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  1. jackdaw

    Hello Angels.

    My pal the local junk/trash man dropped this by today. Earles fork no less! Once upon a time, there were three very different little girls... who grew up to be three very different women. Can't stop laughing!!!
  2. jackdaw

    BicycleMotoRat

    I had to buy this bike from the "antique" shop. I don't know why, I just had to have it. Some kid went after it with the spray can, they missed most of the rims. The spokes were wicked rusty so I painted them, sprayed black on a foam brush, no masking, 15 minutes. It's getting a triple...
  3. jackdaw

    I'm looking for a tire...

    I'm looking for a vintage look tan sidewall (gumwall?) 26" that would look good on a this, a Ross "Diamond Cruiser" I've looked around a fair amount and haven't seen anything but I don't know the BMX places. Thanks
  4. jackdaw

    Quick and dirty paint for dirty rusty spokes

    I didn't want to spend a lot of time on this but the crustiness of the spokes was too much. I took a 1" foam brush and sprayed black spray paint on it to load it up. I could get right up to the nipples without messing up. You do one side, the outside of the close spokes and the inside of the far...
  5. jackdaw

    Got my old job back!

    From 2000 to 2005 I worked at Brooklin Boatyard (yes, with an i). When things were going really well I went out on my own to make more money. Except I'm a lousy boss so I didn't work much. Much crazy life stuff happened and there wasn't much call for boat carpenters so I sobered up and got a job...
  6. jackdaw

    What would Boba Fett ride?

    So I can't imagine Boba Fett on a bicycle but the question tickled me anyway so....? There's the Stormtrooper build that Dee Troy did, viewtopic.php?f=21&t=42340&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=stormtrooper#p412641 and I'm sure Boba Fett rode a speederbike from time to time. So whachoo think??
  7. jackdaw

    New MX loaf seats?

    I know Rini had some but where can I find one now? I saw some on E-bay but is there anywhere else?
  8. jackdaw

    How would you age a tire?

    I'm building a bike and it's going to be dirty, rusty, crusty and ratty. But , the only rear tire that will do is a Felt Berm Master. I have one on the way. I have to make it look old. Oldish anyway. I'm going to scuff off the lettering, not all the way. And I'm going to try to grind down the...
  9. jackdaw

    And my hacksaw will gather dust.

    I'm sure plenty of you guys have used these. I got these metal blades and used some cutting oil and holy cow! Just faster than a hacksaw but able to follow curves a lot closer. I used it to cut these rockers out of 1/4" mild steel and was within 1/32 away from my scribed line, just a touch up...
  10. jackdaw

    What is this crazy trike?

    Where's the drive? front wheel?. It looks like a retrofit, the cranks are now a foot rest? I bet that guy has some big forearms! Strange old thing huh?
  11. jackdaw

    How small are 20" muscle bikes?

    I didn't know how else to put it in the heading. My question is how tall can you be and still ride one of those comfortably? They are really cool and I have an old Schwinn that if I can loosen up I want to get going again. But I imagine they will be too small for me at 6'2". What do you think?
  12. jackdaw

    What I like about RRB is that...

    everyone is so cool, but not too cool to be nice and funny and happy and enthusiastic. It seems that, at work a least, a lot of people are too cool to laugh at jokes or show any enthusiasm for anything. Too cool ends up being cold. I'm just a nerd, from way back, and it's nice to have somewhere...
  13. jackdaw

    Awesome kids "tarp surfing"

    Looks really cool, they're into it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3USVdCo ... re=related
  14. jackdaw

    GT mags to trade

    See more in the For Trade section.
  15. jackdaw

    Two, cute.

    I got these two out of the dump. They were both together within a couple of feet of each other. I couldn't bear to see them separated :lol: . I like that they were both repainted and are on their second (at least) seats. But what I like most is that the tires are bald. How many kids bike do...
  16. jackdaw

    Whadda ya want fer nuthin' ?

  17. jackdaw

    How do I not get ripped off?

    I hate to even bring it up you know. Buying something with PayPal I think you have some recourse. But trading something? How do you know you're not going to send out your valuable whatever and never get anything back? I'm sorry to bring up a bummer subject but it does happen. I know you can go...
  18. jackdaw

    Sorta silly question

    But I am curious. What do you think the minimum length for an adult size burrito bike is?
  19. jackdaw

    Where to get stencils?

    I finally think I understand, using stencils to paint the darts on the front of bikes, where do you get stencils? Come on. Did I say something wrong?
  20. jackdaw

    Detail painting tutorial?

    Hello, I see all these beautiful paint jobs with all these details, I wonder if someone could do a tutorial on masking and painting darts and such. Preferably with lots of pictures. You guys do such great work and I'd like to learn from you. I've looked through about 20 pages of the how-to...
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