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Here's my original post re the saddle, just used cheapy mountain bike suspension units. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=31617

Hi, It's the summer holidays and recently my wife had a nasty accident and can't take the kids out very far, my eldest son gets bored very quickly so I've given him a whole heap of parts and tools to keep him occupied and my wife sane. So far this is what he's come up with I'm liking it...

Lovin the bars and the shape of the rear light, single speed? have you thought of sticking a nexus on it and a stick shift?

Well spotted, yeah it's a really small one off a kids skateboard, used the truck hanger from the other truck mounted to the rear brake bridge for the other end of the shocks. Thanks for the link

I've given up on the tank idea for now, I want this bike to be electric eventually running a 48v 1000w motor and I'm hoping to make a tank to accommodate the batteries so I'm goind to hold off on it until I get the parts. I had a couple of pairs of mountain bike bar ends and a shed load of old...

Yup, 2 litre Coke to be precise, cut the top off, slit down the side and sprayed the inside then mounted and filled with expandable foam to stop it getting crinkled.

Ok, ditched the tank today, looked utterly ridiculous. Going to make a box tank, tapered at the back, the top front will rest on the top tube and the bottom back will sit tight up to the bottom of the top tube. Hopefully this will reduce the gap between the front of the saddle and the top tube...

Awesome job!!! such a sweet looking ride. 8)

Hi, Ok, so I've had this bike a while and never done a build diary, but now but am now inspired and determined to finish it. It's a bulk standard MTB jump style frame, as the back end is very low I thought it lent itself to a pre-war board track bobber/autocycle. The main idea of the bike is...

Usually there's a hex key bolt at the bottom of each fork by the dropouts, undo that and they should fall apart. Failing that pop the caps on the top of each fork as they might be in there. :wink:

Came out a treat, the brass studs are paper fasteners.

It's actually really comfy without padding, good tip to glue the middle, that will help when I come to put the studs in. I think I've posted it here once before, the saddles an old skateboard. Here she is, Old No. 7, a cliché I know but it just so happens to be the 7th bike I own, completely...

Hi, I've decided to coat my wooden saddle with old leather and add a few studs, any tips?? do I use glue or tacks?

yeah like them but longer and solid with no holes

here's mine, an old saracen mantra

Hi, OK, so the wet weather's here and I'm tired off getting a wet backside, I need mudguards. I'm running 26" mtb wheels with fairly chunky tyres, does anyone know any way of making wide mudguards? I would buy some but I have a non existent budget and as they say 'necessity is the mother of...

I picked up two mountain bike someone was throwing away and decided to make a prewar looking winter ride, thought I was the only one who built bikes from nothing then I found this place, love it.

In the uk it's illegal to ride a bike with a petrol engine unless the bikes been tested at a government test centre, obtained a certificate, registered, insured etc. etc. However it is legal to ride an electric bike no bigger than 250w. The only problem I have is that they take huge heavy...

I think he means your gentleman's parts, It's actually more comfortable than any of my regular bike saddles. Forgot to say that the seat post is a slightly smaller gauge than the tube so it moves up and down under compression.

Made myself a new saddle Saturday, I wanted a bobber style saddle that would also push the postion of the seat further over the back wheel. Started off with two old skateboards, one adult one child. Took the childs trucks apart and attached the truck hanger to the rear brake mount. This gave me...