Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
I pick up this junk frame this weekend from a dying village. The iron mines closed in 1930. No one can sell a house there. There are a lot of junk piles and hoarders there. This came from a junk pile there. The only businesses are 4 pubs in a row that cater to snowmobiles. You can ride your sled through the village, right up to the pub. Old timers don’t like that. The frame was broken so someone gob welded it back together. You UK folks build really, really nice bicycles. This won’t be in that category. I decided to build a winter bar bike from this, using no money. The plan is to make a maggot so bad that junkies won’t steal it. I’ll put the rear wheel on crooked in the drops and use a bent fork. I’ll weld a spare left pedal so the pedal won’t spin and the pedal will fall off after 10 meters. I’ll remove the working pedal and put that booby trap pedal on before entering the tavern. Ha. Corn cobs for handlebar grips and flashlights duct taped to the bars and seats. Here are the bones. The front fork is bent and has one of the drops cut off so I’ll replace that with more junk. This really won’t raise any eyebrows as people don’t give bicycles a second glance, it will be just another bike at the bar. I hope to be using this home built beater this weekend.
