Hmm, I might go back tomorrow... I will take pictures for you, and post them somewhere?

I will PM you a link if I remember...

before:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2081/...9deaf7e139.jpg
after:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/...b0e0220f32.jpg

Yeah, let's keep this thread OT and send pics in PM please. I'll send you some backyard roundwall pics from around this way.

So you can see over that?

I'm trying to figure out a way to turn my oversize Ortlieb Messenger backpack into a rear pannier for a tour this summer.

Yeah. I'm pretty tall.

I don't intend using it like this on a regular basis. I just wanted to test out the rack on the ride home from putting it on. It looks goofy as hell but it sure was fun.

As for converting your backpack to a pannier you could probably just remove the straps and use the holes where the top of the straps were secured to bolt on some kind of hook system. I can totally visualize it. It Heel strike would be the tricky part, and running on the left side would probably be your only option.

I'm in the middle of creating this right now. None of the parts are adjusted for fit yet so don't throw this into the jackass thread .. lol

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../IMAGE_067.jpg

/me vomits in mouths and swallows.

Ahhhh. That tasted better than that bike looks.

if that bike had different colors, i'd dig it. it might not be a tarck purist speed bike or whatever, but it looks fun to ride.


but the colors are sick. not sick as in good.

May be buck nasty but damn my **** rides smooth...

Plus who wants the honda of aluminum aero track frames....

You may but i dont....

I saw this frame today while at my LBS. I bought it, took my bike apart and put everything on this frame in the shop. They let me use their tools, it was pretty sweet. It's way tighter than my old Takara touring frame I used to ride with. I really like it.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/...28eba825_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/...5491b854_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/...c4dd7e63_b.jpg

Hope you like it. Comments welcome.

I'm a total sucker for Miyata conversions. Nice work, but you may want to add an extra link to that chain.

can't say i know enough about cars to make analogies of them to bikes..... concepts may have blown up in SF but not in oregon~!

Yeah, I noticed that. But it's actually fully in the dropout if you look at it from the front.

If anyone knows what year and kind of steel this is, I'd really like to know. Thanks

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/347/bikeci1.jpg




this is what it started as. i hope to have it all finished in the next week or two, but i'm getting lazy due to the weather. lol.

The Miyata is steel? I broke a Miyata 714 aluminum bike where the seat tube GLUED to the BB. It broke while standing climbing up a steel hill and ejected me when it let go.

That sucks. Yeah, mine's definitely steel, just don't know what kind.

what brand is this bag and where can I find one?

thats an ortlieb bag

This statue stands as a reminder to let the light bulb cool off before changing it.

Or maybe to keep your fingers out of a fixed drivetrain!

disk brake rotor

not my bike, just really impressed. anybody able to identify the front rim and hub? is it powdercoated?

http://bp2.blogger.com/_qcQqzM_7UnQ/...h/P1000359.JPG

thats in mash, forget his name

campy shamal?