Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

yeah it was a total budget build - I have about $30 total invested right now (frame / fork and some other stuff was $10 at a garage sale) I may bartape it and put on road levers

Possible repost?

it's mine and seat has been swapped for an old Turbo. Looks much nicer now.

Put together by brightidea.

he not kidding.

started out pretty ragged.

here it is in better light. the bars are worth twice the bike. just wanted to get it rolling and had those laying around.

I usually keep a small fleet of "disposable" bike around - i.e. bikes to be ridden to a location and then abandoned. Always the shittier breed of department store MTBs
example:

I usually keep a small fleet of "disposable" bike around - i.e. bikes to be ridden to a location and then abandoned. :

That's one of the most revolting things I've heard in a while, you filthy consumerist.

That's one of the most revolting things I've heard in a while, you filthy consumerist.

nah dude they are all dumpster dived (FREE) if anything i am extending their time on the planet

Where do you find dirt cheap frames etc?

Why would you do that? Maybe I'm a complete snob but I want my bike to fit me and be maintained so I know it's not going to fall apart. This couldn't be said about BSOs straight out the box let alone when they've been abandoned.

^^ - a dumpster is like a skip
^ - if it falls apart, he'll at least be further down the road than when he started; he was going to abandon it anyway.

regardless, not promoting this

So.. >>>stolen bikes thread.

Rad.

Out of interest, why only a granny ring up front?

That Klein is fantastic.

^anti

I usually keep a small fleet of "disposable" bike around - i.e. bikes to be ridden to a location and then abandoned. Always the shittier breed of department store MTBs
example:

My BSO is uglier than your BSO

My beater in it's latest incarnation. Needs a bigger chainring on for commuting.

Any idea what handlebars these are?

Not trying to be a dick or something but to me it looks like the red on the frame is paint and the grey/ white is raw alu not the reversed . The splatter pattern is almost to perfect to be masked/paint..

I've done some patinating/splatter effect on metal and it looks a bit like it, i could be wrong though.. ;-)

Im really interrested in how the owner of the frame achived this look..

I have a write up in the works that shows the steps involved. On short I used about 4 different colour layers and salt masking technique with a lot of sanding to get the right look of rust and decay, finished off with dry pigments.

Paging scoble...

What rack is this?

Cetma Halfrack:
http://cetmacargo.com/pages/halfrack