Pics of your "alt bike(s)"?
05-09-05, 03:27 PM
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Keep an eye on those wheelbase-extensions. there is a lot of stress on the rearmost bolts. You'd be smart to fabricate some kind of seat stays from the wheel to your seat to support your weight better.
Keep an eye on those wheelbase-extensions. there is a lot of stress on the rearmost bolts. You'd be smart to fabricate some kind of seat stays from the wheel to your seat to support your weight better.
Originally Posted by Ya Tu Sabes
Here's my chopper. It's some old BMX frame that I extended the wheelbase on by bolting on pieces from the rear triangle of a junky mountain bike. One day a week, my mother-in-law babysits my one-year-old, so I have to drive to her house in the morning to drop him off. I built this ride over the weekend so I could keep it locked up near her place (which is only about a ten-minute ride to work), park my car in her garage, and then tool over to the office. Yesterday was the inaugural ride and I got plenty of funny looks while cruising through downtown Boston in my work clothes. It helps that I'm 6'4", so I look especially absurd on this thing, even though it's pretty comfortable to ride. (As you can perhaps tell, the emphasis in this build was on keeping costs and attractiveness down, since the bike has to be locked outside most of the time. Most of the parts were from the garbage, but I had to buy the copper pipe, er, I mean the seat post at Home Dep-- the LBS, and the wheels, fork, and saddle came from a cheap kids' bike from Target. Total cost: $40.)
05-15-05, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by jordan1000
Here is a picture of my bike 
I have red lights under it 
I have red lights under it
05-16-05, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by koan
You call those choppers? *This*...is a chopper. Spotted outside a local LBS.
peace,
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05-16-05, 10:49 AM
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Sam,
Turn around.... That's the FRONT wheel!
Reminds me of a friend of mine. He was partying at a neighbors house across the lagoon from his place in Tuckerton, NJ. Well, after a rousing night of banging back brewskies and slamming down shots, he gets in to his little paddle boat... BACKWARDS. He was hollering that someone stole the g/d pedals and he can't get home. We had the toughest time trying to convince him to turn around in the boat.
Turn around.... That's the FRONT wheel!
Reminds me of a friend of mine. He was partying at a neighbors house across the lagoon from his place in Tuckerton, NJ. Well, after a rousing night of banging back brewskies and slamming down shots, he gets in to his little paddle boat... BACKWARDS. He was hollering that someone stole the g/d pedals and he can't get home. We had the toughest time trying to convince him to turn around in the boat.
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Oh hehe, I was looking at the bike right, I just wrote the wrong thing! That'll teach me to get all doped up on allergy medication right before work.. 
peace,
sam
peace,
sam
05-23-05, 11:36 PM
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I have 3 others that have never been taken out of their boxes. Next weekend I'll be riding one of these around the Indianapolis 500 around race time.
I have 3 others that have never been taken out of their boxes. Next weekend I'll be riding one of these around the Indianapolis 500 around race time.
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Originally Posted by turborob
My summer cruiser...
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06-02-05, 03:24 PM
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i don't know if anybody has posted a link to this site (sorry if they have), but check out the bikes on the scallywags bike club web site.
06-03-05, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by new_dharma
i don't know if anybody has posted a link to this site (sorry if they have), but check out the bikes on the scallywags bike club web site.
https://www.scallywagsbikeclub.com/im...irclebike2.htm
A little bmx with a hoop from front wheel to back. Jam on the front brakes & ride a loop. At the 03 May Day parade a saw him do 2 in a row. Pretty damn cool. Quite the crowd pleaser as well.
06-20-05, 12:26 PM
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There are som rad chops here! Spent too long looking them all over. I am looking for chopper photos for my gallery at https://www.chopzone.com ,so feel free to cruize over and enter your ride!
Later - keep choppin'
Brad
Later - keep choppin'
Brad
07-16-05, 05:35 PM
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here's mine...
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07-17-05, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by HAUS!
A few months back, a friend of mine and bus-driver was complaining that he had to be trained on how to assist cyclists who wanted to use the new bike racks, similar to the one shown in the pic, being installed on the local transit system here. I mentioned to him that I may have played a role in the racks being installed on the buses as I had been writing to the Mayor for over a year urging him to introduce the program. While the racks were introduced just a few months ago, ironically my two main bikes: a 7'6". Firebike and 6'9" Stiletto, do not fit. I never planned to use the racks anyway.
07-17-05, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by EnigManiac
That is a great pic!
07-17-05, 10:51 AM
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Haus, that picture is great! I love the look on the bus drivers face.
peace,
sam
peace,
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07-17-05, 07:22 PM
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This is an early photo of the couch-bike, before it was turned into a triple by adding another seat and crankest behind the seat, The TV bike that was to be ridden in front of it burned up due to a short in the inverter that powered the 29" TV (note to self, next time use a fuse) OK it's not really a bike as it had four wheels but it sure was "ALT"
The drive system used a mid drive, so the bike used a 3x7x7 drive on each side, for a total of 147 gear combos... 35 feet of chain, four rear dérailleurs, two front, built from 15 bikes an old swing-set and a pull out sleeper couch, max speed on the flats was about 12 MPH, never wanted to try a good down hill run on it, turning radis was about 17 feet (the next will tun in its own length)
The drive system used a mid drive, so the bike used a 3x7x7 drive on each side, for a total of 147 gear combos... 35 feet of chain, four rear dérailleurs, two front, built from 15 bikes an old swing-set and a pull out sleeper couch, max speed on the flats was about 12 MPH, never wanted to try a good down hill run on it, turning radis was about 17 feet (the next will tun in its own length)
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"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." - Arthur Conan Doyle
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"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." - Arthur Conan Doyle
07-17-05, 11:31 PM
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I don't think I have seen a link to Chicagos' own Rat Patrol:
https://rat-patrol.org
I see some of these guys all over my neighborhood. They have a great site too.
You can buy some prebuilt lowriders and customs here:
https://www.lovelylowrider.com
They have some cool bikes with the old school flavor. If I weren't so tall I'd get myself one.
I really dig the spinners:
mms://media.bicycledesigner.com/bicycledesigner/Spinner_Bike_broadband.wmv
https://rat-patrol.org
I see some of these guys all over my neighborhood. They have a great site too.
You can buy some prebuilt lowriders and customs here:
https://www.lovelylowrider.com
They have some cool bikes with the old school flavor. If I weren't so tall I'd get myself one.
I really dig the spinners:
mms://media.bicycledesigner.com/bicycledesigner/Spinner_Bike_broadband.wmv
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I will post my pic of me and my friends Bike on monday when he gets back from the lake.
Its all silver with a very very small front wheel on it. custom seat, extra wheel attached, and a "stearing wheel".
Its all silver with a very very small front wheel on it. custom seat, extra wheel attached, and a "stearing wheel".
07-26-05, 07:15 AM
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Lots more pictures of lots and lots of bikes here:
https://mywilson.homestead.com/gallery0.html
That's the gallery for Bike Rod and Kustom magazine.
Those thinking of building one could do worse than go to:
www.chopperbicycle.net
Which is a great forum for those involved in building.
https://mywilson.homestead.com/gallery0.html
That's the gallery for Bike Rod and Kustom magazine.
Those thinking of building one could do worse than go to:
www.chopperbicycle.net
Which is a great forum for those involved in building.
07-31-05, 10:55 AM
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One thing missing from all these choppers.
A back seat for the ladies.
You have a chopper, you have to have a cutie in a neon thong on the back seat.
A back seat for the ladies.
You have a chopper, you have to have a cutie in a neon thong on the back seat.
08-04-05, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by biodiesel
One thing missing from all these choppers.
A back seat for the ladies.
You have a chopper, you have to have a cutie in a neon thong on the back seat.
A back seat for the ladies.
You have a chopper, you have to have a cutie in a neon thong on the back seat.
Ride behind a man?!?!? You've got to be kidding... you guys can't even pee straight and you think a woman with any sense would want ro dide behind you. Seriously now?!!?!
j/k
Anyhow, here's mine. Work in progress. Seriusly thinking about an 80cc motor kit.
Before & after
EDIT: Oh yeah, it also qualifies as small rear (26 x 2.125) large front (27 x 1 1/4)
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