Well, I was out scouring the local hard rubbish (kerbside collection? council cleanup? so many names, so much fun) when I spotted this old warhorse. It initially only attracted me thanks to it's 22" wheels, a rarity I try ti hold on to when I find them. But the frame has sucked me in to it's shabby glory, and will soon be my single speed steed; build thread to follow.
Details:
The bike as found. Note gnarly white trash conversion to children's bike. 22" wheels, tiny cranks and -
a tricycle seat bolted through the seat tube. Nice.
Sweet TMNT stickers might stay
This next bike actually cost me some cash from a garage sale. I actually had an old path racer frame ages ago, but in a big cleanup I GAVE it to a collector guy to make some room for the muscle bikes I was into at the time. Bugger 20/20 hindsight... And to think that I actually used to leave these kinds of frames sitting on the hard rubbish piles. I wonder how many are Hyundais now? Anywho, this was $25 from a garage sale, and has already done a 30km public ride on an unopened freeway extension. The shifter cable snapped, and left me with only high gear, and the seat is crap, but this will be left in it's sweet patina'd livery.
Pretty sure the 27" wheels aren't original, and I know the seat isn't.
No idea as to the manufacture, apart from this headtube decal -
and this seat-tube decal.
Fastback seat stays bolt on to the top of the drop outs.
And it's covered in real honest-to-god hand pinstriping.
Details:
The bike as found. Note gnarly white trash conversion to children's bike. 22" wheels, tiny cranks and -
This next bike actually cost me some cash from a garage sale. I actually had an old path racer frame ages ago, but in a big cleanup I GAVE it to a collector guy to make some room for the muscle bikes I was into at the time. Bugger 20/20 hindsight... And to think that I actually used to leave these kinds of frames sitting on the hard rubbish piles. I wonder how many are Hyundais now? Anywho, this was $25 from a garage sale, and has already done a 30km public ride on an unopened freeway extension. The shifter cable snapped, and left me with only high gear, and the seat is crap, but this will be left in it's sweet patina'd livery.
