You in with what?

[BartRidesEternal]

Nice! 346 bikes are so nice, glad to have more of them here!

I myself am thinking of taking part with the leftover cut frame pieces i have in my workshop. Probably am going to make a stretch cruiser out of them
Like that head tube, belly tube and bottom bracket from the Electra bike i've cut apart for this winter build off

Awesome that you are in!

I like 346 bikes because they are generally large. The 346 I have (not yet at home unfortunately) is a ladies frame, but with beautiful lines. Thinking about converting it via 'class2' into a gents.
And I have a wheelset from 1944/46 from the US.

Wheel see what happens, very excited to see everyone back for another buildoff!

 

[Starnger]

Awesome that you are in!

I like 346 bikes because they are generally large. The 346 I have (not yet at home unfortunately) is a ladies frame, but with beautiful lines. Thinking about converting it via 'class2' into a gents.
And I have a wheelset from 1944/46 from the US.

Wheel see what happens, very excited to see everyone back for another buildoff!

That yellow beauty i saw on Marktplaats? Great it ended up in good hands!
Nice, would be a great company to my Good Old Days cruiser! I still have another two or three 346 ladies frames waiting for their turn to undergo a similar modification

 

[JA331]

This looks to be another cool build off. I will enter my 39 Roadmaster as I completely pulled it down a few weeks ago as the fork was binding and I always hated the spray bomb white paint job the previous owner did. I will be stripping the paint off the frame and fork and hope to do some sort of raw finish.

 

[Funkme]

Awesome that you are participating Funkme!

Thanks It's been a couple of years, of ups n downs, stress, moving twice ,breaking fingers, but finally feel I have my mojo back.

 

[BartRidesEternal]

That yellow beauty i saw on Marktplaats? Great it ended up in good hands!
Nice, would be a great company to my Good Old Days cruiser! I still have another two or three 346 ladies frames waiting for their turn to undergo a similar modification

Yes that frame on Marktplaats! I saw it, asked the guy about some dimensions and decided to buy it. I will arrive this week probably.
Yesterday I took a look on your "Good Old Days cruiser" link and I remember that build! I have rougly similar ideas with the frame.
Depending how it all turns out (frame geometry, looks) I will buy a roadmaster tank I saw for sale somewhere.

Anyway, can't wait!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I got stacks of pieces that might almost add up to a bike.

Special Design Mountain Bike Chrome-Moly Tubing

We're back to this again

 

[Couch tater]

78.3% chance I'm in. I have a few frames & forks and just cast my line out for another beater. I just need to get proper rat vision going and figure out which junk to use.

 

[kingfish254]

I really want to modify this again.

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I've been scrounging around for parts that I need for a Class 2 concept that my friend Los mentioned the other night. Still has the wheels in my head turning, and the plan isnt solidified yet...
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It has something todo with that stretched 37 roadmaster doublebar I modified a few years back.
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What's one more major structural modification to this frame to make it another one of its kind. ( I learned about @Uncle Stretch 's Colson's after I made it. )

The bike has had a lot of hard use since then. Looks nowhere near what it is in the photo.

Looking forward to your next progression of this. I've always loved that this frame came out similar to UncleStretch's, but with no knowledge of U.S. . This build should be cool to watch.

 

[metalchewy]

Looking forward to your next progression of this. I've always loved that this frame came out similar to UncleStretch's, but with no knowledge of U.S. . This build should be cool to watch.

Thanks Kingfish. You were the one who pointed out to me a couple years ago about the Uncle Stretch Colson's. Was good to see my build was similar to a great idea.

I can't wait to start. So excited about the update. Been pulling different parts from the shed that I think are strong enough and the right size. Some new shoes on order. Still gotta figure out the right bars and wheels.

Even have the bandsaw updated with a new metal blade, rather than using the cutoff wheel this time.

Build Name is taking a lot of thought.

 

[Toeslider]

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[Jude Ephesus]

….. someone had to Rat-Rod an English 3 speed;

 

[metalchewy]

….. someone had to Rat-Rod an England 3 speed;
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You mean like this?

I was able to get this Indian branded English roadster up to 30 MPH in the quarter mile. Built in a WBO one year. Was a fun bike. Gave it to my brother for his birthday one year.

 

[Jude Ephesus]

You mean like this?
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I was able to get this Indian branded English roadster up to 30 MPH in the quarter mile. Built in a WBO one year. Was a fun bike. Gave it to my brother for his birthday one year.
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YUP!!!!!!

 

[Kevin B]

….. someone had to Rat-Rod an English 3 speed;
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I especially like the sprocket.

 

[Bike from the Dead]

I wish I was exaggerating when I say that after several months and over 200 concept sketches later, I only just made up my mind on my entries for this year's Build Off earlier this week, but that's no joke. I had a lot of ideas for how to use up the 30+ donor frames I have sitting in storage, but in the end, I chose to keep my first Class 2 entry simple. Well, simple when compared to some of the other ideas I came up with, that is.

Here's what I'm entering into this year's Build Off for Class 2: my blue freebie girl's Huffy, my freebie "gravity trike," a few freebie road and track bikes, and some other bits and pieces I have laying around (that I also mostly got for free.)

My plan for this odd mishmash of frames is to cut them up and weld them all together into one playful little three-wheeler I like to call The Tinker Toy Trike. The idea is that this trike will be small enough to fit in the back hatch of my daily-driver Ford Focus, but it'll still be big enough for me to ride it comfortably. It probably won't make for a great regular rider, but it'll certainly be a fun little toy for me to goof around with and feel like a kid again.

In addition to my Class 2 trike, I also have a bike I plan to enter in Class 1. I'm planning on doing an extremely mild custom build with my recently acquired JC Higgins Flightliner, where I plan to leave all the parts stock, but do something a little different for the paint.

Looking forward to participating in the Build Off again, and I'm especially looking forward to seeing what everyone else builds too!

 

[metalchewy]

I wish I was exaggerating when I say that after several months and over 200 concept sketches later, I only just made up my mind on my entries for this year's Build Off earlier this week, but that's no joke. I had a lot of ideas for how to use up the 30+ donor frames I have sitting in storage, but in the end, I chose to keep my first Class 2 entry simple. Well, simple when compared to some of the other ideas I came up with, that is.

Here's what I'm entering into this year's Build Off for Class 2: my blue freebie girl's Huffy, my freebie "gravity trike," a few freebie road and track bikes, and some other bits and pieces I have laying around (that I also mostly got for free.)
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My plan for this odd mishmash of frames is to cut them up and weld them all together into one playful little three-wheeler I like to call The Tinker Toy Trike. The idea is that this trike will be small enough to fit in the back hatch of my daily-driver Ford Focus, but it'll still be big enough for me to ride it comfortably. It probably won't make for a great regular rider, but it'll certainly be a fun little toy for me to goof around with and feel like a kid again.
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In addition to my Class 2 trike, I also have a bike I plan to enter in Class 1. I'm planning on doing an extremely mild custom build with my recently acquired JC Higgins Flightliner, where I plan to leave all the parts stock, but do something a little different for the paint.
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Looking forward to participating in the Build Off again, and I'm especially looking forward to seeing what everyone else builds too!

Looks like a whole Lotta fun! Can't wait to see what it becomes.

 

[Bike from the Dead]

Looks like a whole Lotta fun! Can't wait to see what it becomes.

Thanks!

 

[Frankie plekhand]

Still on the fence, i have bike for class one, a stratoflyer but i also just picked up a bike just for the fork and a Electra daisy frame that i used as donor for tubing that could be in class 2. I'll post some pics later..

 

[us56456712]

….. someone had to Rat-Rod an English 3 speed;
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Nice old Raleigh built bike. It looks like a 22 inch frame, which if I’m not mistaken is the largest they made back then. I think they came in 20-21 and 22 inch? Panaracer makes a slightly larger tire for these bikes with the old 650a rims. The Panaracer tires most likely won’t clear the fenders. I have these Panaracer tires and they are marked 1 1/2 inch wide. The seat is really nice. It looks like the rims might also be made so they will work with rod brakes? I’ve read that this type of fork is not up to curb jumps and other rough use as they break at the tubing leg mounts. I can’t wait to see what you do with this bike.

 

[marshall hudson]

This may be this years build for me. Still trying to round up enough parts to make it happen. Hopefully Memory lane is two weeks out will fill my shopping cart. I picked this up a couple weeks after build off started last year. I guess someone thought a 39 murray mercury pacemaker wasn't cool so they repainted and added schwinn decals and head badge. If the parts all fall together this will be my build base.