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I wasn't looking for a surly but I saw this one marketplace under parts and accessories. I asked the kid what he wanted for it and he just said to make it worth his time or it's going to the scrap yard.

Recently built up this 88 rockhopper in dinucci green.

Added some budget bags and a rear rack. Taking it to Sam Houston national forest for a 60 miler in a couple weeks, will be my first bikepacking trip ever.

Bonus dragonfly in the last picture.

Does anyone have a recommendation to get a nalgene strapped to the forks? I was looking at the zefal gizmos but not sure if there's a better option?

Long and the short of it, my girlfriend who’s had zero interest in bicycles throughout our relationship asked me to build her a comfy cruiser with an upright riding position, so I immediately started searching and found a Peugeot mixte off marketplace for $30 that had been hanging in an attic for 30 years.

Older guy answers the door and hopes that I don’t mind climbing up in the attic to bring it down. As I get up there, I shine the flashlight on the Peugeot and notice it just so happens to be sitting right next to a Stumpjumper, in my size and in the color I’ve always wanted but have never been able to find, (unless I was willing to spend a stupid amount of money). It’s definitely seen its years of use and abuse, but I couldn’t leave it behind.

Needless to say, I’m officially $150 poorer and 2 bikes richer. Here’s to giving them a little bit of love and many more miles! 🍻

I’ll post them both up when they’re done!

89' muddy fox courier comp

Marin Sausalito ratbike (in progress)

2007 Orange Clockwork

Dawes super galaxy

88' Dawes Cougar ;)

'93 Saracen Traverse

Have a bless day

Found a very clean all original Marlboro Unlimited. Swapped on some PNW grips, maxxis tires and a Turbo saddle. Still debating what I want to do for a drivetrain. Need to throw a pack of Marb 100s in the bottle cage.

Watched the documentary about Moriah Wilson on Netflix on Friday and it was sad, but it also made me appreciate bikes so much more and made me really motivated to ride more this year. I also really appreciated how much her family all loved to ride and keep doing it as a way to keep her memory alive.

It got me thinking it'd been a while since my family rode together, so we all got out for a ride and got some sun and river views on Saturday. We brought out a pair of matched 98 Hard Rock Classics, 95 Diamondback Ascent EX, 91 Muddy Fox MF24ELX-K and a 2016 Hot Rock that my kids have all ridden (currently purpleized for my daughter, but soon to be updated for my son with colors of his choice).

It felt good to get out together and I hope I can motivate these kids to keep riding as they get older!

Unsure which community this belongs in but I recently turned an old folding bike into a cargo bike.

If folks want to see more, a build video can be found here.

hey y'all, looking to put a frame bag on my singlespeed hardrock. However frame is not super optimal. is it stupid to consider making a frame bag that'd sit above the top tube as pictured so there'd still be 3 connection points or would it be too wobbly/annoying.

thinking of using a very structural waterproof material, something like tarpaulin.

I’ve been following this thread for a while now and finally get to post my first build! It took a while for me to acquire all the parts but I finally collected them all through patience and digging through parts bins and scouring Facebook marketplace.

I changed the groupset from a 3x7 to a 2x10 deore groupset and I have to say I am very pleased with the speed, range, and smoothness of it all.

Got this bike of Craigslist from the original owner who bought it in Chicago in the 90s. He was a commercial actor and also breed African grey parrots which I found very interesting haha!

Anyways the bike has come a long way and I am pleased with how it looks and rides.

Last photo is a pic of someone who enjoys the build even more than me I think.

Cheers!

Cycletech Titan (early 90s), Tange switchblade, i switched the stem with a roox, carbon kevlar bar, Thompson seatpost with flite ti, xo 9speed with full carbon special edition shifter, tune ac38 TI bottom bracket, Tubus airy rack, wheels are Mavic Crossride right now (switched it too because I have another Titan frame project) with panaracer pasela.

Small pony on the seat is my rainbow dash lucky charm from my daughter.

Here is a cute little roadie I built up for my partner who was getting jealous of me and all her friends living our best life riding from bakery to bakery every weekend. It was a case of scrolling through listings and her saying "wait a minute, that colour's lovely" and what do you know, it wasn't the only lovely thing about this bike.

For starters It's fairly light and well made but I've no clue what tubing it's made of (that's not exactly true, there's a Columbus cromor sticker on the left fork leg. So I've exactly one clue).

Next, it is her size and someone had already done a decent job of cold setting it

And then, of course, the paint is quite lovely - but above all, it's got a little tire scraper chain-thing that I can't get enough of.

I pretty much stripped it of all the "original" components save the bb, headset, and calipers, and slapped a pair of cxp30 rims on duraace hubs on it, a random compact double that fit the original (french) bb and a pair of sora 2*9 levers operating a deore rear and random front mech. Specialized makes a nice ladies saddle also

Best of most worlds, and of course more to the point she loves it.

I knew just a front basket wasn’t going to cut it for a grocery run today, so I pulled out the old Burley!

Right when I thought I was on a bike build hiatus, a bike shop customer drops in with a bike they need to unload....

$50 from the local bike shop basement, couldn’t let it build dust. Full tear down and rebuild with original parts.

My 1x9 'gravel bike'. Bi-laminated (fillet brazed) Fleur de Lys frame from what was one of Londons best builders. It has a matching filet brazed stem, stamped with the frame number. SRAM indexed shift and a narrow hub, so i didn't have to bend the frame to fit it. I left the original down tube shifter in place, just for fun. Nice supple ride.

Recently built up this 88 rockhopper in dinucci green.

Added some budget bags and a rear rack. Taking it to Sam Houston national forest for a 60 miler in a couple weeks, will be my first bikepacking trip ever.

Bonus dragonfly in the last picture.

Does anyone have a recommendation to get a nalgene strapped to the forks? I was looking at the zefal gizmos but not sure if there's a better option?

Went to test out the route to work for this summer.

Aldo I did not want to buy a front bag so just looped a fanny pack around my handlebars and called it a day. Meh, it works