Hello folks,
Well, introduction... Let's see if I can keep this brief! I got into bicycles when I came home from my first year of college. I started working at a pizza place local to my home town and the junior college I transferred to, and discovered the healthy and satisfying hobby of cycling while bouncing from here to there while I didn't have a car! The first few bikes I built up on my own were lowriders and resurrected Schwinns, but for the last couple of years I've been into road cycling and even started dabbling in racing, although that fell through quickly because I'm not a very competitive person. I'm real happy to have found this site... I'm also interested in motorcycles and vintage American hot rods, and wandered in here because I'm researching options for my first motorized bicycle build. I was inspired by my best friend Justin and the 66cc kit he slapped onto a Schwinn I built him for his 21st birthday. Anyway, here are some pics of bikes I've made that fit the bill around here, and a random shot of me in my element! Cheers. :mrgreen:
-Kilroy
This is my first and *only* lowrider bike. I built it up from new parts put out by that Taiwan-based company that simply goes by "Lowrider." I sold it cheap during desperate times.
Ummm... This is a 'thing' I built out of a mish-mash of parts because at the time I thought it would be cool. I didn't like it, so it's already been pieced out for some other stuff including a fixie.
Here's the mid-70's Schwinn I built for my friend Justin. It was totally rusted and out-of-commission when I pulled it out of my grandparents' barn. I stripped it down, sand-blasted it and painted it at my uncle's hot rod shop (Double ZZ Hot Rods in Dinuba, CA) with my cousin. It's got lots of pinstripes and other funky stuff, but that's hard to see in the photo.
And finally, here's me, doing my thing... This was the only race I ever competed in. I had been sick all week so I didn't even finish the .... thing, because it was seven AM and raining and I got a coughing fit about half way through. Even Cat 5 racing is brutal, and it was an eye-opening experience. I did not enjoy the stress of competition, though, so that's that!
Well, introduction... Let's see if I can keep this brief! I got into bicycles when I came home from my first year of college. I started working at a pizza place local to my home town and the junior college I transferred to, and discovered the healthy and satisfying hobby of cycling while bouncing from here to there while I didn't have a car! The first few bikes I built up on my own were lowriders and resurrected Schwinns, but for the last couple of years I've been into road cycling and even started dabbling in racing, although that fell through quickly because I'm not a very competitive person. I'm real happy to have found this site... I'm also interested in motorcycles and vintage American hot rods, and wandered in here because I'm researching options for my first motorized bicycle build. I was inspired by my best friend Justin and the 66cc kit he slapped onto a Schwinn I built him for his 21st birthday. Anyway, here are some pics of bikes I've made that fit the bill around here, and a random shot of me in my element! Cheers. :mrgreen:
-Kilroy
This is my first and *only* lowrider bike. I built it up from new parts put out by that Taiwan-based company that simply goes by "Lowrider." I sold it cheap during desperate times.
Ummm... This is a 'thing' I built out of a mish-mash of parts because at the time I thought it would be cool. I didn't like it, so it's already been pieced out for some other stuff including a fixie.
Here's the mid-70's Schwinn I built for my friend Justin. It was totally rusted and out-of-commission when I pulled it out of my grandparents' barn. I stripped it down, sand-blasted it and painted it at my uncle's hot rod shop (Double ZZ Hot Rods in Dinuba, CA) with my cousin. It's got lots of pinstripes and other funky stuff, but that's hard to see in the photo.
And finally, here's me, doing my thing... This was the only race I ever competed in. I had been sick all week so I didn't even finish the .... thing, because it was seven AM and raining and I got a coughing fit about half way through. Even Cat 5 racing is brutal, and it was an eye-opening experience. I did not enjoy the stress of competition, though, so that's that!
