This is my in-town geocaching ride,,in the works.

[rockhoppernc]

Well I have a nice ride I have been building-RIDES LIKE A DREAM-

Just got all the parts in and put on, just waiting a long weekend so I can paint her...I am painting it gloss white with black accents.

 

here it is after the new fenders.. all that is left if the paint....

what do you think???

Edited July 22, 2010 by rockhoppernc

[+atmospherium]

Pee Wee Herman is writhing with jealousy.

 

Seriously, it's very nice.

[rockhoppernc]

 

[+The Ravens]

Sweet ride dude!

[+BikeBill]

Very nice. Excellent for city caching unless it's hilly (or you're a climber).

 

I have to ask - why is there an extra chainring stuck in the chain near the rear sprocket?

[+Trav'lin Two]

Why are you going to paint it? Looks fine to me.

[Chumpo]

Very cool! I want one too. All it needs is a baseball card clipped to the frame with a clothes pin.

 

I have to ask also- why is the extra sprocket in front of the rear one? Is that just an idler to take up slack?

[rockhoppernc]

well the paint is going to be all gloss white with black accents,

and the ex-sprocket is the help take the slack out of the chain,,,the chain holds it in and spins with the chain..

the rear wheel is a 2 speed kick back...you kick it back to change gears. I went inside the hub and took a few things out to make it go in a smaller gear for going up hills....works very well...

 

on the colors I was also thinking fire truck red with white accents....what colors to you people think i should paint it?????

[+Team Cotati]

I for one just cannot hardly wait to see that puppy with a fresh coat of paint. Please post some pics for us, k?

When do you anticipate the completion of the paint job?

[+Snoogans]

what do you think???

 

I'm thinkin' it's just a bike (a neat one) and off topic unless you put a GPS mount on it and bespangle it with geocaching festoonery.

 

I'm just sayin'....

[rockhoppernc]

well it is funny you might ask that. I do have a thing to hold my RAM mount to the handle bars and I think I did see someplace a tracker bug sticker to put on your car...I was going to put on on the rear fender..OR

I was going to ask if it was ok to buy one of the dog-tag tracker bugs and put it on the rear fender???

Itake this bige all over the usa going to bluegrass fests and people allways stop to look at this bike

[+Castle Mischief]

I was going to ask if it was ok to buy one of the dog-tag tracker bugs and put it on the rear fender???

 

Once you buy that TB dog tag, you can do what you want to with the number, so long as you don't release more than one object into the world to be tracked via that number.

[+DragonsWest]

It is people like this who challenge Dave Ulmer's Carbon Footprint theory.

 

Very nice bike.

[+briansnat]

Cool, I had a bike like that when I was a kid. I hated it. It was old and all my friends had those hip, new Stingrays and I was jealous. What did I know, I was 9.

[+Snoogans]

Cool, I had a bike like that when I was a kid. I hated it. It was old and all my friends had those hip, new Stingrays and I was jealous. What did I know, I was 9.

 

I soooo coveted a Stingray when I was a little kid of 5 or 6. Never achieved one, but I DID get a chrome 36/36 Scrambler (The first BMX bike) when I was 9.

[Andronicus]

Don't leave that laying around while doing the drunk bee dance. Some jerk will likely think they need it more than you do.

[+DragonsWest]

Don't leave that laying around while doing the drunk bee dance. Some jerk will likely think they need it more than you do.

And don't chain it up without looping the chain through both wheels. Too often I see someone going down the street with a whee or two in their hand. It doesn't take much imagination to figure where they keep getting these.

[Andronicus]

Don't leave that laying around while doing the drunk bee dance. Some jerk will likely think they need it more than you do.

And don't chain it up without looping the chain through both wheels. Too often I see someone going down the street with a whee or two in their hand. It doesn't take much imagination to figure where they keep getting these.

Whithout quick release wheels, it is unlikely that they will get stolen while you are searching GZ. If you leave it parked outside of work, or at WP1 of a 6 leg multi, maybe.

[+smitty19983]

Just saw that same bike on American Picker a few days ago.

 

They were pumped to pick it for sure.

 

NICE!

[+mountainman38]

Well I have a nice ride I have been building-RIDES LIKE A DREAM-

Just got all the parts in and put on, just waiting a long weekend so I can paint her...I am painting it gloss white with black accents.

......

what do you think???

 

Pretty sweet bike! Where's the engine going to go?

[+geodarts]

I have to agree about getting a good lock for it. The last time I took my bike out to do some riding, and to find a cache or two with my daughter on father's day, the lock was no match for bolt cutters, even on a rack with twenty other bikes surrounding it and lots of other people nearby. We were not that far away and back in a half hour or so. They at least left my daughter's bike, which was chained together with mine. But I have much better (and unfortunately much heavier) security in place for the replacement.

Edited July 22, 2010 by mulvaney

[+DragonsWest]

Don't leave that laying around while doing the drunk bee dance. Some jerk will likely think they need it more than you do.

And don't chain it up without looping the chain through both wheels. Too often I see someone going down the street with a whee or two in their hand. It doesn't take much imagination to figure where they keep getting these.

Whithout quick release wheels, it is unlikely that they will get stolen while you are searching GZ. If you leave it parked outside of work, or at WP1 of a 6 leg multi, maybe.

 

Most of our bike-part thieves carry a wrench.

[+mountainman38]

Dang double posts....

Edited July 22, 2010 by mountainman38

[+MR57]

Well I have a nice ride I have been building-RIDES LIKE A DREAM-

Just got all the parts in and put on, just waiting a long weekend so I can paint her...I am painting it gloss white with black accents.

 

here it is after the new fenders.. all that is left if the paint....

what do you think???

Tell me again. How did you put these pictures in here.

[+hesslv]

Hey, MR57, to post a picture like this you can upload your images from your computer on any free image hosting site, such as imageshack. Once your photo is uploaded (will only take a minute or so) they will give you different htmls/codes for whatever purpose you need.

 

To post in the forums you will choose the link that states I believe, "For Forum Use:"

 

Now regarding this awesome bike! Growing up in the 90s I was never around any bikes like these, but heard stories from my parents. This looks awesome and I am jealous!