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Re: POST PHOTOS HERE FOR THE GALLERY PAGE My 1970 Øglænd Jet

Glad if it helped. Yes, the locking mechanisms are mounted on to the chainring piece and they do rotate at all times round 'n' round as you pedal. Exactly what you said, to get them in position from freewheel-mode to coaster brake-mode, you simply released the lock bits and waited until they...

As a freestyle BMX rider since '89 i used to ride the ACS "Freecoaster" kit for a while in the early 90's. It worked fine, but i didn't like it because of it's weight. It must be the heaviest freewheel ever made, lol! The idea was very simple just like you described; you could have a freewheel...

Finland in the house for RRBO5! Yes, you can count me in. 8) -Timo

Exciting for sure! That's classic haha! Have all your the friends, family and neighbours to vote. :D

Re: THE GALT TOWN HOOLIGAN 5/08 update Well, i finally read thru the 20 something pages of this build and am impressed with the work (and enthusiasm) involved. Good job! This photo in particular made me smile: My response, this is how we bend tubing in Helsinki :D Anyway, truly inspiring...

Re: ** BILLET BULLET ** pics of all of your finished bikes here! No excuses to ride, you should be proud. The bike is gorgeous and well presented. And i like your documentation and the action photos! :) What do you think of this? This is a finnish Nopsa Finlandia, women's 5-speed with...

Great point of views mr Rudolf about the photos and presentation! So true in so many ways. No matter how expensive, well crafted or time consuming a build/bike is, if the photos are bad they give also a bad impression of the bike overall. Photos should not be all and everything but they do play...

I read accidentally "when they came back to sweden" haha. Too funny! :mrgreen: Well, Lars is swedish.

"Oh, what a coincidence, here's Jarno Saarinen THE FLYING FINN sporting #32 on his Yamaha in 1971. Wow, who would've thought. Wait, i think there was a bike somewhere here.. a Jupitah... or something up there with the same number on the number plate, yeah, now i remember, it was a JUPITER!!. It...

Tervehdys kaima, hienot on pyörät! Sydän sykkii erityisesti Kombille ja Jupiterille, eikä Zombie-Jopokaan yhtään hullumpi! Tässä mun Jupiter jonka sain valmiiksi viime viikolla puolen vuoden aherruksen jälkeen kisaa varten: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=18634 Kadonneen keulamerkin jälkien perusteella...

Timezones, the United States are behind European time, i don't know what, 7-8 hours? (central European time vs. east coast of USA) and about 11 in west coast of USA, no? Depends where in Europe we are, too. This is just my general assumption, i don't have specific knowledge on this and really...

Bump for the additional finnish flags and the final showroom pic! Thanks all.

Many thanks Schwinnspastic! -T

Tack så mycket! :)

I really like the eyball/heart graphichs. A lot. You got talent. The bike's very cool aswell! Good job. -Timo

Thank You for the nice feedback everyone, i really appreciate it. I meant to post the "before and after" pictures side by side too, but was so excited last night with the finished bike that i forgot. So here goes encore.. "BEFORE AND AFTER" The top picture was the one provided by the seller...

Adam, Skipton and Herr Rudolf Humble thanks for your comments people, i appreciate. Yeah, those skidmarks on the last pic are all mine :) I got carried way while test riding the thing. Ha! Thanks again, -T

So here it is, "The Flying Finn". This bike is built around a frame made by Öglaend bike company in norway (Jonas Öglaend), branded and sold as Jupiter from around late-mid 60's to early 70's. A bike i bought in late january for about $55 and been working on until today when i took the first...

Re: Jupiter - The Flying Finn Before we get to the final pics here's a few more along the way i feel the need to share. I had pretty good general idea on how to make stripes and whatnot decorations using masking tape etc. I am not a professional but i do have a background in painting and...