I have been working on this rolling project incessantly for the past two-and-a-half years now, and I think it will fit in well around here. The bike is a mid 1980's Kabuki by Bridgestone. Bridgestone created Kabuki as a Japanese-named (although they were Japanese already) brand to generate more interest in their bicycles during the push for Japanese bicycles during the 1980's. They were best known for a couple of neat stainless steel frames that they made, but mine is not one of them. The frame that I have is a tig welded steel frame with aluminum caps over the tube intersections, made to look like lugs. A friend gave me the frame in October or November of 2009 because it was too small for him. The bike began its life as a ten speed, and I have converted it to fixed gear. The idea behind my build was a Hoodride themed, path racer style fixed gear that would be suitable for joyriding and commuting. The bike would have to be fast, functional, fat-tired, and of course, rusty. Here's what it has looked like over the years.
First iteration:
Drop bars, track grips, Weinnmann LP18's on Formula loose ball track hubs, 700X25C tires.
Then the 700X40C Kenda Komforts went on:
Then I trashed the drop bars in favor of a riser set, changed the seat, and swapped the LP18's for deeper Weinnmann DP18's.
Summer 2011 I changed out the saddle again, and grabbed a pair of Wald sweepers, flipped them, and wrapped them in Bontrager bar tape that matched my Specialized saddle. Also a rear rack was added and a crate was added to the rack. The rust is coming along nicely now.
After that, an ammo case replaced the wooden crate, but I sadly do not have any photos of the bike with that on.
The rack and ammo case came off, a Kia chainguard was added and the riser bars were put back on, and wheel discs added for bike polo.
I ended up swapping out the 700X40 Komforts for some 700X35 Vittoria Randonneurs because I was tired of catching flats with the cheap Kendas. And then I built a polo-specific bike, so the discs came off, sweepers went back on, and I tossed on a set of Wald Shorties which didn't fit. over my 700X40's.
These were taken yesterday.
Next addition will be a front-mounted transport basket, and I have a lighting idea all planned out.
Hope you guys like my Hoodride Kabuki, I know it's not what you normally play around with but I think it fits in well.
This is the source of inspiration, btw:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sug ... 6gG-j6njCQ
First iteration:
Drop bars, track grips, Weinnmann LP18's on Formula loose ball track hubs, 700X25C tires.
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Then the 700X40C Kenda Komforts went on:
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Then I trashed the drop bars in favor of a riser set, changed the seat, and swapped the LP18's for deeper Weinnmann DP18's.
![DSCF76652.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/349/349ad98d1958549a0386572decb9516c.jpg)
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Summer 2011 I changed out the saddle again, and grabbed a pair of Wald sweepers, flipped them, and wrapped them in Bontrager bar tape that matched my Specialized saddle. Also a rear rack was added and a crate was added to the rack. The rust is coming along nicely now.
![tumblr_lpa6otizLJ1qg4xw2o1_1280.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/169/169e48eef1dacea37c13f784f194951c.jpg)
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![tumblr_lpa8y9pzcC1qg4xw2o1_1280.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/575/57595949a48a81555007465afc74b45d.jpg)
![tumblr_lpa6wbVFDL1qg4xw2o1_1280.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/467/467890569552e5ff31f00cca144aaedf.jpg)
After that, an ammo case replaced the wooden crate, but I sadly do not have any photos of the bike with that on.
The rack and ammo case came off, a Kia chainguard was added and the riser bars were put back on, and wheel discs added for bike polo.
![cb20e6c0ae3a11e1aebc1231381b647a_7.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b17/b17cbe02ac104775508befd6d95f55c6.jpg)
I ended up swapping out the 700X40 Komforts for some 700X35 Vittoria Randonneurs because I was tired of catching flats with the cheap Kendas. And then I built a polo-specific bike, so the discs came off, sweepers went back on, and I tossed on a set of Wald Shorties which didn't fit. over my 700X40's.
These were taken yesterday.
![fb6f782cadcd11e1a8761231381b4856_7.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/774/774d2badf8ed5deac0714e2c22371982.jpg)
![ed95ce90ae3611e1a9f71231382044a1_7.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/10a/10ab15b67b655d7b5f9570175e4be518.jpg)
Next addition will be a front-mounted transport basket, and I have a lighting idea all planned out.
Hope you guys like my Hoodride Kabuki, I know it's not what you normally play around with but I think it fits in well.
This is the source of inspiration, btw:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sug ... 6gG-j6njCQ