Hey! I haven't posted on here for quite a while, but I still lurk pretty regularly! I moved into an apartment and had to put most of my bikes in storage, so I haven't had much to post in the way of rat rods. I have a few bikes in my apartment still, mainly BMX stuff since it's what I ride most these days. This is my hand built in Austin, Texas Liquor OG as I had it built up 3 years ago:
And here it is now:
Major changes I've made:
forks: were Subrosa Pandoras >> now American made FBM CB4K's
wheels: were We The People Supreme hubs laced to Odyssey Hazard Lites >> now G-Sport Marmoset and Ratchet hubs laced to G-Sport Ribcage rims (just had these custom built by Empire last week, the toughest wheels in the world...)
pedals: were Odyssey PC >> now Odyssey Jim Cielencki magnesium
chainwheel: was FBM 6 Pack 25t >> now Animal Light 27t
seat and post: were Macneil pivotal and Kink stubby post >> now FBM slim pivotal and Primo 330mm post
stem: was FBM Bottleneck (built in bottle opener!!) >> now S&M Redneck XLT
I've been through about 3 sets of bars (Grand Slams, Slams, Perfect Tens, maybe something else I can't remember) but have ended up back with a set of S&M Grand Slam XLTs, they just feel so much better than anything else out there.
I also rode Fit F.A.F. 2.25 tires for years, but I wore through them really quickly and recently switched to Odyssey Chase Hawk tires, 2.4 front and 2.2 rear, and they're way tougher.
This bike is built like they were back in the midschool tank days: everything is way overbuilt and it weighs a ton (33 pounds!), but it's the best bike I've ever owned and I still love riding it every day. It's been through some terrible wrecks and cased tricks, and it doesn't have any damage except for some scrapes in the powdercoat. Hope you guys dig it.