Any Bikers?

[mrfreyguy]

Hi all. Just wondering if anyone likes to bike on the forum. I was also wondering if anyone likes to build bikes. I have some pics attached of my current project. A GT bmx bike with some generic forks and bars mated to it and a sexy paint job. Im attempting to convert it to 7 speeds.

Where do you ride?
What do you ride?
Pics of your bike?

Specalized Fuse One
MOSH Royal 2 star
Cannondale F300
GT/Next project
Bianchi Main Street

 

[Rotore]

do motorcycles or pocket bikes count

 

[mrfreyguy]

Yessiree. I guess preety much anything besides a go kart, barstool racer, or minibike.

 

[mike75925]

i have an old ten speed, a mongoose freestyle 20", gsxr750, a cat 350 slingshot. have owned a diamond back assault (best bike i ever had). an lt80, a 350 warrior, '81 ody and my kart. i've had quite a bit more in my life. i think i will always own a good 20" bike. funny thing, the last two (20" bicycles) were stolen. i ride street, mainly jumps or curve searching. but as you get older, things take way longer to heal and you don't get any of the down-time you do as a kid. not to highjack, but how many have had success with lacing up rims?

 

[newrider3]

DK Six Pack with a bunch of aftermarket or modified parts, most notably GSport Homer female-axle hubs (uses a 20mm hollow billet steel axle with 9/16" bolts instead of 14mm and massive cartridge bearings) and GSport Ribcage rims (hand laced with SS spokes by myself), S&M Race XLT handlebars cut down to 25", TREE billet threaded barends, wedge mod seatpost. Ride trails as well as some park and street.

 

[newrider3]

how many have had success with lacing up rims?

I built my own wheels, and needless to say there is a good reason that bikeshops want $60 each to do it for you. It is kind of a pain, not necessarily extremely difficult, just really really fiddly. Not a quick job either.
I used George French's (GSport) guide to help me along the way:
http://www.gsportbmx.co.uk/custom/wheel_build/wheels.html

 

[mike75925]

nice bike. i only laced one set. i looked at one rim, saw how to stagger them and had them all in place in about an hour? once you get about 3/4 of the spokes in, is where the fun begins.

 

[mrfreyguy]

I was just gonna lace one up tonight but that didn't go too well... I't takes alot of skill and patience to lace one up. I'll have to try sometime on a crap rim. That sucks that your bikes where stolen mike, that's a nice way to ruin ones day. Newrider you gotta nice bike to. Do you know how much it weighs in at?

 

[newrider3]

Thanks; somewhere between 25 and 30 lbs, not the lightest, but balanced perfectly, and the quality of the bearings in the hubs alone makes it feel lighter to ride.

 

[KieranM]

I have one push bike which i restored before i got into karts and quads, which is really a good way to start. I heard once that if you can tear down a push bike and rebuild it you are capable to build a kart.

heres my current project bike, which is now finished.

http://s742.photobucket.com/albums/xx61/kieranm09/?action=view&current=PICT0012.jpg

http://s742.photobucket.com/albums/xx61/kieranm09/?action=view&current=jggh.jpg

 

[psycho_builder]

hey hey, its all about mountain bikes. thats all i ride, i have a 26" trek frame thats waiting to get rims and tires. its a 21 speed with front suspension, no rear. but my working bike is an all aluminum, 26" mongoose with full suspension and 21 speeds

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

I have a 1986 honda spree, does that count? Anybody with a 10 speed and some lower body strength would blow the side panels off it.

 

[devino246]

DK Six Pack with a bunch of aftermarket or modified parts, most notably GSport Homer female-axle hubs (uses a 20mm hollow billet steel axle with 9/16" bolts instead of 14mm and massive cartridge bearings) and GSport Ribcage rims (hand laced with SS spokes by myself), S&M Race XLT handlebars cut down to 25", TREE billet threaded barends, wedge mod seatpost. Ride trails as well as some park and street.

Now thats my kind of bike! I got a DK frame and mixed parts. ill have to post a pic of it later.

 

[vgk]

https://www.360cycles.co.uk/image.php?productid=238
I have a Kink Liberty, red and grey. I love biking expecialy in Vegas. Tons of riding and skate parks.

 

[Sail8870]

I got a 2006 Kona stinky for downhill and freeride, and a 2009 specialized p1 for urban and dirt jumps. Both of them ride very nice and i have a couple of aftermarket parts on each.

(My camera is not working so these are not actual pics of my bikes, but are the same exact model and year)

 

[Sail8870]

anyone else into downhill mountain biking?

 

[mrfreyguy]

anyone else into downhill mountain biking?

I wish I could do some down hill on my cannondale but I'm lacking in hills around my house. Me and my friends just ride the street or bike down on a trail in the creek. I wish Minnesota grew some mountians...

 

[Rotore]

im waiting to get the rest of my money together to buy a yamaha r6 f;ing bad *** mike