some of my stuff updated 11-26

[vanilla_gorilla]

hey i work out of a shed i built with my dad in the backyard. its cool, got a lot of room

i built this one from a bratz bike i found
originally i built it for a girl but she ditched me so i made it my own

headtube badge

"open primary" chainwheels

heres my Captain America wcc custom

back of the shed

i got some more pics n stuff but theyre not uploaded yet

 

[Hooch]

oh I love that double sprocket idea I just had mocked one up on a bike I am building!

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

cool man, its just mocked up as it is, right now the bikes all apart cuz im redoing it
its a cool subtle touch that people dont notice at first

 

[Firewalker]

love to see some more pic! maybe a little farther back :lol:

 

[ratcycle]

open primary

how did you make that open primary on the bratz bike?

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

all i got to work with is a 1.3 megapixel camerafrom like 6 years ago for now haha, but yea i do have a bunch more pics at home. im at school right now but ill try to post some either thursday or friday

theres more pics of my recent build in the bbo page under cranbrook custom check it out, first metal fab / bondo project ive done

i made the extra chainwheel by drilling out the rivets on some old chainwheel cluster from some 18 speed bike and using the one ring that was close enough in size, i cut out a small section to fit it over the crank arm and then put a piece of junk chain on it solid (no master link, too valuable haha) any ways, eventaully im gonna space it correctly and rivet it in place and wrap the inside with copper wire
no real reason i just think itll look cool

 

[kingpin]

very cool bro...im super jelious of your workshop!!!

what city do u live in?

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

thanks man, me and my dad designed and built it to work on bikes specifically, its added on to the old shed which is through the other set of doors off to the one side

im from somerville, nj
its a small town in central NJ
im the only one around that i know of that messes around with bikes so i gotta either learn by doing or order parts from cali
its all good though

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

more pics n stuff

old bike a friend dropped off

big cruiser

glarified shed pic

more glare

no glare haha

my friends JC

crappy old pic of the lowrider when i painted it black
notice the horrible purple pedals

 

[kingpin]

man your cruiser is super super nice!!! hey what is that powell u have hanging on your wall? i collect old skateboards

brett

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

yea dude, good eye its an old bones brigade deck i dunno whos exactly but its got a big pink roach on the other side of it
i have the trucks and wheels for it somewhere too

 

[kingpin]

ok thats the team deck (the roach is on a checkered background eh?)...

what sorta condition is the bottom graphic in? what wheels do u have from it?

brett

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

its def used haha
not sure about the wheels, theyre big and red
ill have to find them and see if theres any info on them

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

cleaned up a little bit yesterday and made some room, might sell a couple old bmx's if anyones interested ones a redline i dunno what the other one is

 

[kingpin]

pix?

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

gonna get some up as soon as i can
my dads lookin for soe he took too

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

stole this pic from my sisters myspace
she wanted to ride her old mountain bike but it was all rusted n dry rotted so i helped her fix it up

she bought the new parts and i did the paint and rebuild

first time doin a multi-speed bike
rides pretty good

ill try to get some more pics of us riding around for you guys

 

[schwinnmesa]

Cool bike, is it a Huffy?

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

yea it is, i dunno what model in particular but i think it looks better now
she likes the hawaii hibiscus flower so she bought the matching set of gear from electra and went to work
frame is stock paint just de-stickered and clean thoughly
forks and bars used to be ugly grey now they are pearl white
rims are stock just hit with steel wool and it brought the shine back

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

ok heres that redline i mentioned before

and some other frame that i have all the parts for in a crate

some interior shots as i get ready for winter

some thread people were talking about longboards heres mine

custom hand painted deck

and just because, i made my own captain america helmet out of fiberglass for halloween

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