Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

Damn that looks fun!

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Thanks!

No need for thanks, looks mega.

Just thinking I have the parts lying around to build something similar (but a decade or so older)

http://koti.mbnet.fi/arrogant/z/IMG_3150.jpg

^ Used to love her but now it's time to say good bye..

mmmm name/brand/where to find this front rack? I'm looking for one and this one feels so right

mmmm name/brand/where to find this front rack? I'm looking for one and this one feels so right

Apparently it's a 1950's porteur rack. Bought by a friend off eBay.fr, and I bought it from him.

Apparently it's a 1950's porteur rack. Bought by a friend off eBay.fr, and I bought it from him.

Cool. Cool cool cool.

...Yeah, that'll probably do it.

Gan Well NJS rat I just spotted...

It's rad and I like it.

Built from 100% used parts and it rides great!! :D

Should take a link or two out of that chain.

Such weird geo on that bike

Yup, the chain is an old one and in need of replacing all together really, I wanna get a half link and fit it a bit more snuggly ;)

As for the geo, the pics do seam to make it look strange, it's not so bad up close. Unfortunately I suspect the the frame has been crashed at some point, when I bought it the forks were some random shite and the frame has some tell-tale distortion in the tt and under the dt. I've replaced the forks and the bike feels mint now, strong, balanced and responsive so it's all goo man!

The V Brakes on this something else, spotted this today in Leeds, can't remember if its fixed or not, but I had to stop and take a picture.

^ o_o

^^ what a waste

Looks like it has been used loads, so not really a waste.

I sort of agree, I don't see the point in having expensive bikes to just sit in a garage and look nice, but I can't help but feel that an incredibly expensive track bike like that wouldn't neccesarily do the job of an everyday beater/get around the place type deal as a bike that cost a fraction of the price. Looks like fun though.

The owner probably got a good deal on it and thought why not....

Depressingly, it's probably still cheaper than an NJS frame, too...

Could someone fill me in on the logic behind the rear triangle layout of Verbs & Noun's Cannondale please? Makes me curious.