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Sun May 18, 2008 2:09 pm

arod wrote: aka pip wrote: 79 Haro Freestyle

HARO did not start making bike frames until 1982. sweet bike though.
http://www.harofreestyler.com/

:oops: I think the red floor.. Clouded my memory... Thanks... There's a 70's Graco (motobike) in the box behind it....

Tue May 20, 2008 11:23 am

Sweet bikes in here. I love bicycles, and hopefully will forever. Used to be a part-time messenger, and I have an obsession with fixed gear/track bikes. Here are two of my track bikes:

1983 Bianchi Eco Pista -

2006 Bianchi Pista Concept-

I love Italian bikes, specifically Bianchi as shown here. The Eco Pista is my favorite track bike that I have owned. I'm looking for a Super Pista right now.

Tue May 20, 2008 12:16 pm

inspired by this thread i decided to put an old Robinson Karkass together that i found. its almost done, ill get some pics up.

Tue May 20, 2008 2:12 pm

DoshKel wrote:

1983 Bianchi Eco Pista -

Celeste green Bianchi bikes are sexy!

Tue May 20, 2008 5:20 pm

They are indeed! I love older Bianchi.

Sat May 24, 2008 7:23 pm

i just threw this together, long story short its for sale if anyones interested.

Sun May 25, 2008 7:56 am

couple of days ago someone stole my old dog of a silver spray can painted bike with not much air in the rear tyre from the bike rack in front of the house. there's about 5 other virtually new mountan bikes still there.WTF?

Sun May 25, 2008 4:51 pm

picked up this bad boy today, so far im loving it, im just afraid of it getting stolen.

Sun May 25, 2008 9:34 pm

How about one of these? My bother drags one of these ridiculous things around all the time to lock up his beater Monarch 5 bar.

http://www.kryptonitelock.com/images/products/730132.jpg

Mon May 26, 2008 4:18 am

Found pics of my last two rides...

At the rate these things cost nowadays, that desired motorbike might be a cheaper option in the forseeable future. Easier to get away from hijackers and Nutcase drivers too. :twisted:

The ex DH...

'00 Kona Stab Dee-Lux (former team rig)

My current steed...

'06 Remedy frame. The rest is all custom build-up.

PS: No thanks to Trek for screwing me around for a year on my warranty... :evil:

Mon May 26, 2008 11:16 am

merlin, those frames under the saddle remind me of a strange ladies bike sketched by robert crumb in the early 70's. :shock:

Mon May 26, 2008 11:54 pm

oorwullie wrote: merlin, those frames under the saddle remind me of a strange ladies bike sketched by robert crumb in the early 70's. :shock:

Respect to Robert Crumb if his designs could handle the abuse these can. ;)

Sat May 31, 2008 10:20 am

I bought this old Raleigh Gazelle today for my son.
I am not sure of the age, but it has a leather seat and strange pushrod brake calipers that seat against the inside of the rim rather than the side.
My score was the old tools propping the bike up.

Sat May 31, 2008 12:50 pm

1987 Dyno Compe

Sat May 31, 2008 1:26 pm

I did some research and the bike I bought my son is from 1937 . :shock:
I thought it might be '45-'55 Who knew!
We pumped up the Good Year tires and they held air!
The rod-type brakes work great! I learned that they aren't technically calipers since they move simply up and down.

Sat May 31, 2008 3:46 pm

1987 Schwinn Cimarron. The only bike I ever bought new and complete. 10 years of hard offroad use, a few years of trailer duty (kids) and now back in semi-regular dirt duty (with the kids, again).

In the background is one of my ovals (the nasty one).

Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:19 pm

Here's my add, its my brothers flat land bike. Don't know what it is either, sorry.

Here he is, 39 yrs old still doing tricks.

Some old ones I have stumbled across.

Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:46 pm

ahhhh yes. bicycles.

here are the first two bikes I built. The red one is all OG parts I gathered. custom laced the wheels. 3 speed hub. The other one has some homemade bars on it. I welded two sets of bars together to make some real apehangers.

this last one is the fixie that broke my leg about a week ago. right foot slipped after crankin super hard, and launched my body forward onto the cross tube. my foot landed on the ground. the momentum of the bike combined with my weight on the frame brought the cranks around another rotation snapping the bone.

Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:30 pm

i had been looking for a road bike and i had mentioned it to my boss and he found this at a yard sale and bought it for me for $4.
from what i have found out its a 73 or 74 Nishiki

Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:47 pm

Here's my military themed foldable:

And here's my schwinn stingray (with a little extra kick)