Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

no. Nothing is better than something rubbish...

Oh god, who let this lot in?

why do we associate risers with ratty bikes and beaters? where did worn out drop bars go?

Dunno. I've got drops on my beater, and what's even weirder, it has a rear rack.

^owner still doesnt know what the frame make is.

I call late 60's Viking Track frame with changed out forks early version here

I call late 60's Viking Track frame with changed out forks early version

Hmm, Nervex lugs on both. Also used on a lot of other frames...

Ol' chromie up there is pretty tasty.

Chock full of wabi sabi.
Aged chrome is go.

bridgestone frames any good?

better than anything ever.

Rat bikes are amazing, I discovered a new topic perhaps the best of B&B

I m a strange person, for example I love see destroyed construction... :D

Whatever, I have this shit-bike, a fake Rat Bike

I want to make a BMX handlebar and make a basket, I saw soething like that here, in LFGSS

and the best RatBike :D

my gift for OCDC time ago :))

OT: where is finished OCDC????

^^+1 fact

thanks for the call fatoldbloke!
trackends seem to be bit different too, same with seatstays.. can confirm the forks though, they are not original. also, they look like alloy forks (?) - notice the split near dropouts...

brooklyn machine works.

the newest thing Dwain had with him was the bar wrap.

I have these shit bikes

Ftfy.

I want to make a BMX handlebar

Please show us how you make the handlebar.

and the best RatBike :D

No.

archangels, that brooklyn is the biz.

Chrome one is pr0n.

Ftfy.

Please show us how you make the handlebar.

No.

Find the pic where I saw it is so hard...
well, stem BMX attached in the upper tube( no in the lower) so u can have a vertical surface where u can fix a little basket
I don t know if is the idea is clear, sorry for my crappy english :D

the bmx bar/basket thing might have been in the functional bike thread... in a rush and can't find it at the mo' but remember it marched boldly across the boundary of genius/madness!

as an aside - j-rok (and others), try and play nice with the new kids...

^Understood, alfredo.

'Rat Bikes! Beaters! Frankenbikes!' <---- don't see 'shit bikes' there.

/justsayin'

Do you mean this?

Product page: http://copenhagenparts.com/products/bike-porter

Think they're about 150 or so from TFG. Making your own is probably pretty easy and a lot cheaper.

He's talking about this:

So yeah basically the cheap DIY version of ^

Ah right, I found some info about that rack/handlebar contraption. It's an "Evo Handbasketle" or "Basklebar", there's some old info about them here: http://hubbicycle.blogspot.com/2011/04/cargo.html but no links and Google isn't turning up much

I never realised it was an actual product, I though he'd just welded a basket to some BMX bars hence "DIY version". I guess someone could do that if they really wanted and it would save a bit of cash.

He's talking about this:

So yeah basically the cheap DIY version of ^

Yep !

another reader's rat. though i admit, i have no parts with rust to show you, instead i tried to make up with some raw metal

i took great pleasure out of this thread and so the new steed was build to be in here. i love contrasts and so i built a bike that is only half a rat - i let you choose which one.

hope you like what i did.

^^ or maybe something like this?

another reader's rat. though i admit, i have no parts with rust to show you, instead i tried to make up with some raw metal

i took great pleasure out of this thread and so the new steed was build to be in here. i love contrasts and so i built a bike that is only half a rat - i let you choose which one.

http://www.google.ca/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/8892.jpg&sa=X&ei=VvzCTpf9OoTl0QGd5-n-Dg&ved=0CAsQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNGE-b62_-EAdJLyAsxyGXWsqPEl2Q

This is really good to ride. I bought it off edscoble and rode it everyday for 3 weeks in germany, it is now my away with work ride! chuck it on the back of a lorry and hay presto freedom wherever I go!

Want!!