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heres a pic of my next project. This one's a hercules- not sure what year, but I was lucky enought to pick this one up recently for $10. It's not being restored- probably just throw a paint job on it- black with sand colored polka-dots?? Actually, the rust looks so nice, I kinda wanna ride it...

I just picked this one up today at the swap meet for $25 it just needed a little cleaning, and some air in the tires. Sturmey archer 3 speed works fine too!! It's a pretty small bike though- for 24 1 3/8 size tires.

Thanks for the info man, I just sent him an email!!!! If he hasn't sold it, I'm on that thing!

I was planning on mounting it to a 50 panther, and it looks like I'm gonna have plenty of room, but I really wont know until I get it on there I guess. If I do have to do any dimpling it will likely be minimal. I just missed another one this morning. The ad was put on craigslist last night...

the five bolt chainring would be even better I suppose, I want to pair it with a nexus internally geared hub in the rear so that I can work my way into the highest gears, but still be able to pedal up the hill to my house. I think they make some big ones that are 4spd and up, there pretty fat...

not that 56t is not big enough, but do you build larger ones? I was looking for abnormally large -comparible to the excercise bike size (perhaps a bit smaller since the excercise bike ones almost always seem to hit the frame requiring modification)

I think there are some simple truths about carbon fiber 1. it's like anything else ever produced- you can easily find lower cost crap, or high dollar miracles materials 2. lets say it's 10 times stronger than steel- what do you need that on a bike for? If you just need a bike to be lightweight...

hey, I don't necesarily need them for one piece crank- I'm a fan of 3 pc cranks. Let me know when you have some made-please.

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don't know if this one is a westport, just know its a Murray. I've built a couple of Murrays in the past and I have to say that every time I do, I'm always amazed by the result. These are cool bikes!!! Most of the Murray's I find are older, neglected, and rusting, but they always shine up...

yeah, I think your right, I was just hoping that I wouldn't have to get stuck with an excercise bike frame lying around until I get rid of it. I don't do much frame building from scratch, so it would probably just sit. and I've got so many build leftovers lying around as it is.

this is a cool idea- I think you could use the front portion of ladies bike frames (from the seat tube forward). Chop them off and weld to a piece of steel strap that can be anchored into the concrete every foot or so. They can be placed staggered (as shown), or even just parallel. and can be...

I missed my chance to buy the most recent one I came accross on-line. I can't find one anywhere. I was thinking of taking one off of an old excercize bike if I can find one, but is there anywhere I can buy one - looking for like 65t like in the photo.

yeah, I've taken a look at some of the complaints about this fork- I've actually just got a new job, so I've completely stopped the build until I can pick up a few parts (hopefully this won't bite too heavily into my first paycheck), but my confidence in this fork has been seriously shaken. I...

I love what you've done with the bike so far, One of the first fixed gear conversion I built was a varsity frame. the chrome rims look great, but have you considered going with matching anodized v rims with a white tire to match your lettering on the frame? Looks awesome as is anyway, but just...

this isn't really a cruiser, but I see a lot of cool single speed roadies on here so I wanted to share this one that I made fixie a while back.

No way man! I think it's probably just big enough to make people look twice, without looking "out of place big". That thing looks pretty sharp too!

love the innovation on your front brake. very inventive. seriously cool bike!!!

you can use a scotch brite pad- and what's pretty cool is that if your tires are not old and cracking, you can scrub pretty hard and actually scrub away that thin layer of oxidation scummy stuff that can get on neglected white walls. If you have nice chrome rims you wanna remove the tires to...

I actually purchased this fork from norm at venice motorbikes- he suggested I go with the re-inforced one as well, but I couldn't afford it-