second SSCX bike is to have a race spare in the pit?
seems extra silly if you sell your geared cx bike to build it instead of using zipties[/quote]
Not selling the geared bike, but yeah it’s more than a little dumb. This will be the new “A” ss bike.
I just wanna build/borrow a fuckaround bike that I can leave locked up on campus for the next ten weeks. Its primary purposes will be wheelies and beer runs.
Seattleites are welcome/encouraged to help me with this. I’ll provide you with a tax receipt.
Nordavinden: finish installing light system, get a new rack made for it. Install low riders and load up a couple days’ worth of gear for a short trip or two. Buy some new tires, but not the fancy ones I crave. Probably some Nomads.
LHT: rebuild rear wheel with CODA hub. Move spare front over. Consider selling it to buy more suitable touring bike.
Kidsbike: buy my buddy’s old MTB and put an xtracycle on it. Ride kid all over town this summer.
That’s it. Having a kid on my rafter limited income has scaled back my bike plans considerably for the foreseeable future.
[quote=ckd]I just wanna build/borrow a fuckaround bike that I can leave locked up on campus for the next ten weeks. Its primary purposes will be wheelies and beer runs.
Seattleites are welcome/encouraged to help me with this. I’ll provide you with a tax receipt.[/quote]
How tall are you?
5’8" or 5’9" or so.
I’ve got a bike for you. I’m taking the cranks and shifters, and it’s missing some more parts, but you can probably put the rest together from your parts bin.
Crosscheck: Nomad 35s, classic Flite and mini-vs. Eventually build some new wheels for it too.
Batavus: Replace the creaky, decrepit old Cinelli cockpit with something more modern. Replace the front rim. I’d like to get down on some 11-9 shimergo action too.
Fixed gear beater: Front rack, rear brake and a SS freewheel. Probably put fenders from the cross check on it at some point. Or not bother, because its not going to rain here for a long time anyway.
[quote=emor]Kidsbike: buy my buddy’s old MTB and put an xtracycle on it. Ride kid all over town this summer.
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hmmm. this would justify at least one of the dumb old mtn bikes I have kicking around.
but is an extracycle appreciably crappier than a big dummy? might need to start an extracycle thread.
Take it to the cagro bikes thread
take money saved from not drinking and
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buy cheap old mtb, singlespeed it, cruiser bars, giant wald basket, big apples, spd/platform pedals, haul dog/groceries/summer cruising sans bag
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build sscx. looking at pompetamine, it looks like a decent, inexpensive frame and i guess i can pick one up at the planet x store in portland.
- Finish building up the Serotta.
- HTFU and ride through the winter (although fucka riding in -14º F right now).
- Get less fat.
[quote=halbritt][list=1]
[*]Drag my oxy/acetylene rig home from the warehouse and start brazing bike tubes into the form of a track bike.
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you should drag it up to my place. Have the jig here, and a small mill found its way into the garage somehow 
whaddaya know. right after posting here i found an 80s steel mtb, frame only, for ten bucks on cl. it’s a start.
i’m getting ideas, and i’m going to have fun.
[quote=bobbythehawk][quote=halbritt][list=1]
[*]Drag my oxy/acetylene rig home from the warehouse and start brazing bike tubes into the form of a track bike.
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you should drag it up to my place. Have the jig here, and a small mill found its way into the garage somehow :D[/quote]
Don’t fuck with me. If you’re serious, I totally will.
attn ladygrinder
Lots of terrible bikes but lots of great ideas in here. I also have a late 80’s rigid mtb that I’m slowly turning into bomber townie mode for spring.
fuck yeah. i want bomber townie mode with some flexibility for trail gnar shredding. just a little stoked.
[quote=halbritt][quote=bobbythehawk][quote=halbritt][list=1]
[*]Drag my oxy/acetylene rig home from the warehouse and start brazing bike tubes into the form of a track bike.
[/list][/quote]
you should drag it up to my place. Have the jig here, and a small mill found its way into the garage somehow :D[/quote]
Don’t fuck with me. If you’re serious, I totally will.[/quote]
yup.
Going to start with a yolo polo bike with a cheapo MTB tubeset I got lying here.
that.
Wasn’t there a Soberuary thread? Maybe shoot for sobourteen.
[quote=bobbythehawk][quote=halbritt][quote=bobbythehawk][quote=halbritt][list=1]
[*]Drag my oxy/acetylene rig home from the warehouse and start brazing bike tubes into the form of a track bike.
[/list][/quote]
you should drag it up to my place. Have the jig here, and a small mill found its way into the garage somehow :D[/quote]
Don’t fuck with me. If you’re serious, I totally will.[/quote]
yup.
Going to start with a yolo polo bike with a cheapo MTB tubeset I got lying here.[/quote]
PM me. Let’s do this.
- Ride.
- Ride some more.
- Ride my fucking bikes more and longer.
- Move to supgrrl and get into local cross team with my bros “up north”.
4,5. Actually train for cross season and do some racing now that I don’t have any excuse not to. - Plan awesome biekpacking/touring trip in the summer with supgrrl and not overload like a motherfucker.
- Sell some shit and build a squishy front 29er and try to shred some gnar.
- Proceed to visit snowmaaan and let him hand my ass to me while gettin rad in teh trve kvlt black metal-forest of Stockholm.