General Cycling Discussion - Ever make anything interesting out of old bike parts?

I made this clock today for the shop -- it's made from an old brake disc (begged from my LBS) and some clock parts from the craft store:

nice... now if only it worked on pedal power.... hmmmm

I am making up some cabinet knobs from cogs and chain brazed together.

Cool! Are you going to paint or plate 'em?

What do I make with old bike parts?

I make my wife wish that I'd take them down to the shed or throw them away.

ummmm, yeah....another bike..

Originally posted by MediaCreations
What do I make with old bike parts?

I make my wife wish that I'd take them down to the shed or throw them away.
LOL that sounds like my wife , she thinks I got rid of the more junky looking old parts but I've now got them stored at work, ready to re-introduce a bit at a time back to my shed :thumbup: :thumbup:

old bike parts?

what can i make of it?

hmmm... All I need is a frame and I can built another bike...

BTW, I am left with 4 complete wheels, two rear and two front..

one handle bar, old Shimano 105 levers and DT shifters, old exage der.s front and rear, brakes... v-brakes, cantilever brakes...
6 saddles, 2 stems(threaded), 1 fork CrMO, 2 cranks....


hey, i can make 2 bikes! yipeee!!!!

Your "disc clock" looks GREAT!!!!! Very cool. :)

very cool! I've been meaning to do something like that. I've got this big empty wall; thought it'd be interesting to have a big clock on it, made sort of an integral part of the wall itself, but that's a little too permanent. this gives me ideas.

btw, who is that in your avatar with Marvin?

cheers,

alex

Originally posted by goodcatjack
btw, who is that in your avatar with Marvin?

cheers,

alex

I've been wondering the same thing. It looks like Dana from the X-Files. Do I get the grand prize????

Originally posted by zman92atl
I've been wondering the same thing. It looks like Dana from the X-Files. Do I get the grand prize????

Yep! I can't recall where I found it originally, but I thought the X-Files meets Marvin context was kinda funny... :p

Originally posted by bac
Your "disc clock" looks GREAT!!!!! Very cool. :)
Thanks! It actually came together kinda nice -- it took a little while to make the little metal bracket that holds the movement in place (fashioned it from a PC slot cover) but the rest was pretty easy.

A friend of mine made a pencil holder for his desk out of the part of a frame at the point where the bottom bracket meets the downtube. You stick the pencils in the downtube part.

the disk clock really does look good, nice job Grendel

Very cool! looks great!

check out what i made last spring... i have made 3 others since then that look way better and are more complicated, i need to take some pics of them.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27304&highlight=micro+bike