DodgySam

eye like this. When does the 2nd storey get craned on?

I hope you atleast scratched 'boobies are good" into the wet concrete.

Im loving the disco blue interior though...reminds me of good times rolling in the old VL. AAAAHHHHHHH...good times...good times...

And walked on!

So this was pretty damn good over summit. A couple of teething problems that were sorted out and the rest was sweet. Hint: if you build a hubless bike before you ride it check inside the wheel rings for crushed beer cans...they tend to rip innertube valves right out of the tubes and cause catastrophic tyre deflation. If this occurs have a sidehack on hand to be used as a tow truck.

Im not that tall....only JUST 6ft. It rides pretty well tbh...the front wheel doesnt roll aswell as a normal spoked bicycle wheel but its not bad. I put some steel plates under the pedals but I may have to remove them....I have a feeling they will be too thick and I wont be able to pedal it. May need some thinner steel.

So after last years Gang summit and seeing how freaking cool Manus and Kickers slam bikes are I had to get in on the pedal sparking action. So I had some ideas but none of which were to do with the shape of the frame. I really like the wide rimmed stretched tyre look of Kickers bike so I contacted the man himself and asked if he minded if I copied that idea and he told me to go for it. So I hunted round the internet and talked to friends with bike shops and the cheapest wide rims I could get in NZ was almost $200 per rim. HOWEVER if I got them from Germany I could get them landed and on my doorstep for less than the cost of 1 rim here in NZ. Then I decided I didnt want to go down the same old road with this. So I bought a bunch of these... And set about making some of these... Then I got young Pete to get 2 of these cut for a very reasonable price... And with a bunch of threaded rod I made up this... And when all bolted together it looked something like this. WHICH I was rather chuffed with tbh. Then we moved city and things were put on the back burner for a while. Then after moving house and ALOT of pfaffing about unpacking and getting things organised I got some steel tubing and an old bike frame that needed some work (as it was a Dirt Jump frame but a warranty claim due to one of the rear drop outs being bent out of shape) and set about alot of cutting, grinding and welding. And today I finished it. The rear and only brake is all mounted up and the 4 piston hydraulic disc brake is mounted and bled up. The chain has been run, a fresh coat of primer applied and its been ridden around the driveway and has passed with flying colours. Next weekend is Bicycle Gang Summit and all that needs to be done is for some steel plates to be screwed to the pedals for max sparkyness. Thank you for reading my drivel and I hope to see you all in Taupo next weekend. Love and ball cups DS.

Stop being a dick Ogre and get those 18" tridents!

Good work old man! Now go have a lie down and a cuppa.

My auto darkening helmet was a trademe special...the sensor dial is sweet and can be adjusted just so. Havent had an issue with either Mig or Tig...was only $150 too so not too spensy at all!!!!

This IS RookieDave you're talking about!!!!

I must walk around with my eyes closed cos I didnt notice this on Monday when I came over.

needs adventure time window banners...and in other places...do this.

righto...tonight is probably the last Thursday of the month but Im gonna say this is gonna be next week. Cos lets be honest...If it was tonight we should be there by now. So the vegas monthly meet is on the 1st of May...(wow such a great day to have the April meet) So Ogre...write it in your diary/let your event planner know about it.

Well yeah...when you have a wee Jess on an end of it then yeah...of course its gonna be a hard job...silly sausage. ps I stood in this shed last night...It is OH so shed like....so dreamy!

Oh Joseph....We ALL require some photos! Please GET ON IT!!!!

I went to a shed shout last night for a shed remarkably like this one. You better be having a shed shout when the roof goes on this one David!

holy crap Manu...Your stress levels must have dropped SO fast after it touched down! I bet you got home and just poured yourself onto the couch and fermented for a while.

Thursday next week. Be there Ogre... And anyone else thats in the area.

Actually laughing out loud at this!

float it in with helium balloons already...you know its the only logical conclusion!

Have always wanted one of these cos my Grandad had one back when I was a wee tacka. I agree with OMS...try not to use flares at all...keep the sweet sweet lines.

Back up the work ute and lay a patch on it you pansy!

Send them to UJ...just cos hes as old as the Jag.