Hip Hop Skid Bikes / Hipster Sleds / HHSB

That colour with the orange decals is lush

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I don't particularly fancy Brooklyns that much, but I have to say yours is spot on. Colour combination especially is great.

He should get a pair of these:

What bars are on your Gangsta? That bike makes me want to stick some massive gumwalls on my Rych

Pretty sure they're Thomson carbon bars

Yeah carbon Thompson trial bars, do it! Big tyres are the best

Very pricey...not worried about using carbon on a rat(ish) bike? Id love some 35+ slicks but I'd have to get 650b wheels for them to fit. Price adds up quickly, especially since I want a disc brake too

@timbre were you cycling with a video camera Saturday afternoon? Was admiring some wide bar Brooklyns going by

@Tijs thanks!

@Turkish it gets used but it's not really a rat bike tbh, do worry sometimes about locking it up cus would be quite easy to undo and run off with. Hasn't happened yet.

@JamesQGM yeah that would have been us

I run Easton Carbons on my rat, tbf though, they've seen better days..

needs a nicer chain, but far out! where did these pictures come from??

pedalroom, banger !

Think this is the only thread where I'm comfortable asking for advice. haha

Just picked up an old Italian frame...the chrome Pissta is no longer.

Below is a quick mock up...normally I use flat pedals with straps.
Was going to get rid of the gold Jag but it actually matches the bike's logo.

I am buying risers and a post. Figure I'll go black on both or possibly gold risers to match the stem (but still a black post).

Suggestions? (besides throwing it off a bridge)

Leave the gold riser in the harbour - those two shades of gold will never match.

Yeah, that's a problem with anodizing. I got lucky on the gold B123/Jag combo...both of those golds are a deep gold and a perfect match when under even lighting.
http://i58.tinypic.com/2vvuurm.jpg
http://i61.tinypic.com/20k94kl.jpg
I also bought a gold S65 post for my old frame and was a totally different shade...a lot lighter and almost a whitish gold.
If anyone is interested in an 27.2 S65 "Crystal Fellow" post in a lighter gold, hit me up.
New frame has a 26.X seat tube.

Probably just go black risers/post. Still not a bad frame for $150. :)
Sorry, less talk/more slave.

I think that frame takes 27.0 seatpost. Check it.

Are the golden Jaguar and B123 NJS stamped?
I'd either go with black or silver everything. I'm not a huge fan of rainbow steel bikes

Only the silver ones are stamped.

It's time to let gold parts go, that stem clearly don't want to be there. You have current projects thread for such questions: http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/133015/

needs silver finishing kit and wheelset with gumwalls and a flite to finish it off

Have an original TI Flite from early 90's. Also picking up an older rear HED disc.

All of the lugs have factory painted gold/yellow-ish heart shaped cut outs. I was thinking of handpainting the tiny hearts on the lugs with better (non-faded) gold paint...originally I wanted to do gold B201AA risers so the stem/risers being the only gold (and it would match the frame stickers/lugs). Seat post would be black. I do think the finished product would look good...if not, I'll try something different.

I know gold on bikes look like it belongs in Dubai, but the subtle gold lugs and the darker red frame go well together. It's a similar color to older F1 Ferrari's before the Marlboro livery.

I've read almost a 1000 pages of this thread in the last week...95% of this thread is random conversations, discussing which wheel to run, posting ads, etc.. The people that read/post this thread have very similar taste as me...so that's why I post questions here.

I rarely read other forum sections...guess I'll browse around more.

Thanks

Make a thread in current projects

Don't forget that your build has to match our taste, not yours :P