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I'll start with a disclaimer - Yes, this mothers day gift was delivered on time, I'm just a bit late posting it . Unfortunately I don't have any "before" pictures of the bike. It was your typical neglected hulk, bent & rusted wheels, parts missing, thick layer of dirty grime and so on. But...

This one was a garage sale freebie. The conversation went like this: Me - Are you really giving that bike away? Them - Yes, please get it out of here! Me - Thank you, thank you very much! After some clean up, swapping the drop bars for a set of north road style bars and adding a set of...

I've been wanting a cargo hauler for a while and now I finally have one! Woo Hoo! I looked into the options available for hauling stuff on a bike, panniers, jumbo size panniers, racks, trailers, the Kona Ute, Surly's Big Dummy and finally settled on this, the Xtracycle Free Radical. For me...

For fans of '80s BMX and Kung-Fu movies everywhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qve-THEDTs0 Enjoy! -Mp

Found this great low-buck set up for shooting bike photos and thought I'd pass it along: http://www.raydobbins.com/photosetup.htm -Mp

OK this has been bugging me for years and I'm hoping some of the more music savvy members can help me out. There's a rockabilly song & video I remember from the mid 80's but I cannot for the life of me remember the song title or who the band was. The only lyrics I remember go something like...

This is a simple build that took far too long, but now it's finally done! (I did post some shots of this project in another thread quite a while back, but I can't seem to find it now *shrugs*) First off, big thanks to Hooch for the frame: a 1961 Schwinn Hollywood that I bought from him many...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GIbJ0NbHJs -Mp

VICTORY!!! Oh Yeah! (Hooch knows the story behind this) -Mp

Hot-rod builder Boyd Coddington dies at age 63 http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... 72614/1065 Condolences to the Coddington family. -Mp

Some of you may remember this pixie racer from a while back: That started out like this: And now it looks like this: All dressed up and ready to head for a new home. Who's home? I don't exactly know. I'll be dropping it off with friends who will in turn take to their church, who will...

I got to thinking (dangerous at times, yes) about how inspiration for a custom bike can come from many places. Sometimes it's a rusted out hulk that has potential, or a brand new bike that you look at and know just how to make it better. Other times it starts as an idea or concept - you dream up...

Does anybody here know the secret to adjusting these vile little pieces of machinery? The bike in question is Specialized Stumpjumper FSR XC Pro. I bought it new last week. This evening the rear derailleur has crapped out on me. My first thought is that the cables have stretched-in a bit and...

While working on another small project, I used it as an opportunity to try out the Oxalic Acid method of rust removal. I must say it certainly lived up to the hype: Small Schwinn bracket before: The same bracket after an eight hour soak, followed by about two minutes of polishing with...

How to build a low-buck Fixie: 1 - First get yourself a garage sale road bike* like this one: Most important of all is to find a frame with horizontal dropouts. Vertical dropouts make adjusting chain tension difficult to say the least. There are solutions for that, but going the low...

These sassy little numbers arrived today! Big thanks to Hooch for both frames and the chainguards to go with them. It's official, I now have too many projects :mrgreen: The blue Typhoon will get a thorough clean and polish, the pink house painted Hollywood will be re-finished. Probably...

Well now, this just made it onto my list of things I want to try before I die: Big Trucks -Mp

Yes indeed, Pixies are springing up everywhere. Here's the starting point (as already seen here http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewto ... c&start=15): The frame after a de-decalification and some cleaning: I need at least one bike with the classic red rims & whitewalls...

Time for an update on this project: I thought I'd start a new thread to document the build as it progresses. The original post is in the gallery section: http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic. ... c&start=15 The image above is a cobbled together "proof-of-concept" The last few...

Found this on YouTube, The Cool Hot Rod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6KY-wq4trU -Mp