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So I'm sorry to swan back in here after so long (and never having contributed that much in the first place) with a hipster build. But I'm so stoked about getting this bike together I can't wait to share it. We start with a 21st gift from my girlfriend. Malvern Star Skidstar frame, blissfully...

Anyone have any info to share on these hubs? I bought one on ebay just to see how it goes. It looks liek the seller has a couple more, wondering if they were worth stocking up on.

I've not been here long, and I've not contributed much in my time here. But I have got a few builds rattling along. I started with two bikes, and the missus kept asking "what do you need two for?"... Numbers grew, building spread from porch to the kitchen. I figred it wouldn't last long before...

Kind of sore I missed the build off start, and I'm not allowed to touch the birthday bike until well after the finish date. Though it might be fun to do an Aussie build off, showcase some malvern star, speedwell, repco, road king, boans .etc frames. Weigh in if you're keen, with time/guideline...

This was an early twenty first present from my missus, a Malvern Star Skidstar frame. These things are rad. Malvern Star are our homegrown Australian family bike type company, these are about equivalent to a Sting-Ray. Only less prolific. Lugged to kingdom come, track ends, skinny as heck...

All I can find is the same stock photo over and over. Has anyone got a photo of one of these on a bike? Or even just a photo of the rear of the unit so I can see how it mounts? Any help would be appreciated.

Finally getting a build close to finish. Not much gets done on my 3G as I ride it to work every day. So far I've managed to flip the bars and put whitewalls and moon valve caps on it, hardly progress. But, this week my orange-wall Kenda Kontacts arrived along with a set of 20" rims with orange...

Pretty simple question really. Will a shimano click stick chifter work with a newer Nexus three speed hub? Any help would be appreciated as ebay time is running out.

This may be a stupid question, but I've tried bike shops and hardware stores and I can't find anything exactly like what I need. Where do i find clamps for bolting stuff onto a frame? Something like a seat post clamp, only with a bigger tab for mounting things on. There's got to be something...

If anyone's got an electra deluxe cruiser lying around (men's or ladies') would you mind measuring the distance from the front axle to the top of the headtube? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

I just read about these being available from walmart today. Such a cool idea to make a production run of sidehacks. Has anyone tried one out or own one? I really really need one for picking up cartons of beer (I'm a cycling enthusiast because I don't drive a car).

I found this picture while searching for a info on a bike I just bought. Thought the forks were pretty cool, has anyone seen or heard of these before? Are they still available? It's actually given me an idea for a custom springer fork.

So I bought some checkerboard ISC racer tape to go down the middle of the fenders on my 3G. But applying it is proving more difficult than I anticipated. Probably just because I didn't really think it through too much.). The problem is a fender is a pretty severe compound curve and the 2" wide...

Has anyone seen, heard of or used one of these? All I can find is the specs on the Sturmey Archer website, and these very low res pictures on the chopper dome website http://chopperdome-paris.fickser.nl/ind ... onID=42295. I'd especially like to see a better picture if anyone's got one.

Just wondered how many of you guys hand sand your frames to repaint them? I've spent the last week or so sanding down an old lowrider frame, and I have to say it's getting a bit tedious. Does it pay off as a labour of love? Or are you better off just getting it professionally sandblasted and...

Anyone got any photos of painted/powdercoated triple clamp forks? I'm thinking about making red ones, but I'm not a hundred percent yet.

I dunno if it qualifies as a build, it's certainly not going to be ratty, but I hope some of you might enjoy following my grand scheme for my new cruiser. Can't find the camera as yet, but when I do I'll post a photo of the real thing. Here's a stock photo of what I'm starting with. Hard to...

Have any of you guys ever taken apart one of these sissybars? I'd like to take one apart and send it off to the powdercoater's, and was wondering how much, if any of it could be taken apart, sandblasted and powdercoated again?

The first question i have is, is there a problem with caliper brakes marking up powder-coated rims? I don't want to go spending the money getting nice red rims (passe for some, but essential for me) only to find I get big black streaks all over them. My second question being are drum brakes a...

Hey guys. I didn't see the say hello section before I threw in in the bike talk section, terribly sorry. Anyway I'm glad to be here, to share my first build with you. I plan to take a 3g puck and sink the seat right down on the back tyre, with triple clamp forks and downturned cafe racer style...