7-10-2015: First -- Links to my Builds:
Vista Cruiser -- my first cruiser build
Schwinn Stingray L'il Chik -- my oldest daughter's bike
Late 1980's Cannondale MTB -- aka, my first bike project
Firestone 500 Speed Cruiser -- project for my wife
OCC Army Stingray -- Build-Off #8 bike, and chopper for my son
Middle Child -- Build-Off #10 bike, for my oldest girl.
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Hi, I'm Nick. I'm a professional computer nerd who found out a few years ago that he likes tinkering with bicycles. Actually, when I was a teenager I built a sidecar for my BMX bike out of 2x4's and a 26" bicycle wheel -- it carried a human once. More recently, I fixed up my old (ooold) Cannondale MTB so I could start riding again and kinda reset the hook.
I have a couple of projects I'm working on -- real back-burner stuff, since I have four kids, a full-time job, and I'm in graduate school.
First, I bought an old Vista Workhorse at a yard sale for $3...it's currently (late 2009) sitting in pieces in a Huggies box, but I'd like it to end up as a decent beach cruiser...I call it my "Vista Cruiser" project. :roll:
Next, my dad's wife gave me her daughter's old, purple Schwinn Stingray L'il Chik bike, and I cleaned it up, put on new tires and chain, and gave it to my oldest daughter for her 7th birthday this year. Now she's the envy of the neighborhood.
So...I'm not into chopping and welding bikes -- not that I'm against it, I just don't know how and don't have the equipment. Some of the bikes on this site are really cool. I'm pretty much just a "clean up and replace parts" guy, I guess.
Anyway...hi!
Vista Cruiser -- my first cruiser build
Schwinn Stingray L'il Chik -- my oldest daughter's bike
Late 1980's Cannondale MTB -- aka, my first bike project
Firestone 500 Speed Cruiser -- project for my wife
OCC Army Stingray -- Build-Off #8 bike, and chopper for my son
Middle Child -- Build-Off #10 bike, for my oldest girl.
---------------------------------------------------------------- original intro post ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi, I'm Nick. I'm a professional computer nerd who found out a few years ago that he likes tinkering with bicycles. Actually, when I was a teenager I built a sidecar for my BMX bike out of 2x4's and a 26" bicycle wheel -- it carried a human once. More recently, I fixed up my old (ooold) Cannondale MTB so I could start riding again and kinda reset the hook.
I have a couple of projects I'm working on -- real back-burner stuff, since I have four kids, a full-time job, and I'm in graduate school.
First, I bought an old Vista Workhorse at a yard sale for $3...it's currently (late 2009) sitting in pieces in a Huggies box, but I'd like it to end up as a decent beach cruiser...I call it my "Vista Cruiser" project. :roll:
Next, my dad's wife gave me her daughter's old, purple Schwinn Stingray L'il Chik bike, and I cleaned it up, put on new tires and chain, and gave it to my oldest daughter for her 7th birthday this year. Now she's the envy of the neighborhood.
So...I'm not into chopping and welding bikes -- not that I'm against it, I just don't know how and don't have the equipment. Some of the bikes on this site are really cool. I'm pretty much just a "clean up and replace parts" guy, I guess.
Anyway...hi!
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