Ideas for my ride?

[big kountry]

It's your bike but if it was mine an I wanted to stretch it I wouldn't care if it was the last 1 on earth what I'm sayn brother is make that bike yours you earned that when you paid your hard earned money for it

[socal_jack]

Thanks Jack, I'd like to see that.

I'm wondering how a laid back post would look/feel on the bike?

I think I put it up even more than yours but without a kickstand I couldn't get a similar pic angle, should've taken against the garage. Seems like alot of guys have bending issues with the laybacks if they're too angled. Some of the shallower or gusseted ones would probably work.

[CRASH]

A suggestion has been a banana seat, but I'm not into that look. And a brace without a banana seat will look weird. I'm sure an engineering genius could come up with a cool solution, but that definately isn't me.

[socal_jack]

I think some guys have had luck tack welding a metal rod (5/8" maybe) inside the the post as they usually bend right at the seatpost clamp.

[CRASH]

By the way... this picture has been very helpful. I guess my ape hangers really throw off my ability to "see" my bike any other way. I guess this is a dumb question, but how do you guys "shop" for different bars without having to buy a truck load of handlebars?

[socal_jack]

By the way... this picture has been very helpful. I guess my ape hangers really throw off my ability to "see" my bike any other way. I guess this is a dumb question, but how do you guys "shop" for different bars without having to buy a truck load of handlebars?

Kinda funny but it was sort of the other way around in this case. I bought the handlebars on the cheaps a long time ago(Funn brand 1" clamp nobody makes DH stuff that size anymore) and could never get them to work with any of the bikes I tried them on, usually the end of the bar would hit the top-tube. They are very wide DH bars which suit 29ers well, so as the build went that way I pulled them out again and they really worked well with the whole alt-klunker look I was going for.

[DaBigKahuna]

Well, you're in L.A. which is close enough to drive up and beat the snot out of me, so... I'll leave it alone for now.

Yeah and I'm 6ft 270lbs! Why do you think they call me "Da Big Kahuna"

[jackdaw]

Ya just have to get a bunch of crappy old bikes from the dump 'til you find bars you like!!

[CRASH]

My wife would freak if I did that.

[big kountry]

My wife would freak if I did that.

thats why you hide them behind the garage then take her out for something she loves then the next morning put a couple in the garage keep that going til you have all you want she'll never even notice