i love them. just not a ton of them out there this might be kinda a short thread

I had never heard about CYCLE CRAFT until late last year, then within a month, this frame came to me in a multi-bike deal. It was in bad shape, with thick rattle can paint job over incorect stickers. It was a mess. But it was a 24 cruiser, my fortay. I took it on as a ground up restore challenge. Final build is now one of my favorites....

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I had never heard about CYCLE CRAFT until late last year, then within a month, this frame came to me in a multi-bike deal. It was in bad shape, with thick rattle can paint job over incorect stickers. It was a mess. But it was a 24 cruiser, my fortay. I took it on as a ground up restore challenge. Final build is now one of my favorites....http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr62 … shot01.jpg

That's a nice build, but I'm trying to figure out....what does that chain tensioner thingamabob do?  I thought that was only for gear shifting and I don't see multiple gears...

Ahhhhhh. a multi-speed bmx virgin??? Its called a HOLESHOT...... On closer inspection, you would find a 2 sprocket freewheel on the back wheel. As you aproach the starting line in a race, you pull in the lever on left side of handlebars and it puts chain on bigger of 2 rear sprockets. . Gate drops, as you race down the straitaway and start to windout pedaling, you release the lever, and "thunk" it drops into high gear, or smaller sprocket, giving you more top speed and the advantage over all the other 1 speeds. It was a early 80's  toy that didn't catch on much. I ran one for a year or so. I think they eventually outlawed them.....

Looks cool on that cruiser.  If I saw them before....I forgot them.  Now I relearned.  Thanks.

You know, I mainly put it (gears) on my Cyclecraft to have something to talk about. Part of re-living my bmx past. Once again, it worked! Thanks for noticing....

this is what im working on its a '85 and the white one is a '84 that i sold...

XLX