Originally Posted by
LittlePixel
I love the idea of minibikes - they're slowly coming into view in the West what with the Dahon Hammerhead/Smoothhound series and the Cannondale Capo. I'm currently building up a 70's vintage non-folding Raleigh Twenty that will have bigger wheels (24") but similar diminutive road-bike manners and performance if it goes to plan.
One day I'll do a frame building course and maybe make one of my own.
You should check out Tony Rentschler's handbuilt minibikes - they're beautiful:
Tony Rentschler's minbike gallery
Tony Rentschler's bikes are amazing. I really enjoyed the link when someone posted it a while back. Thanks to whoever did that (LittlePixel?)
I also like the old school Formula 1 BMX bikes modified by Tom Grinder of
grinderbikes.com. This is a Diamondback F1 he turned into a commuter for a friend:
And a
Rockfish F1 he got as a frameset and built as a single speed for himself:
I corrosponded with Tom a bit. One of his comments was "I love these small wheeled bikes", but he didn't say why. I can't say either, guess its just because they look unusual.