yoothgeye
I build stuff.
When I first joined RatRodBikes.com I had just built my first rat rod bike to my specifications. I started with a sandblasted 1950 Columbia frame and a wheelset. I did the flat black on the frame, laid down some OEM graphics by hand (paint pen), red rims, then added some new parts. It was what I had dreamed up in my head and I liked it. Then I joined here and saw many bikes similar to mine and loved them as well, but the older bikes with all the "extra" stuff on them, I wasn't real keen on.
I respected the survivor looking bikes, but I wanted something stripped down and sleek.
Then I joined my first build-off and by the end of the build my bike had a rear fender (seriously modified, but nonetheless a fender), a tank, and a chainguard, all the stuff that I had not wanted on that first bike. But I had painted over the original paint and faked much of the aging making a '76 Murray appear to many people to be much older.
Then in the next build-off I basically just polished rust, added some parts and called it a day, and it's my favorite of all of my "rat rod" bikes.
Now I am drawn more to original bikes that are just revived instead of restored, all the "extras" like fenders, tanks, guards, flaps, etc... I'm all for it.
Maybe I should make a website called patinabikes.com (and then just route it here)...
Have I changed or has this site changed me?
Anyone else had a shift in their bicycle taste since being a member here?
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I respected the survivor looking bikes, but I wanted something stripped down and sleek.
Then I joined my first build-off and by the end of the build my bike had a rear fender (seriously modified, but nonetheless a fender), a tank, and a chainguard, all the stuff that I had not wanted on that first bike. But I had painted over the original paint and faked much of the aging making a '76 Murray appear to many people to be much older.
Then in the next build-off I basically just polished rust, added some parts and called it a day, and it's my favorite of all of my "rat rod" bikes.
Now I am drawn more to original bikes that are just revived instead of restored, all the "extras" like fenders, tanks, guards, flaps, etc... I'm all for it.
Maybe I should make a website called patinabikes.com (and then just route it here)...
Have I changed or has this site changed me?
Anyone else had a shift in their bicycle taste since being a member here?
Rat #1:
Rat #2:
Rat #3: