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Hey Y'all! In the middle of a bash up build combining 700c wheels with an old cantilever frame. I'm having problems with the brakes. I've got Sachs hubs front and rear. A vt 5000 in the front and a Torpedo 3 in the rear..... both are drum brakes. I need to know where to get the dohickey that...

Well, you've allready seen my Western Flyer tandem (about to re-do) and you've seen the '49 Blue Bomber.. Here's MY del sol and most of the rest of the collection... my Trek 7300 is elsewhere in this pic.. Note my wife's Raleigh cross and her White Del Sol. Both Del Sols are lightly modified...

I guess i was inspired by the story of the guy elsewhere on here, who bought a frame off of a crackhead.... Right, so today, my Wife and I are taking the dog to the groomers. We took a backroad through town and i spy a guy puttering along on a cruiser framed bicycle... but i notice something...

Ok, so here's the deal.. I progressed through a few MTB bikes a long time ago.. ended up putting city tires on them and riding road.. i figured that i should get a roadbike and get it over with.. I did.. and i loved it... Then i stopped cycling as much.. gained a buncha weight and moved to an...

Its dangerous enough without people like this. Please be safe: http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=4186220&page=1 TUCSON, Ariz. — A judge sentenced a woman to nearly the maximum prison term for negligent homicide after hearing a recorded jail conversation in which she made light of the...

Anyone think of making something a little "different"? How bout BAMBOO! http://www.bmeres.com/bambooframe.htm http://www.pedalpushersonline.com/?CID=1176 http://360guide.info/feel-good/bamboo-b ... ?Itemid=63 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/04 ... d_your.php http://bamboobike.org/Home.html...

Right, so im planning on picking up this http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=3985034 and Im wondering about swapping out the front crank for a triple chain ring and adding a front derailuer. Any issues with this? I think it has a standard legnth rear derail cage that should adjust...

Looka what I found! Design a Bike Beachbikes.net is asking you to design one of our 2008 cruiser models. We need inspiration for our 2008 line, which is why we want your help. If your submission is chosen as the winner we will put it into production as a part of our...

You gotta stolen bike story? Get it back? Didnt, but saw it later? Killed people with a chainsaw later because of it? Tell us the tale. Here's mine. I'll post the full story some time, but i had a guy break into my garage and steal my raleigh mtb and my buddy's NEXT pos MTB.. they ignored my...

Welp, I got the bike from my Grand Father's estate. But when I got home with all these plans on how cool i could make MY bike for ME.. i realized that i was doing the wrong thing here. I have a neighbor who's really cool and going through a tough spot right now. She had commented on my bike and...

OK, so this is sort of an offshoot of the "Us" topic. Im curious on how YOU ended up in here. What brought you to the Rat Rot Bicycle hobby. Were you a Rockabilly before the bicycle, did that come later or are you totally not into any Kulture beyond the bicycles? It seems a pretty specific...

Well.. I came up to Allentown and picked up my project bike today.. its a BCA (bicycle corporation of america.. and a real POS) beach cruiser. http://www.bikeusainc.com/about.asp http://www.bikeusainc.com/about.asp You can click on cruiser there.. take a peek at the single speed cruiser at the...

Ah, the many splendors of JB Weld.. jbweld.net So.. I would like to know specifically, what if any projects (bike or frame related) that you guys have used this stuff on. I dont really have ready access to a welder right now. I'm thinking of closing off the upper teardrop on a typical cruiser...

Hi everyone. Tj from York Pa here. Got fed up with my MTB and my road bike a few years back.. never seemed to find the time to go ride any more.. Sold em off and my wife and I got a pair of Del Sol cruisers. They're mostly stock with a few trinkets here and there. I'm going to be picking up a...