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I've had this bike on the site before, but now I've finally bit the bullet and converted it to a single speed. I used a 7speed Shimano freehub wheelset and pieced together enough spacers and 15t cog to make it work. The blue spacer you see in the photos is actually a 1/2" wide section of steel...

You can also sell any alloy 3-piece crankset on eBay fairly easily. Any old Suntour, SR or Sugino alloy crank usually brings anywhere from $15 to $60. The same goes for vintage brakes, derailleurs, stems, shifters, etc. I've made quite a bit of $$ by parting out old vintage racers, selling...

Yeah, most car guys would recognize the color as "Ford" blue, but I guess the folks at DupliColor didn't want to pay any $$ for putting that name on their spray cans! After I painted it, I found out that the texture of the paint is actually a lot like 100 grit sandpaper; it's not glossy and has...

Ok, I can't really call this my "latest" build, because its the only bike I own. I just keep reworkin' it into newer generations. This time around, I went from the old flat gray primer color to DupliColor's "Engine Block Blue" 500 degree spray paint. No, I don't really expect my bike to get...

Here's a few other projects of mine. I got all three of these 70's muscle bikes for free or next to nothing. The black and blue ones are both Murrays and the gray one is a Columbia Playbike. All were in pretty bad shape when I got them so restoration was not really an option. The black one...

Hey all. As the subject line indicates, I am new to this site and live in the St. Louis, MO area (anyone else out there from the Lou?). I love this site because I can look at everyone else's bikes and not have to spend any money or destroy yet another pair of good pants! It's a way for me to...

Thanks for the feedback. I'll try to get a photo of the serial number posted sometime. I'd be very grateful if someone out there could tell me where this thing came from! Since it doesn't really fall into the "vintage" category, it might be difficult to trace. Who knows...it could end up...

This is my first post and my first bike project that could be called "Rat Rod" (using a very loose interpretation, I suppose). Unlike other bikes seen in this forum, mine is a bit more modern, bordering on being a commuter bike. The frame is a modern aluminum cantilever style but I don't know...