What's the coolest piece of repurposed bicycle parts you have seen?

[goonster]

Originally Posted by crankles

anything Curtis touches...

Curtis Odom?

[crankles]

Originally Posted by goonster

Curtis Odom?

yup. Still kicking myself for not getting one of the Odom tampers or corkscrews.

[goonster]

Originally Posted by crankles

yup. Still kicking myself for not getting one of the Odom tampers or corkscrews.

I don't think he made the Campy NR hub tamper you posted, that looks to have been a one-off made by a vintage auto fab shop.

Never saw the corkscrews, but here's my 58.1 mm tamper.

He told me that first batch was made from shells that were headed for the bin, after he changed the design, so it really is a repurposed bike part.

[crankles]

Originally Posted by goonster

I don't think he made the Campy NR hub tamper you posted, that looks to have been a one-off made by a vintage auto fab shop.

Never saw the corkscrews, but here's my 58.1 mm tamper.

He told me that first batch was made from shells that were headed for the bin, after he changed the design, so it really is a repurposed bike part.

Ah. I thought he did that NR. Colour me jealous. I'll keep telling myself I need a 58.5 anyway.

[Bob Ross]

There's an artist named Ricardo Flores-Ortiz who produces tchotchkes under the name "Ricky's Metal Creations", he's a member of the Southern Arizona Arts Guild, and while a lot of his stuff I would probably consider a bit too trivial-bordering-on-treacly he has this wonderful ability to suggest endearing animals with remarkably few parts. He has a whole series of desert wildlife -- scorpions, snakes, geckos, mice, roadrunners, javalinas -- executed in bicycle parts, and some of them are literally just three components (e.g., a few chain links, a small cog, and a jockey wheel) but it looks like the cutest little garden slug you've ever seen! I'm trying to find pics online but he seems to have very little web presence.

[crankles]

Originally Posted by goonster

I don't think he made the Campy NR hub tamper you posted, that looks to have been a one-off made by a vintage auto fab shop.

Never saw the corkscrews, but here's my 58.1 mm tamper.

He told me that first batch was made from shells that were headed for the bin, after he changed the design, so it really is a repurposed bike part.

I did manage to pick up one from Tom at demon frameworks. Not repurposed, but it's a beast... almost a full Kilo. Hilarious

[merckxman]

Mailbox interpretation.

[drewellison]

Brush stand

[Louis]

Originally Posted by drewellison

Brush stand

Very nice.

Now you have to figure out how to put an Art of Shaving soap puck in a cut-off water bottle.

[Gummee]

Originally Posted by C40_guy

I'm building garage cabinets and am thinking about bike parts for door pulls. Left side crank arm is most obvious, others?

I've got t-less top caps on my cabinets

M

[crankles]

How about the reverse...something repurposed as a bike 'part'.

[leftsidedrive]

Originally Posted by drewellison

Brush stand

Hey. Check this guy out. He is a former co-worker of mine from a busy service department. He is a great mechanic and a great machinist!

https://charcoalgoods.com/

[reuben]

Originally Posted by crankles

How about the reverse...something repurposed as a bike 'part'.

Genius. Pure, unadulterated genius.

And Post of the Day.

[crankles]

Originally Posted by drewellison

Brush stand

TOTALLY stealing this Idea!

[Likes2ridefar]

My thing holder: