Getting to Know Matti

[MattiThundrrr]

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Meet Matti

So, trying to get caught up after a couple months absence...get to the intros section, and see a bolded "Meet Matti" thread...:39:. We have to meet him again! :blush:...super needy :grin:. A continuous welcome to RRB!

www.ratrodbikes.com

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[MattiThundrrr]

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[Verrt]

Thanks for the shoutout in the first post of this thread. Now the forum has auto subcribed me to this, so I'll know as soon as there's any important matti updates....

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Yep, I saved you the trouble of responding. Ironically, no?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Fun read about why it's tough to find the old balooners. Blame these guys.

How A Wild Downhill Race In 1970S Marin County Launched National Mountain Biking Trend

By Ben Marks

www.sfgate.com

And then thank them for the replacement they invented.

That's Breezer 1, BTW

 

[Verrt]

You could make a replica by welding top tube onto a mixte

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Lol here we go again with the mixtes. Fun fact, that's a Cook fork, modified by Breeze. Can't imagine what that'd be worth, let alone the whole bike. Original, except for the chain and grips, which were replaced by Joe himself, from his personal stash

 

[Verrt]

Lol here we go again with the mixtes.

Look, I have a problem, ok.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I have future plans for a Mixte build, not that disputed mini muscle Looptail I posted the other day. I want to do a 24*3 ape bar cruiser mixte. So far, I have amassed exactly 0 parts for it.
What is that second one in the pile, (Windsor?) green, white mags, with the Slingshot? That's pretty nice looking

 

[Verrt]

You may be searching for a while to find a mixte frame that can take a 24x3. But that would be cool.
The yellow frame at the back is slated to be rat rodded when I get the time and inclination.

They are all my wife's bikes, I just take care of them and encourage her to get more of them.
One day I'll haul them out, clean the covid dust off, for a proper photo shoot.

Windsor. Mid-range, decent quality frame, cro-moly, nice welds, pretty light, better than department store components, those that are left at least.

It's single speed since she got it, and maybe one of the most fun to ride. I love this one so much.

In the future it's going to be powder coat pink, ditch the fenders to fit fatter tires on it (as soon as someone makes a 700c full gum tire). We already have a really cool pink anodized bar same shape as this one to go on it.

Couldn't figure out what you meant by slingshot...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

My mistake. I saw the clamp for the cupholder, thought it was the second clamp of a Slingshot stem.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

If you like bikes, NSFW maybe?

1979 Series II Breezer

This is the first of the Series II Breezers It was originally build for Fred who owned "Fred's Place", the restaurant next to Joe Breeze's workshop. Thought you might enjoy a couple photos we snapped of the bike post-restoration

www.retrobike.co.uk

Ugh. Gross.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Goodness, I'm all giddy! The local police auction started online today, over 85 bikes listed!

 

[Couch tater]

Goodness, I'm all giddy! The local police auction started online today, over 85 bikes listed!

So whatcha eyeballing?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

So whatcha eyeballing?

A Norco, a Raleigh, and a Devinci walk into a police storage unit...

There's a trek too, similar to the Devinci, but it's getting a lot of attention, already getting a little expensive

 

[Couch tater]

Good choices. Hardened criminals being returned to society for a new chance at life. Just keep them away from banks.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

The Norco is a little bit of a contradiction for me: a big, bulky, heavy wheeled single speed, but at forty bucks, even the brakes make it a deal

 

[Couch tater]

The Norco is a little bit of a contradiction for me: a big, bulky, heavy wheeled single speed, but at forty bucks, even the brakes make it a deal

At $40 that would make a great parts cadaver for a klunker build.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Still four days of bidding. I gotta keep my pistol in my pocket for now...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Meanwhile, in my town...

HAPPY HELLOWEEEEEN!!