340 shipped, I get a bike that I think with minimal changes would mimic the look of a flat...

Tonight, I got to buy a bike like one I used to own. I was barely 20 and still living at home when I bought a cheap commuter style bike. Problem was, my dad didn't like the room my new bike took up in the garage and made me sell it once he determined I wasn't using it enough. He hadn't the...

This popped up on CL last night, made contact with seller, and went to look at it this morning. I think it could be late 40s and it was advertised as 1950. From what I understand, Murray built bikes are harder to date by serial. This is repaint because you can see the original red underneath...