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Show me your NON-BICYCLE bicycle parts.
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Andrew Gorman
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Copper makes a LOUSY mount for anything on a bike. Fatigue sets in from vibration and it fails. Your front fender jams the front wheel and over the bars you go. Please wear a helmet...
Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
Man, I love seeing all the creative ways you guys have used random bits and pieces on your bikes!
Here's one of my latest builds that makes use of a number of unconventional parts: my 1961 Murray Meteor Flite, Shoestring. I call it that because I built it on a shoestring budget of no more than $50, including the initial cost of the bike.
Most of my non-bicycle bicycle parts can all be seen towards the front of the bike.
I used a pair of shoestrings, stained in coffee to look older and dirtier than they really are, as handlebar streamers.
Next, I made a custom tank insert using some scrap plywoood and some fabric I cut out of an old pair of khaki work pants and stained to match the seat.
Finally, I took a VW emblem, an aluminum fence post topper, a bent spoon, and a little more plywood and stained khaki fabric, and made a custom "headlight" out of all the parts. I just found that they all fit together so well, that I simply though, "why not?" I also flipped the VW emblem upside-down, so it'd be an "M" for "Murray," and I guess an "A" for my first name.
Here's one of my latest builds that makes use of a number of unconventional parts: my 1961 Murray Meteor Flite, Shoestring. I call it that because I built it on a shoestring budget of no more than $50, including the initial cost of the bike.
Most of my non-bicycle bicycle parts can all be seen towards the front of the bike.
I used a pair of shoestrings, stained in coffee to look older and dirtier than they really are, as handlebar streamers.
Next, I made a custom tank insert using some scrap plywoood and some fabric I cut out of an old pair of khaki work pants and stained to match the seat.
Finally, I took a VW emblem, an aluminum fence post topper, a bent spoon, and a little more plywood and stained khaki fabric, and made a custom "headlight" out of all the parts. I just found that they all fit together so well, that I simply though, "why not?" I also flipped the VW emblem upside-down, so it'd be an "M" for "Murray," and I guess an "A" for my first name.
bobbystillz
Finally riding a big boys bike
No mirror on my hotrod (to hang dice from), so I put them in the rear view instead.
I love using unique pencil toppers as valve caps.
Found that a wrench made a perfect light bracket where I didn't want to use a fender.
And trash can lids make amazing hub caps.
I love using unique pencil toppers as valve caps.
Found that a wrench made a perfect light bracket where I didn't want to use a fender.
And trash can lids make amazing hub caps.
Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
Excellent parts usage! I especially love the idea of using pencil toppers as valve stem caps!
I remember when you started on that Pink Panther bike a couple years ago. I don't think I ever saw the completed build of it. You got a thread going on that one?
bobbystillz
Finally riding a big boys bike
Thanks! Yeah, the Pink Panther bike is 95% done. Need to wire up lights, and a couple paint flourishes, and ideally reconfigure the bracket for the fork.
Rusty Ol' Rogue
Old fat tired rider
Getting lost is never an issue, as long as I have this handy little stem mounted compass to point the way.
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