Foo - I be high-steppin' on this mosheen.

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wethepeople
01-10-07, 11:41 PM
Found it in our shed tonight, did a little bit of work to it and it rides like a dream. All I need is a comfy seat and a studded tire for the front and i'm set. Seriously, this is one of the most comfortable bikes i've ridden, it may be a pile of junk but it fits and works well, i'm even building a fixed wheel for it, just to see how it will handle.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/wethepeople101/fs1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/wethepeople101/fs2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/wethepeople101/fs3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/wethepeople101/fs4.jpg

Go ahead, laugh at the junkiness, I dont care I think it rules.

mlts22
01-11-07, 12:55 AM
If its fun to ride, go for it. Another working bike never hurts, especially in cold weather.
lyeinyoureye
01-11-07, 01:22 AM
as we all have seen in the things you should never save money on thread, this is a thing, and you should never save money on it. spend spend spend!

that being said, free==good. :beer:

wethepeople
01-11-07, 01:32 AM
I'm planning on spending a little bit on it, but I want to keep it cheap and simple. Tommorow i'm going to make a cog to bolt onto a disc ready front hub and run that in the back in metal work. Then it's off to the shop for (hopefully) a new seat. I just want a old style spring seat, I dont care about the condition as long as it's comfy :p. Then depending on how it all works out it's getting a rear rack and fenders if I can find them on the cheap. Oh, and it needs leather grips.

I took it for a ride tonight that was about 2.5 hours long, the seat is bad and the front wheel slides on ice really bad (Fell and slid a few times :p). I cant beleive how well the front shifter works where I put it (If you look closely, you can see it on the stem, I needed room for the bell).

one more thing, that dork disc wouldnt come off, I ended up using the poor mans torch to get it off. A can of white lithium grease and a zippo :D.
wethepeople
01-11-07, 09:58 PM
So, it turns out Shimano cogs are *******s.

an hour with an old plasma cutter, and about half an hour with a dremel I got this. Drills wont work :p.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/wethepeople101/fixed1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/wethepeople101/fixed2.jpg