I have started salvaging and reworking bikes first to simply have a bike to ride around town with. After a bit of time working on them, I just started to enjoy the whole process as well as riding for fun and fitness. This blog is just to show what I have been up to and possibly sell some bikes if anyone becomes interested.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Bike built for Kyle
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
new bike project pre-paint job
I'm excited to get my new Nishiki Prestige up and peddling. The frame is slightly smaller than I was going for but I shall live with it. I have some plans in store for a custom, original paint job that should turn out to be pretty neat! This is going to be a fixed gear and the bike I will be using to work out learning a couple tricks on.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
fixed gear first
I've just finished putting together my first fixed gear bike! I haven't had much of a chance to ride it because of inclement weather but what I did get to ride on it was hella fun. The bike I set up is the blue Schwinn Continental, which still has some work left to get the frame to my aesthetic liking but is ridable. I put my first set of 700c x 23 wheels on with a 16t sprocket. Tomorrow I will take a photo to put up (it looks pretty slick).
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
the collection that I have been working on this summer
This is a Bike that I have gotten mostly set-up but still in progress. It is a 1965 (I believe), Schwinn Continental that I've converted into a single speed. This frame suits my height a bit better than the Varsity does so once I get this into shape, it'll be my main bike I'm thinking.
This bike I made for my girlfriend Courtney. It is a girls 1973 Schwinn Varsity. I was riding a bike trail one day and found it sitting in a parking stall for a car and it appeared to have been thrown into the lake right behind where I found it. I removed the front 48T chain ring so there would be less problems as far as shifting goes but left the derailleur so she still has some options.
This bike is quite obviously in progress but it is another Schwinn Continental. I've been having some trouble removing the fork from the headset because it had been sitting out to let the weather have it's way with it and in effect rusted the two pieces together.
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