Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

lolz luckyskull anyone would think you and this bike had some bad history or something ;-)

ha, sorry........it goes back to a time i borrowed a friends bike while on holiday in Berlin. it had a stupid silly spinney clown gear ratio. one of the least enjoyable days riding i have ever had.......i guess it touched a nerve.......

Fixed silly gearing is awful but freewheel singlespeed isn't so bad...just trying to remember what ratio he runs. Could be 36/14 which is okay really.

i doubt it will be 14, unless its a bmx hub. smallest is 16.......it would be better if it was fixed then you could skid..........but anyway, at least its a bike and not a car..........

A friend's beater and has to be deserving of a place here..?
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r575/j-meds/lukesrat.jpg

The thread title includes beaters. It's a beater.

Plus it looks like its been knocked together in a true budget DIY style. In what sense is it out of place.

Much better than a load of stickers, or worse still nice bikes with fucked paintwork from being locked with bare chains because their riders are just too fucking edgy.

Not sure if its a re-post, but oh well...

...Also i think its a Brother steel track?

A friend's beater and has to be deserving of a place here..?

I love my bike! It's 34x18 on the back. I tried 16, but it wouldn't work unless I added a chain tensioner. I live up a 13% hill, and take my weekly shopping up in a 50L rucksack on this beauty!

She was my main bike, then my training bike, now my rat. The only original parts left are the frame, stem, handlebars, shifters. If I show her some TLC on the wrap, then you'll be happy luckyskull?

ha, hills! totally understandable then. though it looks like you still have a slack chain...... sorry for bashing your bike. for London your ratio would not cut the mustard........like i said before, any bike on the road means one less car, that makes me happy.

That's a lower ratio than what i'm using on my s-s mtb!

rat/beater bikes have something that makes them special

Who knew?

i doubt it will be 14, unless its a bmx hub. smallest is 16...

16t is the smallest SS cog for a cassette hub? Tell me more...

is that a cassette hub?

is that a cassette hub?

Yep, the single speed spacer kit was cheaper than a new dropout hanger last time my derailleur took a smash!

I hate spinning less than I hate going slowly; it's good training on the flat. I spin at 140 in short bursts, usually more like 120.

Would of thought it would be pretty cheap to put gears back on with some mtb bars and shifters?

then miro i stand corrected, it can go down to 11......

I think you can all climb back out of his arse now.

chill out, we were discussing bikes. that's what the forum is for......and i for one have never been in the arse of Luke.

I only joined today, I think I like this forum! I've perused the odd thread now and again, even met some members on the Dunwich dynamo a few weeks ago but now I've finally joined I think I'm hooked :)

Would of thought it would be pretty cheap to put gears back on with some mtb bars and shifters?

My Addict R3 has a full ultegra. But I don't lock that up at Sainsbury's with a £4.99 wire lock from Halfords!

Oops, R2 not R3 before anyone catches me out....

and welcome to the forum Luke.

Personally i would stick some risers on it, then some toe clips/straps and give it a few more gear inches, would make a fun bike.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7zvnsNFBn1qkaq0ko1_1280.jpg

more on the blog...http://blog.andyinamerica.com/post/28364893578/you-want-ratty-tim-can-deliver-ratty-one-of

what has been seen...

Rather they put a rack on another frame, but i still like it

any one know what rack that is?

Duct tape fixes every thing?

ergo, fixie bike