John's Trek

Before I helped John build his Raleigh We had set him up with this, a Trek 830 "Antelope". It has it's full stock component group, shimano Exage 300 LX, other then the shifters witch we updated to trigger finger generic shimano 7 speed indexed. He went and got these awesome Michelin city slick tire set for it, they are really big and think 26x 1.85"! I was so impressed by them that I run them on my motorized bike. this bike is an ideal expression of the commuter convention. And other then some minor shifting problems at the start it has been a rock salad workhorse. (I absolutely LOVE making this kind of bike)

Electric Marin

Other then being a rolling punn for Marin county , this Was, and still sometimes is my school and work commuter. i put well over 100 happy miles on it so far and like always I GOT IT USED! It's a 57cm Marin larkspur hybrid bicycle with 700c wheels, and flat bars. The shifter for this bike's whole life has been this shimano Acera, and I am officially impressed, the shifting has never had any problem at all! (a first for me)The Non- stock part is the electric drive system. This bicycle had it's original suspension forks swooped out for stiff chrome ones so it could accept the massive 250w front hub motor witch is more then 15lbs alone, Powering it is a 37v 10amh lithium polymer battery witch once gave me almost 30 miles, however it's don't to 20 now. This bike cruises at 20mph, awesome for a bike, and i can push it to 25mph, any faster the bike needs to be off... i had a rather bad crash in witch the front alexrim (shitty) was tacoed, i rebuilt it with a stronger weinmann rim. The nex step for me in electric bikes will have to be Bionx. although with a new battery, this ride will keep on truckin' for years to come...

4 stroke honda bicycle

This is my commuter for school and other long trips. Yet again I use the good old Hardrock. This one is a smaller frame then my touring bike at 17" rather then 20". The kit is from an American company called bikemotorparts. The website will give you all you need to know about making one of these bike for yourself, and how much it costs. I'm using the recommended Honda GX35 (35cc) 4 stroke OHC motor, and i run the smaller/ faster drive roller for speeds more then 30 mph and a flatland cruising speed around 27 mph. I added a box ($15 at Big 5) to the other side's motor mounts with some angle iron, I can't say if they still guarantee the kit if you do this sort of thing but, it helps to balance out the motor and, I've put 700 miles onto this box. the bike it's self has now just over 1000 miles. And I can say that it has been amazing! The only issue is that wet weather can make you lose traction with the drive roller, so i tend to keep it to dry days.

One man's trash

In the neighborhood adjacent to mine there are often dumpsters, in witch you can sometimes hit the jackpot!

A friend saw thing really retro 80's fab 5 speed Schwinn "Cruiser Supreme" in the dumpster at the top of his street. On the hole nothing was wrong with it, just needed some tires and tubes,and a bunch of cleaning, including rust... I put a big butt seat on, replaced the bars with more cruiser style ones, and cleaned the chain/ re-lubed it. I sold it within a week on craigslist for a song and had a nice lunch...

Hardrock

It is my opinion that one of the best bicycles ever sold in the world has to be the Specialized Hardrock, specifically the ones from the time before carbon, aluminum, and suspension. For example, this is my touring bike:

An early 90's Specialized Hardrock. The original mountain bike when i got it (well used at that, end of the road for most bikes) I wasted no time in replacing everything from the bottom bracket out, the frame although scratched and tarnished was in perfect alignment and crack and dent free. it now has a 60mm road stem drop handlebars, old school dia-compe drop levers, and shimano ultegra bar end shifters. the front derailleur is original and going strong but the rear is XTR, along with the rear hub and cassette (8 speed sis) witch is laced to a nice mavic. The bike is 3x8, has a 55cm frame, and 26x1.5" tires (armadillos, always). i swooped the crank-set out for shorter 170mm ones and I've replaced the headset. there is undoubtedly more... but here are a bunch of shots from the bike's 1200+ miles with me so far... including a 250 miles tour.

John's Raleigh Technium

This has been one of my favorite builds! My very good friend John had been looking for a nice road bike frame to build up for some time. It was hard but, eventually i found a frame to fit his rather tall stature. It's a 63cm Raleigh Technium from 1986 made from "aircraft aluminum" (it's amazingly light for the era, lighter even then my Bianchi...) we got it for $85, and John was given most of the parts by a friend, making this a very cheap build. This beautiful bike rocks: shimano ultegra front and rear derailleurs, but only the right/rear ultegra STI shifter, on the other side it's the original down-tube shifter (suntour), a shimano 600 rear dual pivot brake, a shimano nexus front dual pivot brake (From eBay), and a nice shimano 600 double crankest. The gearing is 2x9 although we may upgrade it to a tipple.... updates to come.

Erin's Miyata 310

I'll start by saying that it was an honer just to work on a bicycle as nice as one of these Miyatas, It's high quality, and oh so Japanese! Only reason it belongs to my sister now is dew to it's step through frame. It's a 12 speed (just as my TREK), full Suntuor shifting and derailleurs, original wheels (area) original rear brake and new/used duel pivot front. I put a new chain, cables, housings, and classic gum-wall tires on. And just like that the glorious Miyata is born again.

My Bianchi

This is my new baby, a Bianchi Campione Del Mondo. I got it on CL for a steal (no it wasn't stolen, just an amazing deal)I think it's from 2005, at least the bianchi bottle it came with says 2005. It's classic double butted chromoly steel with a bianchi carbon fork. It's loaded up with Italian goodies: campagnolo veloce brakes, shifters, derailleurs,chain, cranks, and even the hubs. The rims are mavic, and the peddles i got Look Keo Plus (both french) I broke the original bianchi selle italia gel seat but I found an other used at a shop (not as nice, but lighter) the first photo is from right when i got it, and the second is after i "made it mine" New: seat, steam (from 110 down to 60mm), new 700x 25c armadillo tires and tubes, cat eye computer, and 400 miles of troubleshooting:)