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  1. RatRodJesus

    Nakamura Cafe Racer (Step through again... :P)

    Well when I first got the bike i was thinking parts-bike until i realized this is a Nakamura and under the dust is a wonderful sparkly deep American-Blue. The internet said the frame is supposedly famous for the rear end "Snake-Stays" and has quite a long geometry. The basics really already had...
  2. RatRodJesus

    Rat Bike Scrambler "Hercules Excavator"

    Yeah, bolt on was my thought too, just something to stiffen the frame because I have seen more than one ladies frame to wear and then bend below the seat post exactly above the upper tube connection.
  3. RatRodJesus

    Rat Bike Scrambler "Hercules Excavator"

    Thank you :) I find them generally beautiful, tho I am considering to at least screw a bar into the middle.
  4. RatRodJesus

    Rat Bike Scrambler "Hercules Excavator"

    Now that is a serious compliment :) thank you
  5. RatRodJesus

    Rat Bike Scrambler "Hercules Excavator"

    Rat Bike Scrambler "Hercules Excavator". Since I never was entirely happy with the ..... bike (s. post in Intros) and the ..... broke and fell off - I reworked it: A short build history: The original bike is a round 1955 womens Hercules which I saved 3 years ago from being trashed with the...
  6. RatRodJesus

    Identification help

    This was a low end warehouse "jump-the-hype" production, I also had one at one point. It wasn't Woolworth since they had "Prophete" as a brand, but something similar. Everything is basically pressed sheet-metal and the very german road safety generator mount :) Still a cool thing and...
  7. RatRodJesus

    Old Wheeler 26 + Kids bike - Meet the Dromedar Cargo Hauler

    Half a year of pondering left and right, 2 months of work, here it is:
  8. RatRodJesus

    Heyho from Germany

    Thanks for the warm welcome :) @toro1978: The fork was a total shot in the dark, I saw that one on a flee market, liked the color and thought it might work. The guy that sold it thought it was french and from the 50s. Putting it in turned out to be a very tight business, i had to remove some...
  9. RatRodJesus

    Heyho from Germany

    Hello everyone, my name is Tom. I got my first bike at the age of 5 and I think around 6 my back then best friend and neighbour and me we started messing around with it. I remember we picked bikes from the scrap yard and went to the local smithy to have them reinforced so we could jump in the...
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