Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

quite like how the spry on the disc looks. Ger them to do the other side?

Old photo but still a franken bike
https://flic.kr/p/71bVBM

I think it's cement spray or some kind of flooring screed overspray. I need to clean it off and check the disc over really because I don't know if sitting in the south facing sun for 5 months has done it any favours. The other sidewall of the tub is looking decidedly more suntanned than this side.

It's old Russian though. So far it has survived cold war, communism, fall of the Soviet Union and now global apocalypse and a little bit of neglect. It'll be fine.

My little get away bike 🤣

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Ideal bikepacking rig : )

Any more weight on the back it will be doing Wheelies everytime I pull away.

Bought it with broken spokes, just because it had the xb3 track cranks, now a parts bin special.

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that seatpost be like

You getting me worried now have I gone too far

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rad!

Good one..

Is this Rat enough ?

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I swop you for some proper rat wheels

Shout out to:
@_Inskipp__
@1_n
@Chak
@jono84
And major thanks to @billygoat8
Guys you made this possible.
What a great Frankenstein build.

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My rat, the Devil. The shifter got busted up a few years ago so I opted for a loud freehub SS build. Held up nicely on a 600km bikepacking trip just recently.

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My sister got this Raleigh Wayfarer cheap on fb for a 3 mile each way commute.

I've done the necessary to get it moving and stopping.

It would benefit from new tyres and rims / spokes but as with all these Raleigh builds looks like it'll survive the apocalypse.

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This bizarre Peruvian beauty is up for sale!
https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/2858897/

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sister got this Raleigh Wayfarer

love it

Great description in the ad!

Ta. Turns out the stopping only worked in the dry. Some Koolstop Salmon blocks are on their way.

Nice

This bike was basically a "how cheaply can I build a bike without spending a single dime?"

Started out life as a big box cruiser. Swapped the fork for a stock '84 Stumpjumper fork that someone had "converted" (read: hacked) to threadless, used some questionable Monkeylites, an old Turbo saddle, and some beefy old mtb tires that weren't good for real riding. Spaced a freewheel rear wheel to 120 and dished it out, and bodged an American-to-Euro bb adapter and a loose bearing bb. Finished it off with a trendy rattlecan paintjob.

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Looks fun, biplane makes it.

Love the ratfadez

Love it.
Err, the ‘questionable’ cockpit basically = my best biek