Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

Rats are never perfect, thats the great thing...

Hideous is not a reason to change a part on a rat

I hear what you're saying and I sort of agree, but there is still an asthetical pleasure in rat look and MY bike needs to please MY eyes. Of course nothing beats the real deal shed find, but that's not what I bought unfortunately. So choice parts are fair enough if they tie in with the overall theme imo. I think vintage bikes deserve vintage parts so that where I'll go with it.

Rats are never perfect, thats the great thing...

sure, but whats wrong with building your own perfect bike in a ratty style?

nothing at all, just that your bike looks good and i want to see more

cheers buddy! :) I will do soon enough.

I'm a real sucker for close ups, nothing better!

of a rat i mean...

I'm a real sucker for close ups, nothing better!

of a rat i mean...

Yeahhh, thats what i'm talking about!

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This is awesome man!

^Yep.. I'm really tempted of building something similar..

Keep up the momentum! post more bikes..

That's pretty much how i want to build my Brother frame when i get it! really like that

cheers, i keep changing to risers and a cetma and back... just cant decide.. pic is a year old, more ratty now :)

better get some pics then!

That's pretty much how i want to build my Brother frame when i get it! really like that

My mate has a Brothers, they build up really nice.

Win^

Really nice!

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/download/file.php?id=199674

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc148/nomad1975/Bike-166_zpsece2ce04.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc148/nomad1975/Bikes/Avanti-Gazelle.jpg

Keep meaning to sort my rat out, headset is reaalllly weird, creaks like a horror film door sometimes. But I love it so much, riding beautifully and sorts out sweating about locking up all day or wherever.

The other day I was leaving a job late evening, pulled up next to one of those rickshaw dudes.

He started hassling me saying 'I can't believe you ride that bike, you must ne so embarrassed...' really banging on. I couldn't really decide whether he was just taking the piss or actually seriously telling me to get a better bike. Whilst sitting on a fucking sketchy looking rickshaw.

Funny moment really, but I was too tired to have much humour about it, so I was like 'no, not embarrassed, I hadn't really thought of that ...'

Anyone else had any actual beater-abuse?

had a few comments from roadies about how it looks like i don't look after my bike, in a pretty patronising way

I've had a bit of abuse for not fitting a front brake to my shit-weather bike

^the rack's on laner's fuji.... any pics of that?

I had someone on the train tell me how shitty looking my fuji was, all covered in road crap and scratches and stuff, he shut up when I asked him why he was getting a train for a 5 mile journey with his chodie roadie carbon deal.