You know you have a problem with bicycles when...

[Verrt]

You're in your kitchen and think...

That would make a nice shifter

Hmm, headlight housing?

I dunno what I could use this for, but it seems like it should go on a bike

What regular items have you got around your house that you always think you could turn into bicycle parts?

 

[Captain Awesome]

Ikea is like a Rat Rodder paradise

 

[handyandy1100]

An empty Spam can?

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[Verrt]

Ikea is like a Rat Rodder paradise

I don't know what you're talking about.
I have never once stared down our Ikea toilet brush, willing it to break so I could steal the handle for a shifter

 

[Captain Awesome]

Between the kitchen utensils and the lighting department we could have a RRB buildoff

 

[deorman]

Everything except the sink.

 

[handyandy1100]

Everything except the sink.

I don't know, a small sink could make a dandy carrier for ice and beverages...

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[MattiThundrrr]

I have a box of odds and ends and weird bits that I'm looking for a place to use. Best item is a small "EJECTOR SEAT" sign. I cracked it a bit when I tried mounting it on Duck Norris after some wiseguy told me my seat was unrideable.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

As for the kitchen sink, it's been done

 

[Captain Awesome]

As for the kitchen sink, it's been done
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That's pretty slick

 

[Wildcat]

I cut the bottom out of one of the wife's brass planters for this chainwheel plate. Then I put the fake plant back and she never knew the better.

 

[Kevin B]

"Hi I'm Kevin and I'm a bikeaholic . . ."

The forum inspired me to use this item and a kitchen item. The zeppelin ornament comes from the Studebaker pedal car thread. When I saw that antenna topper on the Stude' I picked one up off ebay. Then I remembered all the posts on RRB that use spoons for brake straps and got the idea to use a serving spoon handle bent at a 90 as a bracket for the zeppelin ornament.

 

[bunnyman666]

I needed to mock up a build. Had the correct part on order, but instead of waiting, I went to the hardware store for a bolt, then robbed a part from another bike and bored out a hole so I could use it!

 

[El Pocho]

The thing with the holes is OBVOUSLY a handlebar mounted, downhill wind deflector

 

[Retro Flutter]

I used a glass doorknob for my shift knob on my ride.

That strainer, I think it'd make a neat headlight cover btw.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

^^^ @Retro Flutter
Is that another

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[Verrt]

I used a glass doorknob for my shift knob on my ride.

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That strainer, I think it'd make a neat headlight cover btw.

I like those panniers. Where are they from?

 

[Retro Flutter]

I like those panniers. Where are they from?

Got them on eBay, made in India. Not really the best build quality but they were kinda cheap, when I bought them, they've almost doubled in price, according to my purchase history. One, the straps broke, repaired it, replaced the straps, then straps broke again. So, might get somethign a little more substantial eventually. Just the thin straps can't handle the weight in them...need to go to a wider belt maybe.

^^^ @Retro Flutter
Is that another
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Hah, no, it's a JC Higgins Simpson Sears. CCMs have been hard to find lately....picked up an AMF Roadmaster the other day though.

 

[Verrt]

Got them on eBay, made in India. Not really the best build quality but they were kinda cheap, when I bought them, they've almost doubled in price, according to my purchase history. One, the straps broke, repaired it, replaced the straps, then straps broke again. So, might get somethign a little more substantial eventually. Just the thin straps can't handle the weight in them...need to go to a wider belt maybe.

I've had my eye on I think a similar set of ebay/amazon panniers and wondered how good they were.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

no, it's a JC Higgins Simpson Sears. CCMs have been hard to find lately....picked up an AMF Roadmaster the other day though.

Funny enough, was just browsing the vintage CCM forum, learned that some Higgins bikes were made by CCM.