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I have been looking for an old lugged steel frame in a small size for over a year and finally came across a bike on Craigslist advertised as a 1954 Wearwell Tour Of Britain. I drove a couple of hours to look at the bike and even though it was rougher than I expected I made the purchase for $110...

I just picked up a nifty vintage bicycle license plate with vintage jeweled reflector. Mounted it low like a bobber motorcycle. It gets a lot of interest when I am out riding my bike. Show me what you've got.

Stumbled across this whilst researching the SRAM 2 speed Automatix hub for a build I am doing. Thought they were interesting, like if Salvador Dali was into bike design. Particularly like the idea of the leather bag to replace a tank. http://www.cycleabikes.com/en-uk/index.html

Not exactly my neighbourhood, but only a couple of hundred miles distant. I was recently down in South Beach and North Beach and was pleased to see a bike rental program that appeared to be thriving. They are Decobike and have a few interesting features. They have a flashing light front and rear...

Saw a local maker is offering these for $120, you supply the bicycle and an extra front wheel.

I bought this small light from tin machine a few weeks ago. It turns out to be a reverse light used on General Motors products from the 1930s to the 1950s. The lens dates this one to about 1939. It uses a common automotive bulb that is still used and which fits a bayonet mount. I...

I keep getting inspired by all the great re-puposing and adapting you guys do on your builds. I thought this could be a cool place to link to things that aren't necessarily designed for use on a bicycle, but might fill a need with a bit of creativity, or spark a whole new build. What about for...

For right now I am adding parts to my modern very heavy Schwinn and on the lookout for a better frame, fork, crank to swap bits over. However in the meantime is there a nicer fork I could install? I don't want to use a springer because I haul beer in a basket on the front, but not sure what will...

I wanted some grips to sort of match the colour of my Brooks B66 saddle in honey colour. Velo-Orange sells some comfy grips with a retro basket-weave pattern that they claim are formulated to match the Brooks in honey. Well in real life they don't come close and of course they have no patina so...

I wanted to add some off-white pedals to my bike to match the Felt Quick Bricks I have. I finally found some pedals I like but had to accept blemished ones. The appear to be Torrington 10 copies and were listed as Magna brand??? One pedal is a consistent off-white, the other is a mottled much...

I have a very basic question. As I understand it you turn the seat clamp so that it is horizontal and up inside the seat rails. However the rails are too close together toward the front of the saddle to allow for this. If I attempt to mount the saddle this way I have to slide it quite far...

I'm new to Rat Rodding and am starting out with a modern and very heavy Schwinn. So far I have just added some cream coloured Felt Quick Bricks, a honey coloured Brooks B66 and a Sportsman bent seat post. I found a set of handlebars in the trash and flipped them over and that's about it for now...