Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

cyclists are not better

Thanks, i'll tell him

Elin Antonov. It was crashed on track so top tube had carbon repair, seat clamp welded and dont need to say about paint condition

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Shit that's cool! Please sell it to me when you are done with it :~)

Its to big for you. look at the height of that seat. sell it to me. Haveo's too big for it as well

well, its quite good for my legs, short, but 60cm c-t frame, so i think i will keep it for longer time.

the stem just makes the bike so rat

such a confusing bike.

There's been some gold in this thread recently. Very tempted to ruin it by posting mine. What's the readers wives policy here? :-)

There is none, post away! there is a general disagreement to the of extent subcategories though...

Go ahead if you're not afraid of being roasted

@BlesUp this is sick

I recognize that bike ;)

Readers wives: I'm currently back in the netherlands for a few weeks and needed a bike to get around town. So I built a beater/frankenbike with parts from the bike graveyard that is the basement of my former student house. Most of the junk bikes there are broken omafiets but I found a passable Gazelle opafiets/light-touring frame. It's a bit large for me but still rideable. Luckily I got a wheelset from a friend who had bought a bike with a spare wheelset and had no use for the second pair of wheels. I soon noticed that the original forks were slightly bent due to what was probably a head-on crash. Luckily I found a pair of old chromeforks in the parts bin. Photos are in reverse chronological order. Last one shows the bike how i found it in the basement.

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Current state. For commuting as I'm giving my knees a rest from brakesless. Need to sort out the cables.

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Also saw this on my lunch when I locked up next to it.

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Hot Rat! Is it all MAX or just the forks? Looks to me like you could bring the rearwheel a bit closer to the st by shortening the chain...

Cheers, I believe it's all max, very nice and comfy to ride. Yeah when I was riding fixed I had a bigger rear cog and it was nearly slammed. Now it's free wheel it's freed up aloy of space and I need to dig out my chain splitter tool

very rad, is it a bareknuckle?

Yes it is 😊 Picked it up for £200 with Chris King headset and sugino 75 cranks. So well worth it.
Will dig out some more photos

Bareknuckle one of my all time favourite frames - AFAIK it's not actually max but COM 12.5 by Dedacciai.

Yes I remember the add saying it was dedaccia now! Top tube does seem a little high though, probably just the gio I'd say

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Belongs to @Botherington

nice decals, is that DOURACE on the nds?