This bike was saved from the trash! I found it in our trash can. It must have cost the customer too much to repair so they tossed it.
This is a really cool bicycle frame though. Stretched beach cruiser style! Made for people 6ft or taller.
I decided this bike frame didn’t just need some new parts, it needed a new life! So I stripped it down to the frame, powder coated it and got all new parts for it.
I went with a rat rod style cruiser, something reminiscent of the chopper cruiser bicycles out west.
The build list for this bicycle is as follows:
- 6061 Aluminum frame
- Springer fork
- 13.5” chrome chopper bars
- Origin8 2 bolt stem
- Origin8 sealed bearing headset 1” threaded
- Sunlite bottom bracket
- Wald chainring
- Wald crank
- Anodized wheel mast rims
- Nexus 3 speed hub
- Custom white chain
- Selle royale Gypsy saddle
- Aluminum silver seat post
- Red anodized seat clamp
- Black ops 1/2” pedals
- Black ergonomic grips
- White Jagwire shift housing
- CST wancom tires
I hope you enjoyed watching me clean up this forgotten bicycle!
All bikes deserve a second chance. And most of them can be saved from the land fill. It’s just a matter of whether you put in the work.
Thanks for watching me rebuild this bicycle. I think it turned into an awesome customer cruiser.
I’m going to ride it for a few weeks and then pass it on to someone else.
Thanks for watching!
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