Howdy all. Moe was gracious enough to let me chime in on here from time to time since I write for the bikecommuters.com and mtnbikeriders.com. Thanks Moe!
Anyway, I happened to have an Ibex Trophy frame lying around my garage after I swapped it’s parts onto my wife’s bike. I’d been considering giving it to someone but then I read the Rat Rod article a couple weeks back. So I’ve decided the purpose of this build will be to create a cruiser for as cheap as possible while using scraps from other bikes and highly discounted parts.
It begins…
I’ll be stripping the paint on the frame and using my cousin’s airbrush skills to create a matte black paintjob with some extra accents. The first parts I’ve acquired, while not free, were really cheap. Got a pair of rim brakes off a cruiser parts site for $12! Second is one of the coolest shifters I’ve seen.
Yummy
Your eyes do not deceive you. I found this Sturmey Archer stick shifter for $30! But where will I mount the shifter? If you didn’t notice the Trophy frame is actually a cross country mountain bike frame so there’s no mount. Further complicating the situation is the fact that the frame has an oval shaped top tube. I’ll either have to find a mounting bracket(I assume the oval tube will make this a bee-och) or fabricate one that the shifter will mount to. It’s a 3 speed shifter so I’m also perusing the Craigslist for people selling their old 3 speeds. Some are selling for under $50 so that’s good. Lastly, I’ll be putting on some BMX cruiser bars to give the bike a lively feel. Check back in for updates. This should be an interesting build and I imagine a lot will be trial and error.
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