Recent content by Cycle Tragic

Hi Luke, Yes I'm living the dream on the Gold Coast. Thanks for the offer ... Lets catch up if your coming up this way. Please pm me so we can keep in contact I'm stuck on a shop fitting job in Brisbane for a few weeks which makes it hard to kelp up ... I'm really interested to do a...

Thanks so much for the comments everyone... Somehow as much as I like playing with this 'new medium' for frames .. I'm thinking it just misses something that comes with whole Board Track / chopped steel frame thing. So a Build Off doesn't seem to fit well. The Beach Cruiser shape seems to work...

Woods a sculptural material and 'going solid' is a quick way to let fly your creative energy... Keep sanding till you find all the beautiful lines, they're in there somewhere ! If you go solid and glue up in layers.. forget the Carbon / Glass ... its not needed unless your thinking of jumping...

Thanks Luke ... and others, Just remember if you lay up your ply's its better to have them horizontal than vertical in the frame if its 'ride quality' your after. This makes it somewhat more difficult to build because a big sheet of ply lends itself to drawing out the profile of the bike...

Thanks Cman I'll have another go ... I think I got it !! I hope you all can understand where I'm coming from... This is two full time years work .. but I forgot to take many build photos. I'm sure in time, this side of building will develop... there is so much room for expression... From...

Greetings, I just dig steel bikes and get totally 'lost' checking out all the amazing bikes on RRB, but I only know how to whisper wood !! One hundredsomething pieces of wood make up a frame... they are generally hollow and have a magic ride. If Steel is Real ! .... Wood is Wonderful, and...

Thanks for the welcome ! I’m kicking back on the Gold Coast Australia. Sorry about the ‘typo’ in my home page address http://www.silkwoodcycles.com ...so I’m lacking typing skills as well as metal working skills !! I’m stoked by what people are doing and posting on RatRod Bikes … but have...

Greetings All, I started building bikes a few years ago ... but my metal working skills weren't good ... so looked what happened !! http://www.silkwoocycles.com This cruiser has changed my thinking about riding ... I was upright for many years ... but now I just love to lay back and ride ...