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Sup dudes! I’m pretty sure I had an account here a long time ago but I can’t remember any of the login info so I made myself a new one. I’m a big fan of anything long and low. I like to chop things up and weld them back together so I’ll try to do some build threads in the future. For now...

So I flipped the handlebars I'm going to remount the headlight soon.

This AMF Skyrider middleweight looks like it should be salvagable, the chrome is gone but everything is still solid. I also got this 70's Vitamaster exercize bike which has a 20" wheel disc, three piece cranks and a cool chainguard that might find their way on to some future project.

This bike features functional front and rear suspension and a feet forward seating position for superior comfort, even in the roughest post-apocalyptic road conditions. It started with a vintage exercise bike frame. XLR8 Build Thread.

I dragged this Exercycle exercise bike frame out of the woods. It'll be the base for this build.

This 1968 racer was pretty rough from sitting outside as yard art so it was a perfect candidate for a mild custom job. I've built it up in the style of a ship yard bike while making use of as many of the original parts as possible. It started out as this. After stripping it down I braced the...

I just happened to be at the right place at the right time as someone was about to haul this yard art Schwinn to the dump. It's a 1968 Racer. It's covered in some sort yellow peel coat paint and the original paint is trashed so I think it's a good candidate for a custom job.

See the full build here, in the 'Builds' forum. http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/1945-westfield-custom-custom.108452/

Before: Finished: This is a ladies Huffy mountain bike turned fixed gear 700c Motobike. Build thread: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/pastiche-painted-sneak-peek.106434/

I'm going for a classic cruiser style build and I'll be using this huffy as a donor. I'm thinking about something like this.

I just received this frame today. I've been looking a while for a taller frame, so this was perfect. Don't expect anything wild, it's just going to be a simple OG paint bike. I threw on a few spare parts to start getting an idea of which direction I want to go with it. I kind of like it...

Here is a few pics of my latest build. I honestly forget where i got the year from... I bought this several years ago and have tried to find info on it but with no luck other that some bits on Westfield Mfg.. So for now, it hase a few imported parts, holding the place of domestic parts. Being...

can you guys post picture of trike that you have built or have saved to see the things that have been done to them :D

"That Old Wheel" is sort of an anti-build. It cost nothing to build, doesn't use any fancy parts, and is supposed to look like it came this way. You can see poor excuse of a build thread here .