Repurposing Vintage Bicycle Parts

[Caj Remtiw]

I just repurposed a Lista Machine tool cart into a stereo cart for a MONSTER vintage 1970's stereo. The stereo was the sound system for the auditorium of a small ultra liberal collage in the NE USA that went bankrupt in the mid 1970's. The dear friend that gave it to me was a photography professor at the collage and somehow got the system.

I found a piece of 1" titanium and slightly machined 2 of the last generation Cook Bros. Racing stems to make a handle for it. I also built a cart of 1970's JBL speakers so that I can move the whole system from the shop, to the house, or out to the firepit for yard parties!

 

[rmwesley]

That handle is crying out for some vintage handlebar end caps now.

 

[pete_mcc]

I’m liking that! There’s just so much cool going on in there

 

[Hotwheels.]

Are they the same Cooks stems that sell for £3-400 each…

 

[27motorhead]

I could stare at that photo for ages. Lots of good stuff going on in there!!!

 

[markoc]

The other end of the scale... a dead saddle from an RB'er, fivers worth of ebay bar-ends and a can of black hammerite...

 

[Hotwheels.]

The other end of the scale... a dead saddle from an RB'er, fivers worth of ebay bar-ends and a can of black hammerite...

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I’m not sure that’ll catch on, you’ll catch ya leg/baws climbing on.

 

[Caj Remtiw]

 

[Lucidone]

Nice milling machine!

 

[27motorhead]

You've got some nice old kit and having fun with newer (but still old) bike parts. Are those crank spiders going to be a light shade? I can imagine a nice old tungsten filament bulb sitting inside that