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I have a side project going with @melancholera while we build up their first full "Rat" from frame up. The front fender isn't an issue, where we're using a Matching fork and fender up front from CWC but the rear I feel may not be as .. fluid looking in its attachment. The frame is a '41...

My daughter rides electric motorcycles and just starts gas bikes this year. She’s been in the garage tinkering with me since she was born. We decided last year to buy a Lowrider frame for her and her 3 year old brother to start a build this year. We got our frames from Lowrider.com and found...

As you know, I had managed to pull an old 1941 Hiawatha (Shelby Flying Cloud) bike out of the weeds in my own backyard. Well, I had been thinking some possible directions to go with it. One involved simply using 1960's schwinn pedal cranks and pieces to replace the rusted pieces. This got me...

Selling off a project's parts. No time and I am changing jobs and moving soon. Have a used Girvin set up with spring. A bit dirty, I was going to pull them apart and refinish to match my frame a la Gig Mata. Would rather support this community than list it on eBay so here we go. HMU with...

I just started posting to Rat Rod Bikes for the last Build-Off RRB build off#13. These are some previous builds I wanted to share with the Rat Rod community. All of them are bare metal frames with a clear coat finish. It took quite a bit of sanding and polishing to get these beauties to their...

My daughter grew out of her mountain bike, so I turned it into a Stingray using seat and handlebar parts from a modern (and cheap) Chinese Schwinn stingray. I wanted to get the proportions, look, and feel close to a 1970s Schwinn Stingray fastback but full-sized for me to ride and using modern...