Your Rat ridden most miles per year.....
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I've spent a few weekends truing wheels, straightening/aligning the fork and dropouts, replacing/lubing the bearings, and generally making this bike a rider. Thanks to member outsider13 for selling me a really cherry Bendix RB-2 hub/brake!
This bike rolls nice! Many happy miles to come!
This bike rolls nice! Many happy miles to come!
What if you don't have a rat?
Build one!! No rules in forums. Maybe a better way of asking the question would have been, If you ride a ratbike ALOT as a commuter or long-distance rider, I want to see the bikes' design elements. Like a purpose built RAT ride...
Shame on me for selling my rat!
I have a mutt, part mtb, part bmx, part commuter, and generally what I call a, "plunking," bike. I on/off road it, it can be fast, and it can slow pedal unknown ground!
3 speed sturmey archer coaster, 700 wheels w/ kenda cosmos tires, shimano deore lx crank, bmx clip in pedals, mary bars, gt piston stem, $20 eBay seat, Gt Zaskar frame, gt bologna cut fork.
I have a mutt, part mtb, part bmx, part commuter, and generally what I call a, "plunking," bike. I on/off road it, it can be fast, and it can slow pedal unknown ground!
3 speed sturmey archer coaster, 700 wheels w/ kenda cosmos tires, shimano deore lx crank, bmx clip in pedals, mary bars, gt piston stem, $20 eBay seat, Gt Zaskar frame, gt bologna cut fork.
well my daily rider isn't technically a rat but it is a pos wal mart genesis 29 inch onex.
i have posted it in a few places..so i will spare the pictures
today i wrecked it and had to rebuild it back to stock so its stock with a few extras added (license plate handlebar bag and custom valvecaps severe weak sauce .lol)
i did put this one together i plan on riding as my genesis is high mileage. if it were a car it would have 100k already on it i ride that much.
24 inch schwinn dx pig bike i was gonna sell but it has grown on me and im keeping her.
i have fenders being repaired and will be painted flat black to match the frame.
there is some texture of the petina,but i spraybombed the frame and wheels.
apes are kinda flimsy,but cool.
i see it being my favorite ride.
Sean
i have posted it in a few places..so i will spare the pictures
today i wrecked it and had to rebuild it back to stock so its stock with a few extras added (license plate handlebar bag and custom valvecaps severe weak sauce .lol)
i did put this one together i plan on riding as my genesis is high mileage. if it were a car it would have 100k already on it i ride that much.
24 inch schwinn dx pig bike i was gonna sell but it has grown on me and im keeping her.
i have fenders being repaired and will be painted flat black to match the frame.
there is some texture of the petina,but i spraybombed the frame and wheels.
apes are kinda flimsy,but cool.
i see it being my favorite ride.
Sean
No matter what I build I always jump on the corvette for cruising around. It was the first old frame I ever scored ( actually won in raffle )
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That is saweet!
That is saweet!
Lately been riding my rusty Murray around the block, as it is so much more work than my Specialized Crossroads it is more productive for my exercise program......No pic, just imagine a typical rusty 60's Murray being stripped of paint and set outside for two years...with mountain bike tires and wheels, and a Wallyworld saddle.
I alternate between the two 
2007 Giant Stiletto “The LongBike”
This is the bike that has been ridden the most over the last five-years; rides in New York City; Burlington, Vermont; Hampton Beach, New Hampshire; Portland, Maine; Ayer, Massachusetts and Lake George, New York, plus on numerous local rides.
She has a custom horse leather saddle on the factory seatpan, with early Ross mountain bike metal brake handles, Puch moped front drum brake laced onto a 24-inch MTB rim, Shimano Rapid Fire 7-speed shifter, Shimano ultra-wide 7-speed cassette 13-34T; Wally World bullet handgrips and a Harley-Davidson tool bag.
She is an unbelievably comfortable, all day rider!
This is the bike that has been ridden the most over the last five-years; rides in New York City; Burlington, Vermont; Hampton Beach, New Hampshire; Portland, Maine; Ayer, Massachusetts and Lake George, New York, plus on numerous local rides.
She has a custom horse leather saddle on the factory seatpan, with early Ross mountain bike metal brake handles, Puch moped front drum brake laced onto a 24-inch MTB rim, Shimano Rapid Fire 7-speed shifter, Shimano ultra-wide 7-speed cassette 13-34T; Wally World bullet handgrips and a Harley-Davidson tool bag.
She is an unbelievably comfortable, all day rider!
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I am really liking the rides that are being shown here....really interesting to see the "faves" that are pulled off the rack first, especially the single-speeds. Nice.
I've just finished a new road rat that I had to disqualify from the buildoff because I started it before may, but I will post a few pics this next week...stay tuned for my self-disqualified Shelby Flyer straight bar that I call the "Pelaton Punisher".
I've just finished a new road rat that I had to disqualify from the buildoff because I started it before may, but I will post a few pics this next week...stay tuned for my self-disqualified Shelby Flyer straight bar that I call the "Pelaton Punisher".
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This winter I road this everyday.
When the weather is nice I Really like to ride this!
When the weather is nice I Really like to ride this!
1953 Schwinn, probably was a Meteor. I got it in 1979 and just re aquired the frame. Possibly for a winter build off. It's been ridden all over Florida and soon will be ridden here in the Philippines.
