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I was prepping some foam core for a carbon fiber layup at school today, when we noticed that some of my scraps made little jump ramps. So I had to do this! Bent my fork, but that was easily fixed by running into a wall. Thought you guys might enjoy this photo.

My dad decided it's time to sell his hot rod project and move on to building a road racer. I know a lot of you guys are rodders, and figured I'd throw it up here just for some extra exposure. Not a speck of rust anywhere on it. It's a Nevada car, moved up to the PNW in the early '80s, where...

This bike isn't anything too special, but thanks to RatRod's phenomenal bike cleaning threads I've decided to try and clean it up the best I can. Complete tear down, clean, and rebuild using all the original parts. I've done this a lot in the past, but never to the degree I want to give this...

So I may have the oppurtunity to buy a (seller described) "1940's Schwinn New World, diamond frame, locking fork, two speed hub, in good shape." for $150. I don't know much about old diamond frame bikes, but something tells me that this might be an okay deal. Sorry no photos. How much do...

I found these bars a couple days ago at a local bike co-op, and I can't find any info on them. They're stamped Lee Chi NB-2502, 630mm. Does anybody know when these were made? What kind of riding we're they made for, I'm guessing early mountian biking? Thanks in advance.

I'm looking for headset hardware (bearing cups/races/all that) for my buildoff bike. The only issue is that the headtube has an ID of 1 3/8 inches, which apparently is an odd size according to all the bike shops I ask. Unfortunately none are too helpful for sourcing the hardware I need. Is...

Well, they full story behind this bike can be found under "Fresh Finds." To sum it up, found the bike in the woods, completely rusted solid. Then I decided to make a really fast bike out of it. It's a Coast King frame, when done it's going to have a repop Schwinn Springer, Velocity Deep V...

Does anybody know anything about this brand? I've been trying to find one for a couple weeks now because from what I hear they are 32 spoke hubs. I'm looking to lace a coaster into a deep v wheel with 32 spokes. Is Hi-Stop still around? I see ebay adds for deep v wheelsets with Hi Stop...

This morning I went out for a klunk on my '58 Columbia Newsboy Special, and I ran across and old barn in the woods. Never noticed it before, but while riding by I saw an old 3 spoke steering wheel pokeing out of the bushes. At first I thought it was a car, but after hiking up to it I realized...

Picked this up from a local bike collector a couple weeks ago. Along the way got to see a collection with an Aerocycle, Elgin Bluebired, and other similarly rare bikes! Needless to say they got me very stoked to start this project. All I know is that it's a Triumph. He said it's from the...

Anybody do maintenance on one of these? I've got one and the pads seem to have lost adhesion with the moving arms inside the brake, and the brake then locks up on me. I'm pretty sure the pads are supposed to be glued to the moving arms, so I think I might try re-attaching them with some 5...

My buddy who'd big into Cyclocross finally got me too enter a race. I'll be under a "never raced before, run what you brung, no big attitudes" race. I'm really stoked! I set the 'ol '58 Columbia Newsboy Special up as a Klunker for the race, and I don't think it's going back to a cruiser or a...

Picked up a Schwinn Lil Chik for parts today at a garage sale for a hefty sum of $3. The sprocket works great on my motorbike, the rest will sit till I find a use for it. Fun little bike though.

I must have a knack for finding great Varsity's. This one, unlike the other ones, appears to be ALL original, and in great shape. Easily the nicest I've found yet. Pumped up the tires, fiddled with the derailer and it rides fine. I think it's going into deep storage until I finish my...

I just got this in response to an add about a bike, anybody ever recieved anything similar? Thanks for your response to my mail. I hope it is in good conditionlike it stated because I have taken a close look at the advert and amcompletely satisfied, . I'll want you to remove the advert from...

Picked up this old Trek touring bike yesterday at Value Village. I'm really starting to like this thing. It's got the old Klunker bars on it, dia-compe brake components, a mavic front wheel, schimano suntour components, a working (good batteries included!) cat eye computer, and everything else...

I picked up this bike a few months ago, and just finally took it all apart and cleaned it. I didn't want to use any new parts, just clean up what was on it, since I like to keep bikes mostly original. This thing was a real pain to buff, but after hours buffing out the paint, the rusty wheels...

So last time I built up my roadmaster with a motor it went okay, but the chinese 80cc tin motor wasn't very satisfying, so I'm moving on to bigger and better things. I've had this old snowblower thumper of a two stroke laying around for a long time, I was planning on running it on a vintage...

Well, went back out to the shop where I picked up the '37 Schwinn for cheap and came home with a Schwinn Varsity. I've been looking for a Varsity to ride, but I'm holding out for an orange or yellow one, so this one'll be flipped. The guy also had a complete '50s tandem there. After talking...

In addition to constantly working on old bikes, I also work on Western Washington University's Formula SAE racing team. It's a completely student run program where each year students design and build a formula one styled racing car. This is some footage of our first drive day, a little late as...