Schwinn Varsity single speed covertion

I converted and restored this bike for a friend, it was old and beat to hell. The only thing that got it into my hands was a set of flat tires! needless to say i get them to put $30 bucks in for the parts and we have a sweet little vintage Schwinn, with a re-done BB, new chain cleaned and trued wheels, new tires and tubes, new grip, cables, housing (like all my restorations) and i cleaned rust from everything!

Peugeot 10 speed

this is one of my best finds, picked it up at a garage sale and did a full restore save the BB witch is still holding (knock on wood). It's big for me and I'm off on a tour is a few weeks so i plane to sell it. it rides and feels amazing with new tape, and a seat kept in mint condition by a melting gel seat cover.

Retro Direct!

This bike has a drive train so bazaar and genius, that when i stumbled upon it on YouTube, I simply had to build myself one. Basically this bike has 2 speeds with no shifting, one of those speeds is with peddling forward and the other is achieved by peddle backwards. Don't understand? watch this video I found.

I got my chain tensioner welded by a good friend, 2 new sram chains and i bunch of spare parts from around the shop later, the retro direct "town and country" (i should call it) was born.

Note: this build involved a lot of fine tuning and customizing. Not Practical or easy project. You may need special parts to make it work properly, in other words: I was luck to only have to spend $50 to get it going.

Schwinn "Super Sport" SS

this was a fun little project that was under 2 weeks from buying the "wreck" to selling the cool single speed roadie. Most of the parts were spare junk from around the shop, the rear wheel was a striped fixed gear wheel. Just got it a new chain, seat, front brake set up, and happy new owner.

My Motobecane (second)

this is my beloved, (so customized its not funny) Motobecane "Nomade". It is the second Motobecane i have own/ worked on. the frame, although not "good steel" is amazingly smooth riding, and have really low rolling resistance dew to her 27 x 1 1/4" inch, well true junk wheels. i have re-dish the hell out of the rear to make it fit a full 8 speeds, compared to a modest 5 as it had before. this was just to make it work smoothly with my Campy Avanti brake-shifters.

as marked by my Brooks this was my flagship (workhorse depending on how you look at it) however, the torch has been passed.

Single Speed Mountain Bike #1

Here is one project that has been a long time coming. It started as a normal mountain bike with 18 speeds (already had the bad rattle can paint job). I removed the 6 speed free wheel from the rear wheel, re-dished it, and put on a BMX 16t freewheel. I took all rings from the cranks, got a newish 34t one for it, then with new; chain, brake cables, levers, grips, and tires... you have the Mountain SS... a hole bunch a crunch a munch a fun.

Schwinn Probe *MOTORIZED* Mountain Bike

well, the Probe wasn't selling no matter how good a bike it was so, in went the 80cc motor kit. it worked well and took less then 2 days or gathering parts as it is the 9th one i have built up.

Schwinn Probe Mountain Bike

This is a Schwinn probe mountain bike. I restored it to its rightful glory as one of the "forever" bikes as i call them.

Forever bike- a bike that will last the rest of your life and most of your kids life to. All then need is general maintenance and care.

1976 Schwinn Suburban

this my classic ride, its got a 55cm frame, 27" wheels and, a sweet leather saddle. i picked it up from a grage sale less then a block away on my home street.

Univega 10 speed

This is a 10 speed road/touring bike i got with my commuter road bike. I restored and sold it within 2 weeks, its 55cm and a nice blue color. All it really needed was a tune up, some cleaning, and fresh grip.

Scott Commuter hybrid

This bike was yet an other garage sale find. It was sold to me with MTB tires, messed up grips, and no seat post. I got it nice new hybrid tires, new grips, and i found an old seat post that fit in my shop also i gave it a general tune up. I like this sale because I turned it around within one week and sold it.

Motorized Bikes

It all started summer of junior year in high school, i had just got a job (hell hole... Sears... lasted 5 months) and I was looking for something to wast my new found money on, i saw this kit on the internet for converting a bicycle into an 80cc motorized bike! i got it and found a bike to put it in. the thing was a fucking blast and i road that first one for 9 months before one day i saw an add selling one just like it on craigslist. So, i started selling them. the going rate is around $400 (at least how i do it) and i have made 8 of them so far, this is the most resent one i sold a week ago.

My fixie

This is really the bike that got me started on customization and I love her.. Its a Motobeacane Nomade Frame 58cm (way to big for me), some off brand cranks, Alexrim rear wheel, spinergy front carbon wheel, brooks saddle, sram BMX chain, some GT dirt jump paddles, and shimano nexus duel-pivot long reach front brake (cus this frame is ment to have 27" but its got 700c). most of the parts are from ebay

My commuter

This is one i picked up at a garage sale with another road bike. Its a Motobecane Nomade with some scratched up green paint that i really like the look of. After buying it i restored it 100% with new cables/housing, new tires, trued/re-dished wheels (naval jelly and steel wool)and fresh bar tape.

2011 update- On loan to a friend living in San Francisco, after 6 months there it's still running well, put a new rear brake on to match the front.