Originally Posted by
Bikedued
One of those black madwagons, was the first bike I bought when I got back into bikes in 2003. Mine was odd though. It is oddly sized
and not the usual medium size like the one you found. The head tube looks the same length, but the top tube and stays have a high
upward arch to them. It's really tall in the seat tube. With the seat at leg extension height, it was pretty high off the ground, or seemed
to be. I could barely even touch the ground, or get going without kicking off first. Here's a pic in it's full glory as a rat rod cruiser.,,,,BD
Well, not quite full glory. I added one of those Electra saddles with the custom looking sititching after this pic. The seat was way down.
Cool rat. I like the forks. I am thinking about taking some 28" lomg forks from a Nirve kids chopper and putting them on my Schwinn Spitfire 5 (it is in the B4 pic of my Mad). I have some flame tires like yours for it too. I keep collecting stuff to put on the Spitfire, but haven't done anything to it yet. I still have to get the frozen seatpost off of it.
I liked the Madwagon frame. It was fairly light for a cruiser.