Head Count

This photo was taken over 4 years ago, back in spring of 2016. That is when I had intended to make this post. Oh how things have changed! Not!

1968 Raleigh Rodeo: The Banana Hammock

1948 Raleigh Sports Tourist - Finale

 

1974 Peugeot UO-8: 2,000-Mile Update

I love this bike!!

A Farewell to my Tourists

1969 Raleigh Sports: 4 Year Update

When I first bought this bike from its original owner in April 2016, I was planning to part it out. I then proceeded to get it running anyway, and have been riding it fairly regularly ever since then. It has been through at least 6 iterations since then. 

More Bikes for Friends

I thought I had toned down the amount of bike stuff I was doing when I moved to Pittsburgh, but it turns out I still turned out a fair amount of bikes for friends during my two years at school.

The 1948 Raleigh Sports Was Definitely Here to Stay For At Least Three More Years

The last time I wrote about this bike, I had to edit the post saying that the person who had me overhaul it had sold it back to me. 

Updates on the 2werkules

I made some minor-yet-major changes to the 2-speed Hercules shortly after building it, but it really hasn't changed much over the past two years.

Ol' Gilbert's Still Got It

The last time I made a specific post about Gilbert was over THREE AND A HALF years ago. I was thinking of selling, but decided against it. After riding that summer and realizing that this 1979 Raleigh Superbe was far too good of a bike to "retire," whatever that would have meant, I was going to write some more. This post was supposed to be published in the fall of 2016, at which point I had the bike for 1.5 years. By next month, I will have been riding this bike for 5. Since I last wrote about this bike, I have put at least 2,000 more miles on it, which is a conservative estimate even with the presence of other lighter, faster bikes. The title of this post has not changed. 

1974 Peugeot UO-8 Delivery bike

This bike came to be the way it is for many reasons, and all of the planning or brainstorming in the world couldn't have made it work out as well as it did when everything finally came together. 

1970s Sears Sportflite Tandem Restomod

Here's another one of those things that I thought I'd never have the reason to build: A tandem! 

Fewer Gears for More Hills

Introducing: The 2werkules.

Sir Wild Toad Gets A Little More Wild?

My move from Ann Arbor to Pittsburgh necessitated that a few minor changes occur on the Lenton before I was fully comfortable with it.

Mobilizing the Motobecanes

These are the finest bicycles I have worked on to date.

Reverence for the Raleigh 3-speed Sports Roadster

After a brief peruse on this site, it may be obvious as to what my favorite type of bike is. I am going to take the time right now to explain why that is.

20 Upgrades for the Twenty

I acquired a 1971 Raleigh Twenty folding bike a year ago intending to keep it mostly in its original configuration, save for maybe a couple minor upgrades.

Religious Conversion

And by that I mean yup ... I should have seen a 650b conversion coming from miles away.

A Happy Ending

Last time this bike was photographed, it was in sorry shape. But now ...

1981 Schwinn World Tourist

A slight restomod. I'll try to keep this one short and sweet.