Bike check: 1979 Laguna Super Cruiser (for sale)

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Justin Henehan

So I finally built this 1979 Laguna Super Cruiser. I have to sell it to pay some bills and fund another project, so hit me up if you want some parts or the frame/fork.
I had it powdercoated a candy blue colour by Arkro Powdercoaters. It’s real sparkly in the sun.
Frame: 1979 Laguna Super Cruiser (pre-gusset).
Fork: Tange
Headset: Tioga Bear Trap II
BB: Scrounged.
Cranks: Cook Bros.
Chainring: Gold Sugino.
Front wheel: Gold Suzue hub, Wheelsmith spokes/nipples, gold Araya rim, Blue Comp3 copy tire.
Rear wheel: Shimano coaster hub, Wheelsmith spokes/nipples, gold Araya rim, Blue Comp3 copy tire.
Seatclamp: Tuff Neck
Seatpost: Gold fluted Alloy
Seat: Brooks
Stem: Blue Pro Neck cruiser
Bars: Gold beach cruiser
Grips: Blue hand rippers.

New Fixed Fun Bike

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Mark Skulls

Hey Dudes
Heres my new Fixed Bike I built up for a bit of fun commuting.

Frame is a Charge sissor modded buy Super Ted with oversized 631 top tube and down tubes (59 TT)
Brooklyn Machin Works Cluster fork, diacompe Dcup headset
Sram Omnium cranks (had to hammer the chain stay to make them fit)
Free Oddessey Pedals, Holdfast
KMC Kool chain
USE seatpost, free saddle
Brooklyn Machin Works stem, deity freeride bars and genetic track grips
grand compe hub on back with 18t EAI cog, laced to Velo Orange Diagonal Rims 32H, Retro PACE hub and front with Delta security skewer
Panaracer RIBMO 35c on rear and Halo Twinrail 38c front.
Everything is locked down apart from the rear wheel and cranks and pedals.

Skulls Softride

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Mark Skulls

Been waiting for these pics for a while. The softrides been rusting out in the backyard all winter but its gonna be a sweet sunday summer ride.

Heres the specs.
Alsop Softride Powerwing, stripped and rattle canned.
Old FFWD carbon wheel with Vittoria Ultra Speed slicks
H+Son SL42 to Halo Road Hub 28H, Gusset single speed convertor, (the Halo hub screams like a chris king on acid)
Sram Rival cranks
54T MDT chainring
KMC 3/32 Kool chain
Old mavic derailleur as tensioner
Speedplay Drilliums!
Blue lug faux carbon concor rip off
Miche brakeset
Diacompe Tech 77 levers with diacompe lever covers
Look ergo stem and bontrager crowbar cut too narrow.
Yeti grips!

It makes all kinds of whirring noise and you never know if your seats at the right height. Theres a M6 bold holding the carbon seat stay up which needs to be replaced every 2 years but its over 10 years old. Oh and you cant lock it up.

Yellow bike check

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Mark Skulls

Hey dudes, been shooting my bikes in the studio this week this is what has replaced the prolite. Steel is real!
57cm Condor off ebay, custom built for a guy with Columbus keiren tubing
my old ridgida d18 wheels with suzue hubs
topline crank? Thanks justin! TA chainring 52 i think
kmc z510HX yellow chain
old stock shimano deore dx mountainbike pedals with exustar double straps, genetic cages and tioga HOT TIPS
campy seatpost new perforated concor saddle
nos cinelli stem and road bars, cinelli cork tape
conti gatorskin ultra on the front and hardshell on the rear
Rides super smooth but cranks are scary flexy so im not running a super hard ratio

super stoked on this bike

its gonna be a keeper …..unless I find a sweet njs…

Winter Bike Check

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Mark Skulls

This is my all round beater-cargo-cruiser-hungover-old timer-wet weather-cant be fucked-winter bike.
It gets the most use out of all of my bikes especially now the weathers getting worse. I had this same set up on a 58cm Raleigh tourer with canti brakes but it was a bit big and I wanted it to ride more like my last winter bike, so I wrangled this 56cm carlton off a customer who bought a new frame at the shop and managed to jam all the parts on even without eyelets or clearance for the mudgaurds and rack. Check out the bracket for the front rack, its bent under the dropouts to stop it rotating. Here’s the rundown
56cm Carlton made in England, Double butted 531 renyolds
free front wheel
3 beer swap back wheel with 7 speed shimano cassette.
28c Panaracer Pasala tyres, gumwall for retro factor.
Velo Orange wheel eyebrows p-clamped on.
Velo Orange front Porteur rack. (This thing is so good! Stainless steel and so light and strong, Ive doubled my friend on it, filled up the gas bottle, carried 2 dozen tallcans. Its expensive but so worth it.)
175cm Middleburn crank of ebay
DMR chainguide
Gusset pedals and holdfast.
shitty brakes and sweet ass diacompe ss-5 levers cushioned for comfort.
some porteur style bars from bricklane bikes
colombus stem from andy pancake shimmed to fit bars

7 speed shimano barend shifter and free suntour rear mech
controltech seatpost and beatup charge bucket saddle

Woodys Beater Bike Check

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Mark Skulls

All round good guy and SBC friend Woody sent me this bike check of his Kona. Its nice and mutant check the specs.

kona firemountain 92 (?) with trackends by superted
identity persona forks 1 1/8
shimano LX hollowtec II cranks. 38T stronlight chainring.
primo plastic pedals with wig straps
token ceramic headset
stripped salt bmx stem
marks rusted gusset 2 piecebars
deore LX v brake caliper and deore brake lever
front wheel – rattlecanned velocity aerohead 26inch 32h, laced 3X to gran comp track hub.
rear wheel – stripped velocity aerohead 26inch 32h, twist laced (i bought the wrong sized spokes!) to on one 135mm fixed/ fixed track hub
tyres – schwalbe big apple 26 x 2.0. with built in suspension if you believe the hype!
16T shimano freewheel / 16T generic fixed cog
seatpost generic 26.6 (!), rolls saddle courtest of parts box.

found the frame on ebay and as with all my bikes this was put together at minimal cost, with humble styling to make it not so appealing to londons famous bike theives!
not the fastest bike and solid as a tank, but hella fun to ride. it makes me smile everytime.

thanks mark for the rim, wheel build and bars.
thanks to alby for the forks, headset, cranks and rear hub.

cheers
woody

20″ Mini Fix

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Mark Skulls

I’m gonna sell this soon so thought Id take some studio shot for prosperity.
The pics didn’t come out too well as I don’t know how to use a camera but they will do.
Here’s the specs
Stock cycroc frame, fork, wheels, headset and seatpost.
Turbo reissue saddle
S&M redneck light stem and fly junior racing bmx bars with ODI longnecks of course.
Unbranded 3 piece cranks off ebay (170mm) profile whippit 49T sprocket
Charge masher halflink chain
Gusset pedals and Holdfasts
13T rear cog and a 10mm Ti peg I cut down up front.

Geoffs Bike

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Mark Skulls

This is geoffs bike, he’s another rad Kiwi dude I meet over here. He make furniture and cool cruiser and fixed bikes. This latest one hes riding has got some sweet bits like CW handlebars, filed dropouts and security alan bolts everywhere to stop cunts nicking your shit. Which is a bit of a problem over here.