The Ghetto Gear Thread
02-14-07 | 04:01 PM
#51
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Originally Posted by ianjk
I have to disagree to a point. If you perfect everything that you do, you are never going to have time for any fun. Example: my tallbike, just made sure it was mechanically sound, sanded for 10 minutes, slapped some spraypaint on it and called it good. I could have spent weeks hand-filing every weld and then stripped the whole thing down to the bare metal, primered, then applied a nice basecoat/clearcoat finish, but was happy with it the way it was.
I think the difference is that you mention the trouble of DIY, but for some of us, this is the best part. The trouble is finding a new project
I think the difference is that you mention the trouble of DIY, but for some of us, this is the best part. The trouble is finding a new project
02-14-07 | 04:03 PM
#52
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Originally Posted by max-a-mill
i think your bike would look 150x better (and wiegh a couple pounds less) if you just took some spray paint to it. or just leave it nice...
why take a nice bike and intentionally make it look crappy? that happens on it's own fast enough.
why take a nice bike and intentionally make it look crappy? that happens on it's own fast enough.
02-14-07 | 04:13 PM
#53
skinning up
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From: cleveland
forget about the haters
02-14-07 | 04:32 PM
#54
Triathlon = Eat/Bike/Nap
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From: Pixxxburgh, PA
Originally Posted by Cyrus
Actually you are completely wrong. Look up the history of duct tape instead of using your ignorant brain.
It was made for air ducts initially but didn't work. They named it duct tape because it works for anything but air ducts. Once forced air gets on the glue side it just air drys it out in no time.
Basically I'm telling you to think before you go off the handle...moron.
[****ing ducT tape]...dork
It was made for air ducts initially but didn't work. They named it duct tape because it works for anything but air ducts. Once forced air gets on the glue side it just air drys it out in no time.
Basically I'm telling you to think before you go off the handle...moron.
[****ing ducT tape]...dork
I'm sorry if I really pissed off you and the rest of the HVAC technicians that frequent the board.
02-14-07 | 04:53 PM
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Wow this is horrible. I was hoping to see three pages of awesomely ghetto bikes, but it's just a discussion about ducks and ghettos.
02-14-07 | 05:09 PM
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Bikes: '07 Pista, '09 Fantom Cross Uno, '8? Miyata, '67 Stingray, '0? Zoo mod trials, Tallbike, Chopper, '73 Schwinn Collegiate, '67 Triumph Chopper, '69 CB350, '58 BSA Spitfire, '73 CB450
Originally Posted by Leif-fire-eater
Wow this is horrible. I was hoping to see three pages of awesomely ghetto bikes, but it's just a discussion about ducks and ghettos.
ok. One of my ghetto conversions, frame now retired due to too much flex in the rear triangle (straightened it out myself).
$2 bianchi frame, picked up bent.
Schwinn world fork.
27" araya front rim laced to an old suzue hub.
700c Alex d18 rear rim laced with DT to surly fixed/fixed.
Specialized grips
Chopped mtb bar off of Scott Mohaka.
Seat off of old Sears 3-speed cruiser (which is now the base of my current tallbike).
SR custom crank w/42t sprocket.
17 Surly cog, DA lockring.
Front brake off of old 3-speed cruiser.
SR stem.
https://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1920/bikecopywu8.jpg
she was a dream to ride, just too flexy on singletrack or giant hills.
02-14-07 | 05:13 PM
#58
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Originally Posted by Leif-fire-eater
Wow this is horrible. I was hoping to see three pages of awesomely ghetto bikes, but it's just a discussion about ducks and ghettos.
02-14-07 | 05:14 PM
#59
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From: Van BC
Originally Posted by ianjk
https://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1920/bikecopywu8.jpg
she was a dream to ride, just too flexy on singletrack or giant hills.
she was a dream to ride, just too flexy on singletrack or giant hills.
02-14-07 | 05:16 PM
#60
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Originally Posted by ianjk
ok. One of my ghetto conversions, frame now retired due to too much flex in the rear triangle (straightened it out myself).
$2 bianchi frame, picked up bent.
Schwinn world fork.
27" araya front rim laced to an old suzue hub.
700c Alex d18 rear rim laced with DT to surly fixed/fixed.
Specialized grips
Chopped mtb bar off of Scott Mohaka.
Seat off of old Sears 3-speed cruiser (which is now the base of my current tallbike).
SR custom crank w/42t sprocket.
17 Surly cog, DA lockring.
Front brake off of old 3-speed cruiser.
SR stem.
https://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1920/bikecopywu8.jpg
she was a dream to ride, just too flexy on singletrack or giant hills.
$2 bianchi frame, picked up bent.
Schwinn world fork.
27" araya front rim laced to an old suzue hub.
700c Alex d18 rear rim laced with DT to surly fixed/fixed.
Specialized grips
Chopped mtb bar off of Scott Mohaka.
Seat off of old Sears 3-speed cruiser (which is now the base of my current tallbike).
SR custom crank w/42t sprocket.
17 Surly cog, DA lockring.
Front brake off of old 3-speed cruiser.
SR stem.
https://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1920/bikecopywu8.jpg
she was a dream to ride, just too flexy on singletrack or giant hills.
02-14-07 | 07:07 PM
#61
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What a bunch of jerks.
So his bike looks dumb. It doesn't make yours look dumb.
So he did something to make his bike look a certain way. So did you.
Out of all the things, I wish the BF trolls would stop pretending that they weren't doing something for the aesthetic. Basically that's high on EVERYONE's list of motivations so quit decieving yourself.
argh.
Hate makes you bike slower.
So his bike looks dumb. It doesn't make yours look dumb.
So he did something to make his bike look a certain way. So did you.
Out of all the things, I wish the BF trolls would stop pretending that they weren't doing something for the aesthetic. Basically that's high on EVERYONE's list of motivations so quit decieving yourself.
argh.
Hate makes you bike slower.
02-14-07 | 07:09 PM
#62
white men cant jump
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your "ghetto gear" could be done with the same supplies and look 100x more tasteful. youre just hasty and lazy.
02-14-07 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by megatron
your "ghetto gear" could be done with the same supplies and look 100x more tasteful. youre just hasty and lazy.
some folks love to just sit back and talk. wow yall are really funny.
02-14-07 | 07:32 PM
#64
white men cant jump
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if that took you a long time you need to seek help
02-14-07 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by megatron
if that took you a long time you need to seek help
02-14-07 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Gyeswho
well judge on buddy. have a blessed day and safe riding.
listen guy, stop crying because you posted some janky DIY garbage gear on the internet and everyone didnt lap it up like hot cancer.
alternatively, if you wanna just quit right now, i can give you my address so you can ship your bike to me (you dont even need to take off the tube bar wrap and the dumb looking fenders, ill dispose of those for free).
02-14-07 | 08:28 PM
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From: Van BC
Megatron thats really not necessary and probably against forum guidelines. Gyeswhos taste is, shall we say, "uncommon", but theres no need to get disrespectful about it. Live and let live I say.
Last edited by mander; 02-14-07 at 08:58 PM.
02-14-07 | 08:43 PM
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From: Boston
please lock this thread
02-14-07 | 09:50 PM
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skinning up
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From: cleveland
Originally Posted by megatron
listen guy, stop crying because you posted some janky DIY garbage gear on the internet and everyone didnt lap it up like hot cancer.
alternatively, if you wanna just quit right now, i can give you my address so you can ship your bike to me (you dont even need to take off the tube bar wrap and the dumb looking fenders, ill dispose of those for free).
alternatively, if you wanna just quit right now, i can give you my address so you can ship your bike to me (you dont even need to take off the tube bar wrap and the dumb looking fenders, ill dispose of those for free).
02-14-07 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by gargiulo.mike
when people say things like that it ruins the forums.
02-15-07 | 06:56 AM
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Glad to see this one get locked.
