Pics of my first build

This frame is the twin of my mountain bike; formerly belonging to my ex-wife. They are both 20ish years old. Mine was maintained... hers was not.
The headlights are from Walmart $15.00 mounted to a reflector mount. The Bell leather handlebar bag is also from Walmart $25.00. It holds a 7Ah SLA battery and the switch. I will later mount the switch into the bag after I line the bag with thin plywood and foam to keep the heavy battery from distorting and wearing the leather. The batteries were rescued from lightning damaged computer UPS's. I keep at least one charged so i can switch them out. I removed the derailleurs and am running the bike as a single speed.
The last pic is of my next build. Now that I am gainfully employed again; this hobby will be soaking all my descretionary cash.

 

[LincolnMercury]

The rest of the STUFF

Here are pics of the current inventory in my household. The first is my first ten speed. As a young racer in the mid 70's, I had the bike built for me and equipped with Campagnolo components. It cost me around $1800 in 1973... lots of newspaper sales. The second is a recent purchase. It is an EZ racer sport i picked up for $400.00. The third pic is of ny current Mountain bike and the reason I found this forum. While surfing for parts, I ran across "motorized mountain bike" and that was all she wrote. The fourth pic is of a donor bike i puchased for my tween daughter (now 20 and at Stanford), the awesome V brakes are on my MB, as well as the wheelset. And the last is of the wheelsets from the above framesets.

 

[srdavo]

Here are pics of the current inventory in my household. The first is my first ten speed. As a young racer in the mid 70's, I had the bike built for me and equipped with Campagnolo components. It cost me around $1800 in 1973... lots of newspaper sales. The second is a recent purchase. It is an EZ racer sport i picked up for $400.00. The third pic is of ny current Mountain bike and the reason I found this forum. While surfing for parts, I ran across "motorized mountain bike" and that was all she wrote. The fourth pic is of a donor bike i puchased for my tween daughter (now 20 and at Stanford), the awesome V brakes are on my MB, as well as the wheelset. And the last is of the wheelsets from the above framesets.

wow...you "stole" that EZ racer! Please join in at our recumbent forum http://www.motoredbikes.com/forumdisplay.php?f=110

you have a lot of nice bikes!!
glad to have you here.

 

[LincolnMercury]

thanks Dave... I purchased the bike from a family friend who was non-ambulatory due to MS. I puchased it for my bad back. I had surgery in '99 and was painfree for many years. Apparently scar tissue and arthritus has crept into L5-S1 and is irratating my sciatic nerve. However, recumbents use "ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MUSCLES" than standard bikes. I thought to ride 5 miles or so and was panting and aching after 3 blocks. The frame is a little flexible for a Motored Bike and after 6 mos of riding and still I do not have 1/3 of my stamina on a regular bike.

 

[wavygravy]

welcome! looks like you have the skills to keep a good motoredbike humming along, great pics too!

 

[Pablo]

I like your lights. How long does a battery charge last?

 

[LincolnMercury]

Pablo...

I only ride to and from my favorite dive bar at night, 3.7 miles. So I have yet to run down the battery. I switch the battery out each time I ride at night with a freshly charged one. I still have my cateye 3v lamp as back up.

 

[Pablo]

Nice! Gotta love that.