see JohnB's Peerless Custom Cruiser. When he finally posted photos of it on Tripod, It was
as great as his description had led us to believe. Following is John's description from the
Discussion List:
I just finished building my ultimate hot rod bike. I found an old balloon-tire Peerless frame at a
yard sale for $5. I had my local bike shop lace up a set of mountain bike aluminum rims to a
Nexus 7-speed roller brake hub in the rear and an el cheapo hub up front. I bought a straight
springer fork and nice fat whitewalls from Memory Lane The fork lower crown is drilled to take
a sidepull brake, so I put a BMX caliper on. The handlebars are a combination bar/stem from an
'80s MTB. They're wide chrome and they were free! grips are BMX flanged type. The cranks
and bottom bracket are also BMX stuff-- Odyssey Black Widows -- expensive but so
cool-looking with the Wald teardrop sprocket! I almost forgot, I painted the frame a dark
emerald green metalflake with tan head tube and darts outlined with red pinstripes. I built this
bike for railtrails and buffed singletrack, and it rides great! This is the only bike I own that's not
for sale!
Text and photo Copyright 1998 John Burtner
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