Poor Man’s Manta Ray

[Modelcarjedi]

These bikes are nice riders. I love my manta-clone.

 

[Kevin B]

We have........

"Winter"
Dead lawn
Pollen season
More pollen
Clover season
Hot
Hot
Hot
"Fall" where all leaves come down and disappear in one week
Back to "winter"

Here we have two seasons expressed two ways; rainy (late May thru early October) and dry season (late October thru early May). They also are called tourist season and not tourist season. Though the lines are blurred on those.

 

[Kevin B]

JE your build is coming along great. Good you had that chain ring.

 

[ingola]

You can't believe how tough "mud season" is. Sun is out, trees are green, birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, trails are completely unrideable

Yes but that's a lot of allergy season. 6 months of the year everything is dead here.
Our trails are rideble I use them and the best part is if I fall I bounce from all the clothing.

 

[sdframe]

Tucson has two:
Summer
Hades

 

[Jude Ephesus]

I can’t leave well enough alone:

Tear down and scrub up continues:

I degreased and scrubbed everything again. (This time with a nylon brush)

The degreaser was a bit strong so I put WD-40 on the paint to shine and protect until I get the BLO on.

 

[ingola]

I can’t leave well enough alone:

Tear down and scrub up continues:

I degreased and scrubbed everything again.

The degreaser was a bit strong so I put WD-40 on the paint to shine and protect until I get the BLO on.

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Remember don't throw the blo rags in the garbage can they can ignite

 

[Jude Ephesus]

These bikes are nice riders. I love my manta-clone. View attachment 225364

I LOVE this bike and have been secretly stalking it on this site!!!!

I have a 26” camelback I’m going to ‘merge’ with a Womens collegiate that has that front freewheel system you have on this.

I’m also searching for a nicely patiana’d 5 speed shfter for the ‘full Monty’

finally, I dig the chainring, but Im also going to try to save and use the chain guard as well…. We’ll see what happens: this bike is super cool and I’m incorporating a lot of the work you did on my builds.

 

[Jude Ephesus]

These bikes are nice riders. I love my manta-clone. View attachment 225364

Here’s the bikes I’m going to try to merge to get like yours !!!

 

[ingola]

I can’t leave well enough alone:

Tear down and scrub up continues:

I degreased and scrubbed everything again.

The degreaser was a bit strong so I put WD-40 on the paint to shine and protect until I get the BLO on.

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Durning the skinny build off all the skinny bikes looked out of place in the garages full of cruisers. In your area it's completely flipped .

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Durning the skinny build off all the skinny bikes looked out of place in the garages full of cruisers. In your area it's completely flipped .

I know it! -it just sort of happened!!!!!!

I had to laugh….. one of the Syracuse Classic Bike guys was describing my bikes or builds to one of his friends and he described me as a “10-speed guy.”

I was like, uh….. we’ll, I guess you’re right!

 

[ingola]

I know it! -it just sort of happened!!!!!!

I had to laugh….. one of the Syracuse Classic Bike guys was describing my bikes or builds to one of his friends and he described me as a “10-speed guy.”

I was like, uh….. we’ll, I guess you’re right!

Nothing wrong with that it refreshing we seem to lean to a style here and yours stick out there different and so many 10 speeds to be found to lots to play with. My everyday bike is a skinny tire.

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Durning the skinny build off all the skinny bikes looked out of place in the garages full of cruisers. In your area it's completely flipped

So, I do have SOME non-skinny bikes!

See highlighted bikes in red!!!!!

 

[ingola]

Lol I thought I was the only one with bikes buried in the snow.

 

[Wildcat]

That's definitely a Schwinn chain wheel. That mag style came out around 1968.

 

[Jude Ephesus]

That's definitely a Schwinn chain wheel. That mag style came out around 1968.

Thanks Wildcat!

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Fenders bobbed:

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Got my bottom bracket, headset and all bearings and hardware scrubbed, lubed and assembled

 

[Jude Ephesus]

 

[Jude Ephesus]