My bikes

[MeanOldManMike]

This is the first bike I bought. I bought it new in 1973 and have made many different changes to it in those years.

My road bike. I always like to up grade wheels and brakes and bars. I guess I just can't leave anything alone.

I bought this beauty from a co-worker 25 years ago. I bought it to ride around with my kids as they were learning to ride. I upgraded to a 3 speed about 5 years ago and my wife bought me the springer fork for it.

This was my first attempt at a gender change after seeing it done on this site. This was my daughter's Varsity. It is the first bike I did any cutting and welding on. I wanted to lengthen it out a bit. I made the mistake of giving it to much rake. I will cut on it again at a later date.

This was my second attempt at a sex change. The junk man saw me working on the first bike and brought me this Murry woman's beach cruiser. It seemed like a perfectly good bike other than the seat was missing.

I bought this Huffy frame on Craig's List a while back just because I was jonesin for a bike to build. I haven't decided how to finish it yet so it still feels undone to me. I want make a springer fork for it but haven't decided on what style yet.

My bikes are like life. They start out simple but then as I add more stuff to them they become more complex and cluttered.

 

[deorman]

http://s656.photobucket.com/albums/uu287/MeanOldManMike/?action=view&current=varsity1.jpg
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu28 ... 1249771155
This is the first bike I bought. I bought it new in 1973 and have made many different changes to it in those years.
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu28 ... LeTour.jpg
My rode bike. I always like to up grade wheels and brakes and bars. I guess I just can't leave anything alone.
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu28 ... Whites.jpg
I bought this beauty from a co-worker 25 years ago. I bought it to ride around with my kids as they were learning to ride. I upgraded to a 3 speed about 5 years ago and my wife bought me the springer fork for it.
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu28 ... _juju1.jpg
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu28 ... d_juj4.jpg
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu28 ... 1249769607
This was my first attempt at a gender change after seeing it done on this site. This was my daughter's Varsity. It is the first bike I did any cutting and welding on. I wanted to lengthen it out a bit. I made the mistake of giving it to much rake. I will cut on it again at a later date.

I bought this Huffy frame on Craig's List a while back just because I was jonesin for a bike to build. I haven't decided how to finish it yet so it still feels undone to me. I want make a springer fork for it but haven't decided on what style yet.

Oh, well. Tiny picture. :?

 

[MeanOldManMike]

I fixed it so the pics are a better size.

 

[deorman]

2nd changling looks pretty good in photo. 8)

 

[MeanOldManMike]

The top bar on the Murry was a straight pipe I gently bent to give it some curve. The bottom bar was actually the top down tube from the Varsity sex change. I just flipped it over and around and it looks great there.

 

[thesuicideride]

nice schwinn cruiser! i do remember seein that on the ride. that murry sex change came out awesome.

 

[Skipton]

I think this one looks very cool! I would love to try to ride it :mrgreen:

 

[Big Fat Whitewalls]

The white one needs to stay the way it is. Bikes are cheap, build another one, or send it to me. :lol:

 

[Von Stans]

the white one looks kinda hot rodish i really love the stance on it put some apes on it and call it a day

 

[MeanOldManMike]

The white one looks good but is hard to ride. The front end wants to flop to one side or the other because of to much rake. The handle bars are so low that your knees almost hit your chest and it is almost hard to breath. I have thought about going with apes to fix. I might give it a try. Thanks for the comments.