My Tallbike Can Kick Your Fixie Conversion's Ass
By robosauce on 09/05/2007.
Bike tags: Single speed | boneshakers | jerry-rigged | tallbike
Araya mountain bike circa 2001 on bottom and chopped-up mid-seventies free spirit stepthru on top
moustache bars and the longest stem i have ever seen
two of them, connected with a length of steel pipe
pulled from the pile
pulled from the pile
mutilated bottom bracket on the Araya, fucking cottered cranks on the free spirit
pulled from the pile
it's the good sections of about 3 old chains put together
the chain tension is about one link too tight, but I'd estimate the gearing is 39x19 or so--gotta get up them hills with ease
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Araya mountain bike circa 2001 on bottom and chopped-up mid-seventies free spirit stepthru on top
moustache bars and the longest stem i have ever seen
two of them, connected with a length of steel pipe
pulled from the pile
pulled from the pile
mutilated bottom bracket on the Araya, fucking cottered cranks on the free spirit
pulled from the pile
it's the good sections of about 3 old chains put together
the chain tension is about one link too tight, but I'd estimate the gearing is 39x19 or so--gotta get up them hills with ease
dangerous as fuck. One of the cranks isn't in, the seven hours I spent painting the motherfucker have been more or less wasted, and I'm not entirely sure the seat tube isn't going to break at some point in the near future.
That being said, I love this bike. Thanks to the other boneshakers for helping me get her finished, and thanks to my dad for doing the welds (even though he was pretty sure this was a really dangerous idea and that I'd look like I'm in the circus)