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Many thanks to my man Dave for commissioning this amazing bike. He has good style and allowed for us at Old World Bicycle to make some suggestions to give this machine is particular patina.
Dave works with CPS while they reinsert recess into the school day agenda. Dave we say thank you for educating Chicago's youth about the importance of being active and athletic. We are proud to have put this bike together for him & to do so to his specs with what we salvaged scraped, & gathered together to provide the most fashionable transport this city will allow. We hope to help inspire the good old fashion American spirit chalked full of hard work, elbow grease and a particular stubbornness that arose from our ancestors desire to build a better tomorrow at any cost. We were wrong a lot but kept growing, innovating, & evolving regardless of the obstacles that may arise. Because that is exactly what it took to bring this 40 + years old french road bike to its current state.
Details:
--Mid to early 1970's Motobecane road frame 54c
--700c mismatched fixed/flip flop Wheelset
--The frame was wire wheeled to bare metal and gun blued (gum bluing is a chemical process used to prevent corrosion on a variety of guns, mostly shot guns and rifles)
--Worn Brooks Saddle
--Aluminum stem and drop bars w/ signature OWB rubber tube wrap kept tight as the grips.
--exposed old chain Saddle retainer to ward petty thieves away from that beautiful saddle
This tough bicycle drips of cool and simply chuckles at the notion that it is anymore than what it is. Keep throwing challenges our way folks we put out great bikes over here and we thank you for the guidance.
Thanks to the crew.
Scottie “the out of work mechanic" for wire wheeling that ancient European paint off this well made and timeless hunk of high tensil steel. "Bubba" for hand sanding and applying the first two coats of Gun Blue. "Dick" for finalizing the gun bluing process and oiling the frame. I also want to say thanks to our neighbor bike shops for stocking what we need during our development stages.
With pleasure,
Skip Tooth
& the Old World Bicycle folks
After being stranded in the little soap bubble universe sticking to the side of the big bubble universe with a junkyard, a crazy mad lady with the soul of his TARDIS and two old stiffs, the Doctor builds a makeshift console out of hundreds of different dead models to escape and give chase to the House, who hijacked his TARDIS.
Here is the Junkyard Console presented with the 11th doctor from 'the Doctor's Wife'. this was built out of LEGOs.
This is the Custom Build Exhibition Stand that we designed and built for our client Simon Jersey for the Professional Clothing Show/Workwear Show.
This is the Custom Build Exhibition Stand that we designed and built for our client Simon Jersey for the Professional Clothing Show/Workwear Show.
What a great pair of trackers , basking in the sun outside Redmax HQ today !
Andy's green one and our own Glenn's grey one - both with Redmax C&J monoshock Frames !
Many thanks to my man Dave for commissioning this amazing bike. He has good style and allowed for us at Old World Bicycle to make some suggestions to give this machine is particular patina.
Dave works with CPS while they reinsert recess into the school day agenda. Dave we say thank you for educating Chicago's youth about the importance of being active and athletic. We are proud to have put this bike together for him & to do so to his specs with what we salvaged scraped, & gathered together to provide the most fashionable transport this city will allow. We hope to help inspire the good old fashion American spirit chalked full of hard work, elbow grease and a particular stubbornness that arose from our ancestors desire to build a better tomorrow at any cost. We were wrong a lot but kept growing, innovating, & evolving regardless of the obstacles that may arise. Because that is exactly what it took to bring this 40 + years old french road bike to its current state.
Details:
--Mid to early 1970's Motobecane road frame 54c
--700c mismatched fixed/flip flop Wheelset
--The frame was wire wheeled to bare metal and gun blued (gum bluing is a chemical process used to prevent corrosion on a variety of guns, mostly shot guns and rifles)
--Worn Brooks Saddle
--Aluminum stem and drop bars w/ signature OWB rubber tube wrap kept tight as the grips.
--exposed old chain Saddle retainer to ward petty thieves away from that beautiful saddle
This tough bicycle drips of cool and simply chuckles at the notion that it is anymore than what it is. Keep throwing challenges our way folks we put out great bikes over here and we thank you for the guidance.
Thanks to the crew.
Scottie “the out of work mechanic" for wire wheeling that ancient European paint off this well made and timeless hunk of high tensil steel. "Bubba" for hand sanding and applying the first two coats of Gun Blue. "Dick" for finalizing the gun bluing process and oiling the frame. I also want to say thanks to our neighbor bike shops for stocking what we need during our development stages.
With pleasure,
Skip Tooth
& the Old World Bicycle folks
Our client Bright a Blind used their Custom Build Exhibition Stand that we designed and helped build for them at the Facilities Show.
A Custom Surly Big Dummy we built up. Notables frame Powdercoated Dulux 'French Blue', Shimano Dynamo Hub, Busch and Muller Cyo front and rear lights.
A custom Surly 'Long Haul Trucker' built for Transamerican travel. Notable features - Schmidt Dynohub, Velocity Dyad Rims, DT Swiss Alpine III spokes, Dura Ace brifters, Powdercoated in Dulux' Lemon Yellow
We enjoyed working on the Custom Build Exhibition Stand with our great client Diamond Comic at the London Book Fair 2014.