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After a long time this is newest build: A Firebikes Fluid... Tech specs: - color: shiny traffic red and matt light grey - forks: AV Custom Bikes "the Claw" - rims: polished 26" x 80 mm - tires: Felt Quick Brick - front hub: Renak bike polo hub made in GDR - rear hub: Sachs Super7 - saddle...

This is the best bike I ever had and it rides great. Some facts: - frame: CroMo steel, hand brazed - fork: CroMo steel, hand brazed - color: traffic white - headset: Tange - stem: Retrovelo Ahead - saddle: Brooks B17 special - front hub: Shimano Alfine dynohub - rear hub: Shimano Alfine 11...

After long weeks of waiting I got my new ride today. Some facts: - model: Retrovelo Alfons - frame and fork: cromo steel - front hub: Shimano Alfine - rear hub: Shimano Alfine 11-speed - brakes: Avid BB7 - saddle: Brooks B17 Special - tires: Schwalbe Big Apple - front light: B&M Luxos

I've already posted pics of my Basman in the gallery section but I am planning major changes so I opened this thread. What I started with: ... then: ... and now: What I've planed next: - frame gets a nice rust cover and then Hammerite clearcoat with green and golden flakes - For the...

Hey! Today my new frame arived and as my budget is limited I used the parts I had laying around. That's what I came up with: The wheelset and cranks where the remains of my abandoned Felt-project, the fork was used on my sold Porucho frame and the stem and handlebars I had laying around.

Hey, I have a new pony(velo) in my stable. It's a Retrovelo OTTO DUO. I think it's the best bike I ever owned, although it is already used. It was a testbike in London. Some stats: - CroMo "Ponyvelo"-frame and fork - 24" wheelset with Rigida rims, Maxxis Holy Roler tires and Surly Hubs -...

Felt Vintage Iron 400 Cross: - owned from April 2009 to February 2010 1972 Diamant Tourensport "Silent Bob": - owned from September 2009 to August 2010 PG-Bikes Smynz: - owned from February 2010 to September 2010 1962 Diamant "Red Racer Hunter": - owned since May 2010 Porucho: -...

Hey! I'm currently working on a bike for my girlfriend. It started as a wreck that I scored at an auction at the local mainstation for just 17€. It turned out to be an old pre-war frame but I haven't found of which manufacturer. That's what it looked like: After throwing away all unnecessary...

I bought an old 1962, 28" "Diamant"-bike with a much older headlight some weeks ago: The headlight might be some mid 30s - early 40s. Unfortunately the bike fell down and the glass is now broken, so I have to find a replacement. I stripped the bike down and it is now waiting to get powder...

From time to time I will post photos of my home town here.... Today some friends and I took another test ride for our cruise in May. We rode to lake Cospuden south of Leipzig. (By the way, the guy sencond to the right with no hair is the owner of Retrovelo and inventor/ designer of the Fat...

This is my second bike (well actually i bought it before my "Silent Bob", but it's finished later...). Originally it was a 2006 Felt Vintage Iron 400 Cross and i rode it for about half a year when I decided that it would be time to make something better out of it... Almost original ( I only...

This is one of my bikes, a 1960 Diamant "Touren-Sport". I bought for 38€ in this condition: The crankset was worn out, the fenders resolved, the brakes didn't work and the handlebar/ stem-combination was broken and rustet within the steering tube. BUT it had a nice worn paint and a cool old...

Heyho Guys! My name is Patrick and I'm another cruiser and vintage bike infected guy from Germany (to be exactly: Leipzig, Saxony). I'm 20 years old and I like - ofcourse - bikes and music (almost everything that rocks). I have 2 bikes, a 1960 Diamant "Touren-Sport" and a Felt Vintage Iron 400...