Alt Bike Culture - Pics of your "alt bike(s)"?

This bike was posted on page 27, with a banana seat and apes. My wife needed a cruiser. She doesn't care for banana seats and apes:notamused:.......SOOO the bike was returned to a more normal state. here's a few pics, what it started as, and what it is now.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/005-9.jpg

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Cool mods. I love teh whtie tires and the way you did the black over red. Sweet ride.

hi i'm a bike enthusiast from SF, Ca and i've been riding mountain bikes for about 20yrs. Just a couple years ago i got into choppers and beach cruisers and wanted to share one of my builds. Although it's not an old bike I tried to capture that spirit the best I could and tried to keep it simple. Aside from the frame and fork only a few parts are stock the rest are parts that i've put on to upgrade and make it more of my own... since i live in San Francisco i converted it from a 3 speed to an 8 speed so i can tackle most of the hills here with ease. Here is my Nirve Switchblade enjoy!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco3.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco4.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco1.jpg
for more builds you can visit my website www.sfcyco.com click on the "builds" icon on the top left. Thank you.

SFCYCO, nice bike. I t seems very utilitarian. I'm strangely mesmorized by the pedals!

Youi mentioned that it's an 8-speed, but it looks like a singlespeed. How do the gears work on it?

Regards,
Cully_J

SFCYCO, nice bike. I t seems very utilitarian. I'm strangely mesmorized by the pedals!

Youi mentioned that it's an 8-speed, but it looks like a singlespeed. How do the gears work on it?

Regards,
Cully_J

Look closer at the hub. It appears to be a Nexus 8 IGH. He does a great job at hiding the cables.

Yes it is a Shimano Nexus 8... the gears are housed internally within the rear hub which means only one sprocket is needed on the outside (smoothest gear changes i've ever experienced) and very fast in top gear. Thanks for noticing the cable routing, hidden behind the vintage plate is a shifter cable feeding to the hub. The pedals are for a mountain bike and the other components are parts from different cycling disciplines. I'm getting a cruiser frame from amsterdam in a few days and your all invited to check out the build blog on my website to see a Basman346 Cruiser frame come to life one component at a time @ http://www.sfcyco.com/sanfranciscocyclecompany/blog/blog.html

thanks again for your interest and i hope you enjoy my future builds in the blogs to come

live to ride to live

bobby @ www.sfcyco.com

Some may have seen this but here is my alternative whip! KOTA identified it and I believe him to be accurate about it being a 24" Sears Spaceliner Frame with a 20" Murray Firecat front end. Had her for 18 years now but I'm fixing to restore/re-do her. New chrome and NOS seat from 70's-80's which is yellow with a rainbow and weird graphics. Gonna through some spokes on her also. :thumb:

cool spaceliner nice project for a resto, the fork brings me back i used to have a murray firecat that was handed down to me from my uncle when i was a kid when all my friends had bmx's i had a chopper bike i guess that's what got me into getting a modern day chopper bike.

The Type 10 has gotten more stuff added to it's frame. Just to give a brief overview, it started as a 2000 model year Diamondback 6061 alloy BMX frame. A front platform was added in 2002, followed by a fiberglass seat post and banana seat. Then a Fairing was placed on the front of the front platform (recycled; from a 1982 Suzuki). The bike was converted to three speeds with a Sturmey Archer Hub.
Lights were installed, but had to be disconnected for the latest modifications. A set of rear panniers were made of Coroplast.
Now, a set of roll bars have been installed. There is a reflective triangle on the back, and another small plastic crate below the triangle.
Here we go with the pictures, which were taken with a mirrored wall back drop:

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If I missed any camera angle, look at the mirror in the background.
This bike is really a heavy hauler. The front platform is mounted to the head tube and can hold 100+ pounds, and now the bike has rear panniers. There is also a small set of Coroplast boxes in the front, which are new, so the lead/acid batteries don't need to be strapped down with "bungee cords" anymore.

Here's my latest creation....

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n112/hellhammered/New%20bikes/HGNS6.jpg

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Here's my latest creation....

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n112/hellhammered/New%20bikes/HGNS6.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n112/hellhammered/New%20bikes/HGNS12.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n112/hellhammered/New%20bikes/HGNS10.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n112/hellhammered/New%20bikes/HGNSFLTLNR1.jpg

That is one good looking motorized middleweight! Bravo!

my new rat bike. while not stretched or chopped or any individual piece altered, it was a full frame-up build from the parts bin and i couldn't be happier. it's pretty much dead on what i envisioned.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4421794798_9ff6cefb84_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2713/4421791814_4aebb4abcc_b.jpg

^^^^Thats sick. I wanna do something like that soon. Kind of a mix between a boardtrack and cafe racer.

my first build
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This is absolutly one of the best bikes I have ever seen! I absolutly love this thing! Now to check out your web site! Jody



http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco3.jpg
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my new rat bike. while not stretched or chopped or any individual piece altered, it was a full frame-up build from the parts bin and i couldn't be happier. it's pretty much dead on what i envisioned.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4421794798_9ff6cefb84_b.jpg


hey, out of curiosity, what is the main frame there? i just picked this up...

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh164/cgfiat/DSC_4579.jpg

...and happened to see your photos that pretty much "read my mind" for what i'd want to do with the bike if i build it..

Here is a semi-alt bike. It is a new Nirve Clutch Chopper that I picked up from a guy that had it leftover from his old bike shop.
It is kid size right now. I may slap a banana seat and sissy bar with a long seatpost on it. Or I amy just use the fork on a 26" rat rod bike.
Maybe I could even put a 26" fork on it and add a 26" homemade longtail to the back.


http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac348/kingfish254/Nirve%20Clutch/IMAGE_191.jpg

Cool lil bike! Jody

Beautiful Schwinn, wearyourtruth. How much money do you think you've spent putting it together?

My tall bike

It's a great campus bike :)
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i15/firewithfire350/Tall%20Bike/PC030257.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i15/firewithfire350/Tall%20Bike/PC030258.jpg
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[QUOTE=KOTA;10380511]This bike was posted on page 27, with a banana seat and apes. My wife needed a cruiser. She doesn't care for banana seats and apes:notamused:.......SOOO the bike was returned to a more normal state. here's a few pics, what it started as, and what it is now.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/001-41.jpg

Rakish fork!

Here is one of my bikes. A 1972 Raleigh Chopper, pimped to the max.

Here is one of my bikes. A 1972 Raleigh Chopper, pimped to the max.

Love the old muscle bikes. I had a Screamer 2 in 68. Nice pimped out Chopper there. I am thinking about putting the forks from the Nirve chopper I posted earlier on a 79 26" Schwinn Spitfire 5 and maybe adding a banana seat and sissy bar to make it an adult size muscle bike.

hi i'm a bike enthusiast from SF, Ca and i've been riding mountain bikes for about 20yrs. Just a couple years ago i got into choppers and beach cruisers and wanted to share one of my builds. Although it's not an old bike I tried to capture that spirit the best I could and tried to keep it simple. Aside from the frame and fork only a few parts are stock the rest are parts that i've put on to upgrade and make it more of my own... since i live in San Francisco i converted it from a 3 speed to an 8 speed so i can tackle most of the hills here with ease. Here is my Nirve Switchblade enjoy!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco3.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco4.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco1.jpg
for more builds you can visit my website www.sfcyco.com click on the "builds" icon on the top left. Thank you.


I love your bike! nicee!

I like the color scheme!


My tall bike

It's a great campus bike :)
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i15/firewithfire350/Tall%20Bike/PC030257.jpg

I like the color scheme!

Thanks, BurnMetal!
I was wanting to do something a little crazier (think Van Halen's frankenstein guitar) but settled with the fade.
Also put truck bed liner on the bottom frame's top tube and left chain stay (if that's what it's called) outlined by the yellow lines because those are common steps if you don't just jump on the pedals.

Also put truck bed liner on the bottom frame's top tube and left chain stay (if that's what it's called) outlined by the yellow lines because those are common steps if you don't just jump on the pedals.

I've been thinking about whether I need to do that on my tallbike as well. I'm running a chain from the top bottom-bracket to the bottom bottom-bracket, and then back to the rear wheel. So I actually will have two sets of pedals and should be able to use one to hop over the top part of the bike. We'll see if it works. I just put together a contraption (made out of two derailleurs) to maintain tension between the bottom brackets. Again, we'll see if it works :)

Good luck with the chain tensioning idea. If you look closely at one of the pictures, you can see we had to bend the right chain stay in order for the chain to go directly from the top bottom bracket to the rear wheel. The hardest part of this build has been to keep the chain on while riding. Haha! One of these days, i'll get a half link and hope that will solve all my problems....
The bed liner wouldn't hurt, especially if your bike is already black... I didn't prep mine properly before paint and there are random spots on the frame where the bright purple and blue paint are showing through. So I bet that prepping properly before painting will go a long way.

Well the chain tensioner actually worked! But I didn't have a way of attaching it to the frame itself. It's already painted (and that took about a month and a half...) so I don't want to strip a section, weld it, and then repaint it. It also gave a lot! of resistance when pedaling.

Good news though, a half link DID work. So I have a chain to both bottom brackets, and then a separate chain to my rear wheel. The rear dropout is horizontal, so everything is in tension and everything rides great. I'll post up pictures after its fully complete. I still need to paint the handlebars and then cable it for the brake.

awesome! I'm anxious to see pix

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8884/hpim0298.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/hpim0298.jpg/)

Built frame from scratch. Front is a unicycle. Bars and brakes from old mountain bike. Seat from cheap go cart. Rear wheels and tyres from racing go kart.

(I know it's a 'tri-cycle' but still pretty cool I think)

This is amazing! I could go Big Wheeling with my kid!

My Huffy frame with lots and lots of donated parts.
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You've given that Huffy frame a great classic look. Running the cables inside the frame tubes looks very clean...did the frame already have that feature, or did you add it?

You've given that Huffy frame a great classic look. Running the cables inside the frame tubes looks very clean...did the frame already have that feature, or did you add it?

It already came with it, which is the only reason I saved the frame lol. I hadn't seen it done before and really liked it. Almost all the other parts were salvaged off of other dumpster/garage sale bikes. The new parts are the front fender, mirror, grips, tires/tubes, rear rim and cassette, main ring, and pedals.
It's surprisingly comfortable with the flipped bars and I've used it several times to go get groceries, love the looks I get from people when I go by :thumbsup:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/sfcyco1.jpg
for more builds you can visit my website www.sfcyco.com click on the "builds" icon on the top left. Thank you.

That is a sharp looking bike!! You did a great job with it, I really like the Nirve frames. Maybe one of these days...

Here's my own home built 8-speed chopper using a Sturmey XRD-8 drum rear hub. I found the original bike in the trash, and built the wheels myself. This is the bike I rode for the MS 150 tour last year, and plan on riding it again this year! I can't tell you how many people stopped me to ask about it.

http://jeffhendricks.net/images/RRBBO4/102_1542.JPG

http://jeffhendricks.net/images/RRBBO4/102_1548.JPG

Hi, i dont now if this is a valid alt Bike, but it's a pedal power veicle.
Two year ago we made the biger and heavy one you se in the video, and this year we made one lighter and whit two people pedal on top and two on the floor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=V2cl9ZXovKI&gl=US

I hope you like it :)

Hi, i dont now if this is a valid alt Bike, but it's a pedal power veicle.
Two year ago we made the biger and heavy one you se in the video, and this year we made one lighter and whit two people pedal on top and two on the floor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=V2cl9ZXovKI&gl=US

I hope you like it :)

Video is "BLOCKED"

Video is "BLOCKED"

works for me

Sorry, the video says:
"This video contains content from WMG and UMG, one or more of whom have blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. "

Damn Youtube again with their copyright Nazis.

Try this one...
I don't know what's up whit youtube, sorry :)

http://www2.movshare.net/player.php?v=5exz6hqk7atb9

That is a sharp looking bike!! You did a great job with it, I really like the Nirve frames. Maybe one of these days...

Here's my own home built 8-speed chopper using a Sturmey XRD-8 drum rear hub. I found the original bike in the trash, and built the wheels myself. This is the bike I rode for the MS 150 tour last year, and plan on riding it again this year! I can't tell you how many people stopped me to ask about it.

http://jeffhendricks.net/images/RRBBO4/102_1542.JPG

http://jeffhendricks.net/images/RRBBO4/102_1548.JPG

very nice! i like the stance, and i'm sure it's fun to ride!!!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/ShinySideUp_Final.jpg
for more info go to www.behindbarsinc.com

here's a couple bikes i'm bringing to the show
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/4603396150_041e541753_b-1.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bobbyairborne/4603404378_6a2e7cf66b_b.jpg

visit my own website for a free cruisin music download @ www.sfcyco.com

I want a t-shirt with that Big Dady Roth inspired graphic.

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All the black and red you see (except seat, tires and chain) are from an old B.F. Goodrich, made by Schwinn (I'm guessing in the '50s). The bars are from a 20" kids bike from the same era. It's a 26" originally, with 24" rubber and fenders currently. I found it in a heap of rusting bikes, and there was more rust than paint...

Did all the rust-busting, can-paint and rebuild myself. :: pats self on back unnecessarily ::

I like the color scheme!

Yeah yellow is rad...INSANE bike man..

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Here's my homemade cycle truck. The rack is pretty heavy but its plenty big and carried my 185lb friend around town with no problem. The rack is mounted to the frame so that there's great low speed stability and no wheel flop at all. This thing is a blast, I've just been looking for excuses to haul a lot of stuff since I finished it. Still needs some minor work like a new RD, and a single ring crank for the 1x9 setup.

Here's my homemade cycle truck. The rack is pretty heavy but its plenty big and carried my 185lb friend around town with no problem. The rack is mounted to the frame so that there's great low speed stability and no wheel flop at all. This thing is a blast, I've just been looking for excuses to haul a lot of stuff since I finished it. Still needs some minor work like a new RD, and a single ring crank for the 1x9 setup.

That looks strong enough to work in the quarry, carting boulders. Nice build! If you haven't posted this to the Utility Cycles forum here on BF, you probably should, they would appreciate it.

You've given me another option on how to use my too-large Varsity frame. I have a few 22" and 24" wheels laying around...

I have a few 22" and 24" wheels laying around...
that looks like a 20" tire from a stunt bike. it would have to be with all that extra weight up front.

Here is the bike i'm working on. it is going to take me a while to finish but will be fun to ride.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_u26Z1RDZ_Po/TAXrPSQbrRI/AAAAAAAAArQ/ia7i8y_zMa8/Picture%20007.jpg

It's definitely a 20" BMX wheel and fork on there. Here's another angle of the rack it self. http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs584.snc3/30790_887902519133_6212653_47837978_5894004_n.jpg

crazywolfie what are you doing there? Are you making your own full squish bike?

ya. i'm trying to make a full squish bike. it seems that building this bike is a bit harder than i thought it would be. the bike will have way more clearance than i wanted and the only way to bring it down would be to get rid of the triple tree forks and use some shorter front shocks that would not look as good in my opinion.