Pics of what I did over the winter
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Pics of what I did over the winter


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Parts I found bamboo bike.
Welded up cargo bike that just fits in my elivator.
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I like the Peugeot and the bamboo rack!
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From: Downtown Detroit, Mi.
Bikes: Surly LHT, 94 Cannondale track bike, 80's Cannondale track bike, 60's Raleigh 5 speed, 1888 Eldridge wood wheel track bike and my old 76 DG BMX from when I was a kid.
ha ha, yea the cables I made out of leather as a joke but now I love the things and I made all the wood parts on all 3 bikes. the chaingaurd on the Peugeot I bent over an old steel coffee can and the other chaingaurd I used a coffee can and a glas soda bottle.
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WoW, THANKS you guys and the cargo bike used to be a 1981 rock Hoper all beat to heck and has a dyno hub and part of another bike welded to the back.
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very nice.....more details on the chain guard construction please....I see a project coming my way....
also what is the seat on the cargo bike....it looks pretty minimalist?
also what is the seat on the cargo bike....it looks pretty minimalist?
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What kind of day job do you have?
What kind of day job do you have?
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Ha ha, I am a courier for the courts here in Detroit and have to move transcripts and case files at times all over town. A case file can be well over 40# ea and I have picked up 2 to 3 of them at a time so I needed the cargo bike, BAD!
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I don't think you are a courier. That is just your "day job". What you are is an artist. With some marketing effort you can turn this hobby into a paying gig. Being a surfer, the Peugot evokes fond memories of the old "Woody" surf cars. Beautiful work.
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Nice work, Ron! Is that one your hand-made panniers on the Peugeot? I love the chainguard and matching fenders.
BTW, I though you were a bike mechanic. Did you change jobs? Being a bike courier is one of my fantasy jobs.
BTW, I though you were a bike mechanic. Did you change jobs? Being a bike courier is one of my fantasy jobs.
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Bikes: Surly LHT, 94 Cannondale track bike, 80's Cannondale track bike, 60's Raleigh 5 speed, 1888 Eldridge wood wheel track bike and my old 76 DG BMX from when I was a kid.
and the bent wood is some sort of thin plywood that got shipped bet pool table slates and is allso trash picked. The inlay I cut and the chipped away the top layer of the plywood so it fit than I glued it in place. The sadle was an every day padded plastick thing from the 70s that had moldy padding so I just tore it off and added twine and shallack, (sorry if my spelling sucks). Here is a chainguard I made out of some found duct work.

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I do both jobs and am thankful to be working 7 days a week and yes, I made the bags myself out of artist canvus.
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"Rock Dove Couriers"
I just got the joke. Rock dove is another name for pigeon!
I just got the joke. Rock dove is another name for pigeon!
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