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    offset gear for Nexus 7 speed ?

    Anyone know where I can get an offset gear for a Nexus 7 speed hub? I want to lace it into a US choppers 80mm rim, but need to move the gear out so the chain will clear the tire. One of my other bikes has a Nexus 3 speed with an offset gear, the wheels came of a Felt. Anyone know where to get...
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    KONA 88 BoardTracker

    Not very "Rat", but given the shortage of cool frames in Australia we have to work with what we have. I have been checking out the KONA EightyEight at my not so local bike store for a while, and when the price dropped to something I could sort of justify, I grabbed one. Of course I couldn't...
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    tires - 1955 Schwinn Spitfire and 1952 seers SportCrest

    Yippee.....the two 24 in bikes I won on US ebay have finally arived here .....NINE months They both run 24 x 1 3/4 tires. I am going to store the original rims and 3 tires. and fit modern 24 in wheels, with 3spd coaster. SO ..... will 24 x 2.125 www tires fit these guys.....before I drop the...
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    The "Real Thing"

    Here are my first two "real" bikes ........ ie Old and American March 1952 Schwinn Unknown year Seers Both are 24" Both were "found" on epay ........... not a real interesting place to find them (or cheap), but getting them shipped to Long Beach CA, packed in a container to Australia and...
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    Tire Choice for 24 inch frames

    I have just bought two 24" bikes on US epay and since I have too wait 3 MONTHS for them to get here, I have lots of time to plan the builds :roll: One of the key decisions will be what tires to run, and therefore what rims to lace up. The general plan (evolving by the minute :wink: ) is...
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    Red Ox

    Here is my two kids first project. It was a Bratz to start with, one of the few readily available canterlever frames in Australia as almost all bikes here were "racer" (diamond) style frames. Fortunately, we are getting an apidemic of cheapo "Beach Cruisers" in the discount stores now, so we...
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    G'Day

    Hi Everyone. I have been lurking for a couple of weeks, and decided to sign up as one of my projects has reached the "public exhibition" stage. (In Gallery shortly) I am a Hot Rodder/Kustom/Pickup nut, but my two boys (8 and 11) have started noticing the Kustom Bicycle's at Rod runs, and...
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