How is it not rat/franken I threw it together for a friend to ride from parts I had lying around, the affix was just on for the pic yesterday because I had the rear wheel on something else.
So it's a spare parts bike.
Maybe fits in this thread under the beater part of the title but it's not a rat as it isn't well used and worn in and it's not a franken as it's not a bike adapted from one use to another or made from combining bits of different bikes into one uniquely functional bike.
That bike's nothing special, it's just old parts, I don't see anything interesting about it - mechanically or aesthetically. The only thing about it worth commenting on is the lack of foot retention and the freewheel.
So it's a spare parts bike.
Maybe fits in this thread under the beater part of the title but it's not a rat as it isn't well used and worn in and it's not a franken as it's not a bike adapted from one use to another or made from combining bits of different bikes into one uniquely functional bike.
That bike's nothing special, it's just old parts, I don't see anything interesting about it - mechanically or aesthetically. The only thing about it worth commenting on is the lack of foot retention and the freewheel.