20 inch rats (or customs) ~~~ Lets see em!

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I will start it out with the first one I built for my grandson:

Next one was for RRBO7, I really had a lot of fun with this one! Never was much into 20" bikes until I had a grandson. I love my 26 inchers, but there is something about seeing a kid with a bike he thinks is really cool, that his grandpa built, that I hope he will never forget!

 

[sleepy]

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Both bikes are excellent, especially the build-off bike! 8)

 

[sensor]

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his first custom 20"er
"The Angry Inch"

and the most recent...
Plan9Customs "SpiderBaby"

kinda embarrassed about the last one....i still havent gotten around to painting it yet.it is rideable though and hes been using it most of the summer(so i guess it evens out :roll: )...

 

[pick]

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sensor: Both are awesome! 8) I like the look of the second one in bare metal. It's always more fun to build one for someone else ain't it?

 

[aka_locojoe]

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Maybe more kustom then rat but built with a hodge-podge of different parts...

Mag Scrambler I first built up for the Kids Bike Build-Off.

Later re-did it for Grand-son.

Added banana seat and apes so I could ride it on 20 Inch Night at the Pub Pedal.

Western Flyer built for other Grand-son.

Then he wanted to paint it purple

Tandem a friend built for his kids who outgrew it. He gave it to my Grand-kids.

Swing bike

Western Flyer 26 inch fork.

 

[thatismytruck]

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I've built three for Boy

He and I worked on this one years ago. (it's my favorite build) It is completley apart right now and nearly ready for the green paint he requested. I should update tht build thread. Early 70's Stingray with schwinn 27" forks. crap handle bars and seat from the following bike.

I made him his own Airstream bike to ride with Daddy. crap chrome frame. handle bar seat post. assorted stuff laying around

Found this Electra Straight 8 for really cheap, and slowly morphed ot to this. big wide handle bars with the seat and sissy bar from the first bike.

 

[dogdart]

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My BFK

 

[udallcustombikes]

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Nothing fantastic in my 20" book. Just my Khrome Krate

Oh, and the Long Hauler.

 

[kngtmat]

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Wow those are sweet bikes, here is my 68 Stingray and some day I would like to have a Murray muscle bike or chopper by either buy one or trade this bike for it.

 

[pick]

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All of the above are awesome bikes! Looking at all these makes me really want to find an old purple stingray, I think mine was a 63 or 64, 2spd kickback! Loved that bike & put a lot of miles on it!

Thanks for posting the pics guys! Hope there are more to come. 8)

 

[ruddigger]

I posted this in the other 20" bike thread, but here it is again.

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

My first stretch for my grandson .

From this

To this .

 

[pick]

2 more really cool bikes! Thanks for postin the pics! 8)

 

[kngtmat]

I have one of those next bikes the last neighbor left which I asked the new ones for it but it has purple rims which I took it apart for it's parts.

 

[pick]

Come on guys! I know there are more, I have seen them. We already have a lot of kool ones posted so far, but I know there are a bunch more 20's out there. Dig out the pics & post them!

 

[Philphine]

i was about to write i have one, but i actually have a few. i tend not to think about the 20"-ers much since they're kinda to small to ride regularly.

this is the one i originally thought of. it has a 24" front though

a compleatly out of the blue deal from where i pretty much just stacked some frames on top of each other and liked what i saw

http://www.forum.freakbikenation.com/ph ... ue+project

then two gravity bikes from the g-bike buildoff. i still have them together but they're like "side" side projects. they're not much fun without a decent hill

and last, this big mo. i just changed the seat and bars a few weeks back. haven't even test rode it yet

 

[chromespeed]

How about this "Dirt Rat" I built when I was in high school 15 years ago!

 

[pick]

I like the Dirt Rat! We use what we have available. Thanks for posting! 8)

 

[pick]

SWEET! 8)

 

[udallcustombikes]

I forgot about this one. I built it for my nephew several years ago. He never mastered riding the long fork and it spent it's life outside. My ex-brother-in-law called me this morning to come get some bikes before he moved and now this on is back in my hands.