Here's my latest build: started with a 1960 Schwinn Speedster
At first I thought I'd just make a rat rod cruiser out of it, but then another idea came to mind...a rat rod mountain bike!
I wanted a killer looking mountain bike and that rat rod look too. I welded on some disc brake adapters that I made and then set to work getting the right parts.
The wheels are FSA Gravity Lights, seat is an old Troxel I had laying around, the bars are off an old mtb, tires are Kenda K837s, chain is KMC 415H, I built the forks because the wheels are the 20mm thru axle kind and the only thru axle forks I could find had the 1 1/8" head tube so I thought why not build some? They're a bit crude but their as sturdy as a brick wall!
Front rotor is 203mm and the rear is 180mm, and yes it stops well
At first I thought I'd just make a rat rod cruiser out of it, but then another idea came to mind...a rat rod mountain bike!
I wanted a killer looking mountain bike and that rat rod look too. I welded on some disc brake adapters that I made and then set to work getting the right parts.
The wheels are FSA Gravity Lights, seat is an old Troxel I had laying around, the bars are off an old mtb, tires are Kenda K837s, chain is KMC 415H, I built the forks because the wheels are the 20mm thru axle kind and the only thru axle forks I could find had the 1 1/8" head tube so I thought why not build some? They're a bit crude but their as sturdy as a brick wall!
Front rotor is 203mm and the rear is 180mm, and yes it stops well
Definitely Beastly
