Sunday, November 14, 2010

Multi Stage project, update 2

It's been decided that the Caddy is going to be painted. Which means every thing comes off. 2 hours, some leverage, some hammering, some penetrating oil (but no blowtorch, thank you). And this is what we have.
Off to see Duane at Chester Cycles.
To be continued. Next up the wheels

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Next multi stage project. Cadillac Cruiser

Part one. Before: This is a 50s era cruiser. It's owner bought it from her neighbor. Put some air in the tires and rode it for a few months this summer. It's been brought in for an "overhaul". I'll clean it up and see what I can do about the rust.
To be continued

Monday, October 11, 2010

Have I mentioned...

How small the Travelers Check gets for shipping? Fits nicely in a 26x26x10 box. Cool stuff

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Surly Traveler Check. Complete

This is it. The Brooks saddle and tape really look great. The black Rival components will be reliable. And the Velocity wheels will travel thousands of miles with little trouble.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Surly Travelers Check. Specced and ready to build

Been working with a guy on a commuter / traveling bike. This is what we came up with.
Good durable components(SRAM Rival) on a frame that folds in half (couplers).
Not in this picture: Brooks honey saddle & bar tape & wheels (to be built)
More pictures to come as build progresses

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Surly CrossCheck Single Speed

Here's a cool little number. Cyclocross Single speed.
A sweet custom build.
The proud owner will get years of reliability out of this.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

1984 ish Peugeot, Check it out! Just posted on CL too


Not positive of the year, but it doesn’t matter much, since practically everything on it is new. It’s a French Made, 61cm frame
New Saddle (Brooks)
New Cranks (Sugino Single Speed)
New Bottom Bracket (Sugino)
New Wheels (Fix Free, radial front/3x rear)
New Cog and Lockring
New Tires (CST)
New Fenders (Planet Bike)
New Freewheel, Bar Tape, Tubes, Cables, Housing and Pads
Only the frame, bars, stem, seat post, levers and brakes are original.
If you buy it, you can have all the original stuff too, it’s all in a box, if you want it.

This is a pretty sweet all weather commuter or town bike.
The frame is in pretty good shape, obviously its used, but it’s clean.

The price of $750 is the retail value the new parts put on the bike. And it’s a fair price, its probably flexible but be realistic.

I did all the work myself