That brass drum cymbal design, and the roulette darts design (both bottom left of two example posts) are RAD! These are going on my list for sure, especially now that I can tell the business is run by a stand-up dude.
Someone just gave me this bike for free:
I was going to buy a 3-speed hub and wheels/tires/tubes to get it going for my girlfriend, but she's 4'11" so I'm probably going to build a smaller bike for her instead. She stood over this and was like "Nope!". What I'm wondering is if this thing is...
A little beer can shim action and it's right as rain. Thanks guys.
Instead of grinding some threads off a standard 5/16" bolt, I just got grade-8 1/4" hardware. All is well.
Thanks for the responses, guys. I did make sure I got the seat bolt very tight before squeezing the hub between the dropouts. Didn't make a difference. It's not greasy or oily in there, either. I like the thin aluminum can shim idea. I'll try that after work.
Tankenstein, here ya go:
Can't...
Ran into a little snag today... My frame has what I assume to be an integrated seat post clamp:
And the Shimano Nexus 3 Hub I intend to use is slightly wider than the dropouts on my frame, so when I put the back wheel in, it spreads them out juuuuust enough that I can't get the seat post...
Hey guys, I'm new to this. As best I can tell by browsing and searching the forums here, I have a Westfield or Columbia frame on my current project. There is no headbadge. When I got the frame, the original paint was long gone and it was just the bare frame with no other parts except this bent...
Hi everyone. I've built a few ratty single speed coaster brake cruisers here and there over the past ten years. I also built one motored rat bike:
Right now I'm working on a 3-speed cruiser project:
I've been reading the RRB forum for how-to's and following the Instagram for a couple...