Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

Beater, not rat

spotted.

Thanks for posting my beater TheSadR. This thread was inspiration for the build. :)
Here are some other photos with original state of frame. Drive side dropout was at one point broken and brutally rewelded.
http://www.pedalroom.com/bike/kharkov-steel-beater-17515

Is that aches and pains'? Love the pink grips.

Yep :)

Spotted this just now

Apart from the silly saddle and cable routing, that is awesome.

+1
bar tape and would ride

I realized this is not a Practical Bikes thread, but fuck riding track drops in the rain with no bar tape.

lower the saddle a touch.
risers.
and thats a win.

and remove valve caps

hhsb

You people know this is the rat/beater/franken bike thread, right?

Rat doesn't equal ill fitted hence lowering saddle.
And risers are way more everyday bike than track drops

A Pashley is more everyday bike then a track bike....

True.

Looks wrong because the lever is on the (near-zero) flats

Rat doesn't equal ill fitted hence lowering saddle.
And risers are way more everyday bike than track drops

Rat/beater/franken bike thread

Only debate should be whether it is one if those or not, not how it's dialled in

Looks ridden a lot. Good enough

HHSB are allow to have uncomfortable angle.

yes, saddle angle is definitely off too.

Oh apollo...

^^ That's science.

except it's not

Come on Gabe...