[Closed] I've glimpsed the mother of all do it all bikes. Its not pretty

looks like it folds? Sometimes even on purpose.

Those mudguards are USELESS that far off the wheels. Tsk.

Power to him for doing his own thing and ignoring the inevitable lame flaming from internet losers.

do it all! but very slowly.

Are the smaller set of bars so he can ride around pretending to be a London fixie fashionista?

the Sheldon is strong in that one

Well, his lawn is in a right state!

Girvin flexstem and super narrow bars, I like it.

Is that a LADIES MTB frame with an extra top tube added? ❓

I'm sure there's some milage in that double stem idea too. No idea what, mind...!

It's got an EBB

Why the motorbike inner tube under the saddle? is it covering a suspension seat post do we think?

I think you could be right PP. I was trying to work out why there were two binder bolts to hold the seatpost.

Fair play, it's getting the job done. It's also good to know Al isn't the only rebel frame mod'ing maverick out there.

I think you could be right PP. I was trying to work out why there were two binder bolts to hold the seatpost

S&S couplings on the two lower tubes, then the seatpost holds the top tube on?

S&S couplings on the two lower tubes, then the seatpost holds the top tube on?

Oh yeah, I'd not noticed those. So it comes apart then? 😯 😯 😯

I bet that's interestingly flexy in fast downhill corners with that load on! 😉

I admire it actually. There's a lot of thought gone into it when you look at it.

It was made from three bikes. An mtb, the front of a tandem that had S&S couplings and something else.It had a thudbuster seat post too. It all packed up into a small bag. Tons of smart engineering tweaks.

I've glimpsed the mother of all do it all bikes

I wouldn't like to take it over some jumps.

All power to the guy though for living his way.

Well, hidden down somewhere there, is, I reckons, a [b]seriously[/b] nice frame!

Can someone repost on a different host as my country says no to wherever that's hosted. And I'm intruiged!

WTF?! Frankenstein wants his bike back!!

Wonder what it weighs fully loaded..

It's got a CK headset too,

scaredypants - Member

the Sheldon is strong in that one

LOL, I was thinking the same 😉

RealMan - Member

Wonder what it weighs fully loaded..

About the same as the rider 😉

PeterPoddy - Member
I'm sure there's some milage in that double stem idea too. No idea what, mind...!

It's the cycling equivalent of this:

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A bit awesome, a bit shit.

The best thing is that he has abotu ten different hand positions, and can access the shifters from exactly none of them

but not quite this;

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Did he have a massive beard and an eagle fastened to his helmet?

That's pretty inventive. Love the 'bikes not bombs' touch as well - far out, man.

The world is not quite the same without Sheldon. I met him once and he was as ecentric as you would imagine but in a lovely way.

The world is not quite the same without Sheldon.

+1

Pauls brake levers and Suntour XC shifters. Qualitage!

I've seen worse.

Richey Breakaway plus S&S couplers by the looks of things. Looks great to me.

He had also converted the rear Phil Wood hub from a screw on drum to a homemade disc adapter.

The guy worked part time for a charity that helped kids in an inner city to recycle bikes. He saved a lot of the better quality parts for this project.

He had neither sandals nor beard, though he had very white teeth and rode in canvas gutties.

It's all very well, but why would you need to carry so much crap with you that you need a bike that can carry that much?

i like it 😀

Pauls brake levers and Suntour XC shifters. Qualitage!

I think they might be Campagnolo thumbies actually.

Pauls brake levers and Suntour XC shifters. Qualitage!

I think they might be Campagnolo thumbies actually.

Deffo Suntour XC's, still got em on my '80s Alves.

Geetee1972 - You're wrong, they're Suntour. If you look closely in the top pic they have it written on them.

"Do it all"? Seems to be "Do practically nothing, but do it well" but there's nothing "do it all" about that bike. Hey guys, let's go downhill racing! Why not, I'll bring the tourer!

That might not be the bike you want to cross America on, but It's built by the bloke you'd want to ride with.

Ahem....Suntour 8)

probably rides more miles than 50% of the forum put together

I've seen worse.

I've owned worse.

I love it. It speaks of someone who is doing their own thing, and going their own way. A last great American, it would seem. Good on him.

Yeti grips? Perhaps he is an STW'er.

I'll put my house deeds on a beard & sandels also.

But hat off to the guy.

So fascinatingly ugly, it simply wipes it's ar$e with any form of rule book.

rubbish bike is sooo rubbish he must be cool?

I have to ask what the guys doing that a normal good tourer wouldn't cope with.
That said I'd like to see the riding he does in those super narrow flatties, I'd rather test fly a jet.

From Bike Snob NYC:

It's gone through the rubbish rapids and is now swimming serenely in the pools of cool..
The original frankenbike?

From Bike Snob NYC:

Ummm? WTF?

Kind of reminds me of the humuhumu-nukunuku-apua'a

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Just with the middle tube reversed 🙂

i'm surprised no-one's mentioned or noticed that other "wonderous" bit of 90's kit the good ol' GIRVIN FLEXSTEM....flex being the operative word....maybe thats why he's got the second set of bars...i found one in a box at home years ago....and that's where its staying...

gonzy - Member

i'm surprised no-one's mentioned or noticed that other "wonderous" bit of 90's kit the good ol' GIRVIN FLEXSTEM....flex being the operative word....maybe thats why he's got the second set of bars...i found one in a box at home years ago....and that's where its staying...

I also noticed that however i've an even greater question. How come the girvin is for an Aheadset? I'm ready to be proven mistaken but i reckon they stopped doing them long before quil stems met their demise.

flexy stems were ****ing shit

Flexstems were all we had before suspension forks became worth buying. We thought they were pretty good at the time.

That bike looks to me as if it's designed to take 26" and 700 wheels.