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Giant Boulder. XS frame. Decent bike for a tween. Huffy Princess. Tuned up and on it's way to Toys 4 Tots. Huffy Rockit. late 2023 model. Defective from the factory. another EZ build pos. They keep modifying this horrible design. Hard to say it's worse than before. My nomination for worst...

fold out Blackburn catalog... 1989?

Some magazine clipped ads I received as a gift this year. Some were on the backside of the bike ads. Beech-Nut Coffee ended in 1960.

Today's find. Mystic #2 blue jt6 marine multi purpose grease. $5.99 per 16 ounce tub at Farm & Fleet. Temp rating of 250F which is fine for bikes. Marine grade is more waterproof which is what we want for bikes. No where near as sticky and obnoxious as the Mystic clear General Purpose...

What kind of frame? There weren't many fully chrome frames (except in bmx). Many old school road bikes had chrome stays about 1/2 way up. Some Spaceliners were full chrome (poorly done) but have so many nooks it would very hard to remove. Chrome over steel directly vs triple plate? Triple...

That home brew paint should come off very easy. Even soap and hot water and a scotch brite pad will take it off. Sand or shot blasting would destroy tins. Ice blasting would probably leave dents in that thin metal. I bought a blaster and a box of walnut shell chips. Useless. I suspect my...

build thread https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/a-ladies-rosemaster.120317/

fresh Specialized CrossRoads Elite ladies hybrid/comfort bike. Broken brake lever. tuned up for Toys for Tots. 16" Hotwheels. Both wheels were trashed so we put on some with black rims with red spokes and hubs. Kinda cool color combo. Looks better in daylight.

How not to install a fender.

Huffy Sante Fe done. It is kind of a small bike. Seemed cramped and short for me. Rolls good. Rode it about a mile and that was enough. Not good on hills or rough terrain. I did adjust the hubs, repack the headset & bb. Wheels with hd spokes and wide steel rims, fenders, chain guard, BB &...

Both bikes fully dismantled. Turning out to be more than a simple frame swap. 4 gummy rotted grips tossed. The 2011 Cranbrook was in okay condition. The 2010 Sante Fe wasn't. bare frame with seat post weighs 8.3 pounds. Pedals seized, bb shredded, stem rusted in pretty good but it came...

Schwinn Traveler overhaul continues. hubs: all 4 cones pitted and replaced. It took 5 more Normandy hubs from the parts bin to find good cones. Of those 5, the worse had been repacked at some point with Phil Wood grease, the rest had the remains of the original grease. bottom bracket. Axle...

24" x 2.10" on 3.25" wide rims

44 minute BBC radio interview with cyclist Maurice Burton. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5p5h

This arrived in July but I was too busy to do much with it then. 1988 Schwinn Traveler. Made in Greenville Mississippi. TruTemper tubing. Looks like someone was trying to change the bike to, well, what? Not your typical plain blue Traveler, Traveler II or Traveler III, etc. The Traveler was a...

The tubes on carbon steel bikes are gas pipe construction. A very old metal industry method for making tubing from sheet metal. Invented in the 1800s, initially used for distributing gas to houses, so the name stuck. Cheap to do and able to make miles of it every day. Used for countless metal...

Glimmer, Shimmer, Sparkle & Shine Covered with sea horses, red hearts and stars But what steals the show is the mile of welds.

A couple more future builds. The Huffy Prospect. Est 2006. Light aluminum frame with a nice curve to it. The donor pointed out tires were shot. Well, nope. They still have the flashing on the center line. Just a slick with side knobs. Odd tires. The big problem is the fork. It appears...