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The other day I cam across a murray westwood or something like that on the side of the road for free with another bike. At first I thought I would flip in by painting it and throwing on some shinny chrome rims and bars I had laying around. Here is what It looked like when it got home. After...

Ok I got this bike in this condition for the price of $0 Run the serial code and find its a japan made letour built march of 78. I stripped some parts off and put new rubber on it wanting to fixie it but after looking into the serial code Im wondering if I should sell it to someone that...

Stopped by the old retired guys house that has a bunch of bikes for sale. Gave the man $50 and I left with this. $15 sears spaceliner frame, needs polished $35 for this bike he painted. not sure what it is but it has s-7's rolling on schwinn westwinds and a bendex rear hub. Wheels will be...

Ok, Im a landscaper and I told everyone I work with to be on the lookout for any bikes in the trash or old bikes for sale. I get a call yesterday from one of the mow crew foreman and he said it must have been trash day on his route. Found an old bike in the back of a scrappers truck and talked...

Ok Im building my rrbbo4 bike to run thick bricks. I have made some bolt on dropouts for the front fork to run a 24" tucked up and forward on a 26" fork to get a lower stance. I have decided that I want to run a 24x3 thick brick on the front but cant afford a set right yet and want to finish...

I swear this is the Last name change. I have been listening to a ton of tiger army as I work on this bike so I figured it would be only fitting to name it after one of there songs. Scrap the fatboy muscle idea also. Im having a heck of a time making a boys mtb look cool without cutting up the...

Before After! I guess everything looks better after some black primer!

I was looking at clist and found a ross apollo 5 speed. I never had a muscle bike and originally thought for the $25 price tag I would flip it but its growing on me. Bike is almost totally original minus tires, pedals, kickstand. Only real issues the bike has is dry rotted tires, flat...

Found this on clist. apollo 5 speed. Needs some tlc but I think I got a good price how bout you? $25 [url]http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/bik/1086684218.html/url] He also has this bike, never seen one before, would this be worth picking up...

Ok, well this build will be slow since money is scarce and I still dont have any fab tools but I wanted to get something started, and if I didnt start this I never would and the bike would be finished with no background story and thats no fun. To start with the name. ol' 327. 327 is/was my...

Ok well I have been doing the freecycle.org thing and have gotten ride of some crap I had lying around and have also taken in three bikes. 1 is a next comfort bike, aka the wifes new long hauler, lol. Second is a walmart full suspension mtb with bad chain rings and no pedals, aka sold on...

Well I found a complete single speed murray monterey on craigslist for $20 that Im picking up tomorrow. Are these bikes anything special? I want it just based on price and the fact that I wanna start hacking at a frame and not be down a bike at the same time. If this frame is anything special I...

OK, I just recently caught the bug and am now brainstorming my build and cant make up my mind. I was looking at the build off bikes and I can honestly say I am amazed by what you guys have done. Each bike I see has given me little ideas and I can say that if I would have never found this site, I...

Hello all. My name is Larry Kennedy and I hail from the dying city of canton ohio, looking to move to california in the future. After vacationing in california last month I fell for cruisers and went and bought two cheapies from dicks for me and my wife. Now not being content, Im planning...