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It really was great. They would get in some cool vintage (for sale) pretty often as well. They also sold fairtrade chocolate (thus the name), and Gregory was known for wearing a bowtie as his signature look (the 'tie in' on the badge). I bought this 24" bare metal Sears there. Wish I had kept it. It was really slick (tank shroud/scoop was solid chrome, not plastic) and rode super smooth.

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That second angle is so cool 😎

Working an antique show this weekend (Thur-Sun) so bike stuff will be here and there. Found these goodies, though, and one of the hood ornaments is begging to be incorporated into my build. However, I am reminded of a Coco Chanel quote,
Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.

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Looks really nice. 60’s vibe?
 
Last day of the show, and came across this beauty! Still going to keep the glitter seat, but this is going to look mean on a future build 😈

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What was that bottle thing below the grenade
That's an oil can with a screw on cap for the tip. I have another, but it is missing the cover. I'll post a pic of it disassembled.

The Chanel line is really funny!

RaT oN~!
The sentiment is to edit your look by paring down, but it is also a hilarious mental picture 😆😆😆

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Ok, I need some input. I have orange pedals to compliment my grips, but the grips are really the only necessary tie in for the orange manacles on My Pet Monster. Because I have a lot of metallics, I am debating changing the pedals to better compliment the frame itself. Thoughts? (examples below)

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Those purple Wellgo's are 🔥 but you do need a splash of green in there somewhere

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Yessir! Was vacillating between purple and green myself. The chainguard is going to have green (as do the dropouts), so the purple might be the ticket!

Partial to purple.
Looks like we're leaning that way 😁
 
Yessir! Was vacillating between purple and green myself. The chainguard is going to have green (as do the dropouts), so the purple might be the ticket!


Looks like we're leaning that way 😁
Was the seat post and/or seat clamp going to be green? The build is looking fun and funky.......:dance2:
 
The way your whole design fades from blue to violet through to the tires is tight! I'm digging it. I think that bright orange in that amount is going to overwhelm your pallet and detract from what you got going on. I would personally go with smaller hints of orange and possibly darker.. like the sticker on the head tube. Your piece reminds me of my friend Greg's work, a classic horizontal rainbow fade with bits of different hues..
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Ok, I am both enraged and elated right now 😆 My dear friend and bike building buddy since highschool, David, just gave me a parts hack that I could have used 10x over the past few years.

Apparently, if you cut an old crank arm in half, you've got a lucky 7 seatpost. The threading will fit the larger diameter tubing as well. I'm about to try this with a Goodwill donar crank. 😱🤯🤯🤯

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