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

Stacey, if you put a motor on that thing, it will look like a flat-track racer.

You will have to wear a big steel shoe to balance on as you go around turns, and all us dudes will be in awe of your lady-cojones.

The Black Labels were out at Palmer's the othe night :

http://www.werstnet.com/site_images/blog_images/4_27_05/Tall_Bikes.jpg

The other shot I took that had the mutant recumbant and another tallbike in the background locked to a tree didn't really turn out...

Is that a Bianchi in the middle of the "pack"? That looks like Celeste :eek:

Stacey, if you put a motor on that thing, it will look like a flat-track racer.

You will have to wear a big steel shoe to balance on as you go around turns, and all us dudes will be in awe of your lady-cojones.


Sorry bro' but I'm having troble seing the similarities. Flat trackers have a much tighter head angle for one.

But yeah, I gots big lady-cajones! :D

http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/BSA%20Bikes/images/BSA%20Flat%20Track.jpg

Sorry bro' but I'm having troble seing the similarities. Flat trackers have a much tighter head angle for one.

But yeah, I gots big lady-cajones! :D

http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/BSA%20Bikes/images/BSA%20Flat%20Track.jpg

Agreed. REAL flat track bikes would never use that much head rake. But somewhere between your definition and mine, there are some fine looking cycles.
http://www.chopperdaves.com/allread/
http://www.nycchoppers.com/bike_flattracker1.htm
Of course, these aren't race bikes. They are just using a few flat track styling cues.

Ah, ok... now I understand. :)

Some fine looking scoots there, thanks for the links. I really like the tank on the second one. If I motorize my bike I'd like something similar, rather than those cheezy belt line seamed footballs that come with the kit.

If I could only find an English Wheel... hummm.

Me and my friend are working on a new bike. Its gonna be a good one keep lookin back for the pics

http://www.bustedspoke.com/Photos/bs3983.jpg

here's mine...

pfft...mmrrff...!! blahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAH!!@

I know I'm a bit late on this, but i'm late with everything :P

This is my current commuter / cruiser . It's very hard to buy the khs cruisers in aus ..I built the rack out of an old sissy bar and another bike frame , the box itself is some old wood I had laying around and it's been stained with some I have had sitting in the shed for years .it used to have chopper forks and hangers on it originally but I reckon it looks better like this ( and rides better ) the bars are off a 50's commuter and need to be rechromed .

Mate, everything is hard to find over here. Nice cruiser though. We just got a pair of Electras - the Jester and Rosie. Hardly alt-bikes, but certainly a change from our mountain bikes.

Yes I have a friend with a Electra rat fink , you can get Electra's from every second bike shop now .If you find a shop that sells KHS cruisers let me know please .

And I thought it was alt compared to what everyone else rides around in Brissie ?

Even at Newcastle beach, we haven't seen anyone else on an Electra. Go figure. Our tandem is alt compared to what we see in Newcastle. 18kg of titanium goodness.

O.K. so this an't a chopper.Don't ya'll get tired of the same thing?You say but what did you do to change it?Well take a look at the hole story behind "Fixation":
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frameteam2003/album?.dir=be02&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos
It started as a 70s viscount road bike--Viscount used an odd BB so first thing I did was cut open the BB and add a new one.Then I cut and filed off all those little tabs brazed on to road bikes for gear wire and brake cables.Next I cut out the rear bridge and brazed in a new one after fitting the fixed hub in the frame.The fork took some work ---took two forks to make one--shortened the fork legs 1" and added the bosses for V-brakes.Sanded it all bare then used black epoxy primer--dark pine green metalic top coat with a golden brown head & spir point and seat panel.Takes a lot of work to make a bike look like you did nuttin to it! Oh yea--the name was silver leafed and shadowed with blue.One of these days I just gotta build a chopper.---sam

http://nva.ftso.net/bikes/snarly/snarly-Thumbnails/21.jpg http://nva.ftso.net/bikes/prixfixe/prixfixe-Thumbnails/1.jpg http://nva.ftso.net/bikes/martika/martika-Thumbnails/6.jpg

http://nva.ftso.net/bikes/galaxy/galaxy-Thumbnails/4.jpg http://nva.ftso.net/bikes/postfix/postfix-Thumbnails/0.jpg http://nva.ftso.net/bikes/snarlyII/snarlyII-Thumbnails/0.jpg

more pictures at http://nva.ftso.net/bikes/

My 'beater' bike. An old Hyper BMX that started its life with me as a peice of shat I found sitting propped against a dryer at the dump. I brought it home and stripped the whole frame of parts and paint. I then primered it and followed up with two coats of periwinkle and two coats of clear for protection. I than painted a older bomber alloy fork I had lying around to match and added a alchemy threadless headset. I cleaned all the parts and put them back. Since the picture in the attatchment I added a alex 48hole rear rim and freewheel with rush brakes. I also added some hyper BMX stickers.

Also, those who think the bike is just for show, I also dirtjump it to.

frame before saving
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/wethepeople101/other%20stuff/bossframe.jpg

I have built a few over the last couple of years. I just enjoy building things that aren't considered normal, hehe. Here's a few..... :eek:

no pics but a quick laugh when i was young many years ago i wanted cowhorn handle bars but we had no money for such things.
as i was young bright ideas flowed from me so i turned my old bars so the ends pointed up, pushed 12in of copper pipe in each end wow did they look cool.
came to my first kerb and as we know when you ride up kerbs you lift the front of your bike but with my system you go over the handle bars with a lengh of copper pipe in each hand.

Owch! Hope you didn't core sample your thighs with that copper pipe!

Check this out... a 2 speed. Pedal forward for low and backward for high! And an over-under tandem!

Check this out... a 2 speed. Pedal forward for low and backward for high! And a over-under tandem!
Tell me if I'm wrong, but in the chain that goes from the upper tandem part to the rear wheel it looks like there is a free-flaoting chain ring!!! :eek:

Is that supposed to be for chain tension?

Tell me if I'm wrong, but in the chain that goes from the upper tandem part to the rear wheel it looks like there is a free-flaoting chain ring!!! :eek:

Is that supposed to be for chain tension?


Yes... takes the slack out.

heres a bike me and my friend made last year

Redvirus, that is killer. Is it a solid caster on the front wheel? Between the solid wheel and the pedal ground clearance, you must wheelie that bike as much as possible.

that solid wheel is an old wheel from a goped that we kinda riggged on there.

This is the '89 Civc/ '68 Honda dirtbike/ trek 1200/ drafting table/ other stuff we found in the trash. You can see more at o2fc.com (http://www.o2fc.com)

Sawzalls and welding rigs are awesome.

Here's a chopper I built up this summer:

http://static.flickr.com/22/39616845_5b7be15fb1_o.jpg

Features:
-21 speed Shimano DX componentry
-2.2" flame slick on the back
-2.2" bmx ramp slick on the front
-Custom Fork/stem combo made by me at the Pedal Play shop
-custom dual lever rear V-brake
-layback post with adapter shim
-pilsner holder
-hidden stash pipe
-lots of black paint.

I think it turned out pretty well for my first 'chopper'.
Its really fun to ride, going super slow its nice and stable, and at speed its the same.
The turning circle is pretty small if you plant your foot down too.

http://www.esaleomaha.com/BikePictures/swing1.jpg
Swing Bike. Just picked it up from a bike swap last weekend. A friend of my had one of these when I was a kid and always wanted one.

What's the purpose of the spring?


Here's one that's on campus. Not mine, but pretty cool for a ghetto rig. Note the reinforcement, that's a clean job :p

My summer cruiser...


http://www.snowmobilefanatics.com/gallery/_Images/Member%20Images/Miscellaneous/2005518185843_902.jpg
wow

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/upfiles/177133/Bw73536.jpg This is my Schwinn Stingray. First Edition! :eek: Yea I bought it just when they came out.

is that an rc10gt on the seat? or a rustler

It's a evader st that's my other hobby sittin on that seat :D

http://www.esaleomaha.com/BikePictures/swing1.jpg
Swing Bike. Just picked it up from a bike swap last weekend. A friend of my had one of these when I was a kid and always wanted one.

That must be a blast to ride!

When me and my friend had it working, this mofo was awesome.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/kamquat_jerk/olycra9.jpg

Handcranked, but the chains and gears got so screwed up that it needs a welder to be fixed. :(

Cool thing. Any more pics? I'd like to see how it's put together.

I wanna try building this badboy called Overkill next.

www.atomiczombie.com/gallery/bradgraham/overkill.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/varick666/IMG_1025.jpg
i made the seatpost and bars with steel tubing, a shop tube bender and a butane torch.

It looks really good. Nice work on the bars and seatpost.

How does the bike handle? It is such a rigid looking frame, and not much rake to the forks...but it looks like a good sustained-wheelie machine.

And does that seatpost remove any of the jarring when you hit a bump or pothole?

I want to make a custom rear rack that can be adapted to fit all my different bikes. The best idea I can come up with is bending up half-inch metal conduit, like you've done with the larger steel tubing. Any tips for bending?

Best of luck, and enjoy your new creation.

Heya folks, I'm Johnny Payphone from Rat Patrol Chicago, and though I've built a hundred freakbikes in my day here are the ones that I consider a product of my style:

Count Chopula was my first rat bike, an evil vampire chopper that chops other bikes in the night. I keep cutting his head tube off to try and kill him but he keeps coming back in stronger forms. Originally he had batwings that flapped while you rode:

http://non.primate.net/chopper/chopula006t.jpg

Then he got a softtail, a Snapper seat, and some motorcycle bars from my grandpa's junkyard:

http://non.primate.net/chopper/chopularevamp.jpg

Then I rode the RPUK's mountain choppers and I wanted something with a little more stability, so I cut his head off and two grew in its place. This revamp eventually became a tallchopper with a train brake:

http://non.primate.net/chopper/chopula012.jpg

Now he's been revamped again as he acquires more onboard electronics. I'll probably make a tallbike attachment and a sidecar attachment eventually, as I'm focusing on modular construction to build the bike for all uses.

Count Chopula is my commuter and I've easily put a thousand miles on him, including two of the St. Chino's Runs.

Pickup Styx is just deadly:

http://non.primate.net/chopper/pickupstyx2.jpg

Nevertheless it's fast, nimble, and took on NYC traffic.

The grillbike has a suspended bed and is fully transformable into any "_____-bike":

http://non.primate.net/chopper/grillbike01.jpg

Here it is in drumkit configuration. The drums are attached with seatposts and quick releases, the kick drum has one of those metalhead remote pedals:

http://non.primate.net/chopper/drumbike01.jpg

Here's my homebuilt chopper:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f185/tposson/Chopper.jpg

Lots of odds and ends. The front "triangle" is from an old cantilever style bike, and the rear triangle is from a cheapo Giant mountain bike. Measured the frames, drew it to scale in AutoCad, printed a full-size template and built a jig and brazed it together.

It's got a Sachs 3-speed rear wheel with suicide brake/shift mounted in front of the seat. Long and low and a ton of fun to ride.

I think this qualifies as a mutant!

Here a cool engine on my bike

Here a cool engine on my bike

Doesn't all that extra weight make it harder to ride?

Doesn't all that extra weight make it harder to ride?


Haven't you ever heard of a motorcycle?

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.)

http://photos11.flickr.com/12416269_807f553698.jpg

http://photos9.flickr.com/12416270_3edc5b19aa.jpg

How the heck do you reach the handlebars AND the pedals simultaneously?

My summer cruiser...


http://www.snowmobilefanatics.com/gallery/_Images/Member%20Images/Miscellaneous/2005518185843_902.jpg


best looking bike ever!:eek: :D

How many spokes does that "summer cruiser" sport?

Oh, yeah. That bike is hot.

Here's my rainy day project built with curb found components and frame:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/martinheldt/letoura.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/martinheldt/letours.jpg

The grillbike has a suspended bed and is fully transformable into any "_____-bike":

http://non.primate.net/chopper/grillbike01.jpg

Here it is in drumkit configuration. The drums are attached with seatposts and quick releases, the kick drum has one of those metalhead remote pedals:

http://non.primate.net/chopper/drumbike01.jpg[/QUOTE]


I like the chained-on chocks.

The grillbike has a suspended bed and is fully transformable into any "_____-bike":

http://non.primate.net/chopper/grillbike01.jpg

Here it is in drumkit configuration. The drums are attached with seatposts and quick releases, the kick drum has one of those metalhead remote pedals:

http://non.primate.net/chopper/drumbike01.jpg


I like the chained-on chocks.

My last rattyfarthing, Pickup Styx (http://non.primate.net/chopper/pickupstyx2.jpg), sent me teeth-first into the pavement one too many times. On a Rat Ride I broke my usual rule of not drinking more than 2 beers while riding it, which keeps the headers down to an average of 6 per ride. If you've ever wondered why noone rides these things anymore, it's because they're deadly (even outlawed in some cities).

So the brakes went out when I was headed down off the Belmont bridge and I tried to brake with my feet, and with an 18 inch wheelbase you don't have a lot of slop, and of course the handlebars trap you when you go face-down. This time I hurt my wrists so bad I couldn't ride. Neck-rat, ever brave, decided to try it out. I have a lovely memory of sitting in the bar, sucking down whiskey to dull the pain, and seeing him fly into view out the bar window and land on his chest in the street.

Swearing it off, I built this bike instead:
http://www.rat-patrol.org/MiscBikes/rattyfarthing22.jpg
http://www.rat-patrol.org/MiscBikes/rattyfarthing21.jpg

I like the chained-on chocks.

Chocks are essential when you have a fire and 30 pounds of sizzling food!