I started a build thread for this over the summer while I was still working on RoadMaster Diesel.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18010
Not much else had happened with it for a while because the nexus-7 wheel I intended to use is out of whack and neither the LBS or my knowledgeable friends know what to do with it. But when my vacation week came up I packed up the pieces in the trunk to bring with me and assemble at a friend's house, so I could ride it while on vacation.
So, at my friend's place in Queens, NY, he was trying to help me get it together for a ride through Queens and Brooklyn, but first, the nexus-7 wheel is just not going to work, and then I also realized that rini's online bicycle shop (or whatever it's called) sold me a chain that was pre-cut to BMX length, and the LBS sold me a 24" tube in a 26" box.
So I ended up using my friend's Bridgestone for the ride, and just strapped my neons to it:
I think it aws the first time NYC had seen DownLowGlow neons on a bike, they were freaking out. My friend told me, "wait, you come back in a year, everyone will have those and it will be your fault."
more pics from NYC here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeymac/se ... 333133881/
So anyway, after NYC I was on my way to Rochester to take part in the Wednesday and Thursday night cruises that take place. I was able to get the RoadMaster together at my old friend Killmore's place just in time for the ride.
I got the idea for this pic from someone who did something similar with a checkered seat and matching sneakers.
My buddy Killmore and I got into making custom bikes at the same time a couple years ago, and these are our latest efforts. Obviously we're into different styles, but each of these bikes are custom just for us.
I ended up going with a pair of cheap chinese coasterbrake wheels, good enough for now, so I can ride this thing. Pretty simple basic build but it rides nice.
more pics from the Wednesday ride:
full set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeymac/se ... 457778088/
Karl riding my bike as we were leaving Lux Lounge for more riding
Karl shot this 10 second exposure with my camera while I rode by on my bike. You can see my neon streak and the trail of blinking taillights.
another long exposure, I was spinning a light saber.
AND Thursday night too:
full set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeymac/se ... 493145426/
this dude was riding a borrowed Trek cruiser that was way cooler than him (kind of a jerk)
You can see High Falls behind him.
This is farther north on the river trail, at Lower Falls:
looking north towards the lake, still several miles away.
part of the river trail is on this boardwalk over a wide part of the river, it continues along the side up ahead to the right.
Finally to the end of the Pier at Charlotte Beach, on Lake Ontario.
Set the camera on the ground with a timer to get this shot of the whole group.
Good times with the old cruisin crew and some new friends.
Then it was back to reality and back to CT, and back to work. I've been riding this bike to work every day since I've been back, well over a hundred miles on this thing already, and it was just slapped together for a couple of rides. I still want to do more with it, but it's good enough for now.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18010
Not much else had happened with it for a while because the nexus-7 wheel I intended to use is out of whack and neither the LBS or my knowledgeable friends know what to do with it. But when my vacation week came up I packed up the pieces in the trunk to bring with me and assemble at a friend's house, so I could ride it while on vacation.
So, at my friend's place in Queens, NY, he was trying to help me get it together for a ride through Queens and Brooklyn, but first, the nexus-7 wheel is just not going to work, and then I also realized that rini's online bicycle shop (or whatever it's called) sold me a chain that was pre-cut to BMX length, and the LBS sold me a 24" tube in a 26" box.
So I ended up using my friend's Bridgestone for the ride, and just strapped my neons to it:
I think it aws the first time NYC had seen DownLowGlow neons on a bike, they were freaking out. My friend told me, "wait, you come back in a year, everyone will have those and it will be your fault."
more pics from NYC here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeymac/se ... 333133881/
So anyway, after NYC I was on my way to Rochester to take part in the Wednesday and Thursday night cruises that take place. I was able to get the RoadMaster together at my old friend Killmore's place just in time for the ride.
I got the idea for this pic from someone who did something similar with a checkered seat and matching sneakers.
My buddy Killmore and I got into making custom bikes at the same time a couple years ago, and these are our latest efforts. Obviously we're into different styles, but each of these bikes are custom just for us.
I ended up going with a pair of cheap chinese coasterbrake wheels, good enough for now, so I can ride this thing. Pretty simple basic build but it rides nice.
more pics from the Wednesday ride:
full set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeymac/se ... 457778088/
Karl riding my bike as we were leaving Lux Lounge for more riding
Karl shot this 10 second exposure with my camera while I rode by on my bike. You can see my neon streak and the trail of blinking taillights.
another long exposure, I was spinning a light saber.
AND Thursday night too:
full set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeymac/se ... 493145426/
this dude was riding a borrowed Trek cruiser that was way cooler than him (kind of a jerk)
You can see High Falls behind him.
This is farther north on the river trail, at Lower Falls:
looking north towards the lake, still several miles away.
part of the river trail is on this boardwalk over a wide part of the river, it continues along the side up ahead to the right.
Finally to the end of the Pier at Charlotte Beach, on Lake Ontario.
Set the camera on the ground with a timer to get this shot of the whole group.
Good times with the old cruisin crew and some new friends.
Then it was back to reality and back to CT, and back to work. I've been riding this bike to work every day since I've been back, well over a hundred miles on this thing already, and it was just slapped together for a couple of rides. I still want to do more with it, but it's good enough for now.
