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Actuall 1992 IOM T shirt , given to me by Mark who went to the Island with Trevor that year !
Looking forward to seeing his photos ....
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
Reasonable wheels - 700c 30 mm deep section alloy aero rims built with 24 spokes on Assess large flange alloy hubs. Nutted axles to both front and rear and Cheng Shin Tires 700 x 28, nylon, branded CST Super HP - sold in the West under the Maxxis brand
Custom built raised vehicle displays with informational and branded graphics for Ed Morse Cadillac during the Concours d'Elegance Boca Raton 2015 event. ©Bombshell Productions
Custom assembly by Hoopdriver Bicycles, Fall 2009.
Custom paint by Velocolour, Toronto. It's hard to see here but there are white Fat Chance decals and small white stars on the stem and fork.
Custom modification of large chainring for chainguard.
this PCB was a bit hard cause it's a newer newer version of the gamepad and schematics on it onine are a bit hard to come by but a little bit of eyeballing and i took the plunge.
Prop TNT detonator box used as a photo op and ceremonial plunger for a building demolition in Hollywood Florida. ©Bombshell Productions
Soma 'Buena Vista' 58cm frameset
Brooks B67 saddle.
Wald rack and basket.
Velo-Orange fenders and chainguard.
Schwalbe 'Delta Cruiser' whitewalls. Generic crank, pedals, post, stem, bars.
Tektro brakes and levers
Shimano 8 speed shifter and derailleur
Alex DH22 rims
Shimano Deore hubs and BB
DT spokes
Tange headset
Soma 'Stanyan' 58cm, lugged, Tange Prestige relaxed-geometry road frameset.
Brooks B17 Champion Special saddle.
Nitto 44cm 'Noodle' bar.
Velo-Orange stem, post, headset, rims, toe straps.
Shimano 105 hubs, XT rear der, RX-100 front der, Dura-Ace cranks, 5500 BB.
Tektro R538 brakes and R200 levers.
MKS pedals and toe clips.
Gran Compe 'Eine Ciclo' 28mm tires.
DiaCompe 'Silver' shifters.
Soma bar plugs.
FINISHED ! And lookin cool ! Parts back from poweder coating and she's going to the dyno for jetting next ....
The house opens up like a dollhouse with access to the rooms and play features. The interior stairs lift up and out of the way to give more room to place figures. There's a floating wall connected to the living room that shows the little door here.
Here are photos of my custom Keef Telecaster build, from many years ago.
The neck pup is a Gibson Burstbucker One humbucker; the bridge pup is a Don Mare pedal steel wind single coil. It screams. The middle position is totally killer.
Swamp ash body with Gibson red to gloss black sunburst, painted by me with rattle can lacquer. Came out pretty good! All the wear and tear is 100 percent legit.
Warmoth Strat neck, compound radius, on a third-party Ash body; jumbo frets. Callaham "vintage" tuners, vintage wiring harness, hand-carved bone nut, brass and aluminum compensated bridge saddles (I think they're Glendale; I forget). Glendale bridge plate. All the screws are standard blade, vintage 50s style. This guitar will be in my casket when I'm buried, I will never sell or give it away. It's not a 100 percent correct reproduction of Keith's guitar (I didn't mount the neck humbucker upside down), but sound-wise, it's pretty damn close.
I play it through a Vox AC4C1-12, with the "bright-cap mod." For effects, I stick to some pretty basic stuff: my MXR Dyna Comp compressor (sometimes), a EHX Soul Food overdrive, a Tone City "Tape Machine" delay pedal, and a very cheap Aroma "Ocean Verb" reverb pedal. I usually don't use them all at the same time. I also have a Joyo tremolo pedal, which sounds just like the tremolo on my old Ampeg Reverberocket. One of the great cheap pedals out there ...
A new, custom fabricated Tommasini 'Tecno' road bike, brought to me for a wheelbuild and
complete assembly. Most of the parts were supplied by the client.
When this bike was finished even I was flabbergasted by how beautiful it was.
This photo courtesy of the client.
My 17th Lowlands Festival and probably not my last. Three days and nights I roamed around on the huge fields and did the night reports for VPRO's 3voor12.
Read my reports here:
Friday: 3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2013/Lowlands/eerste-nacht-ll13-br...
Saturday: 3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2013/Lowlands/LL13-nacht-2.html
Sunday: 3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2013/Lowlands/LL13-nacht-3-X-Ray-b...
Does what it says on the tin.. tendency of the rear wheel to slip in the mounts though and the single speed is tatty and rattling.. that will change!