Carter Baxter

@tbaxter
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Ex-designer, occasional dev, recovering journalist & lousy guitarist. Proud 18F alumni. These days I usually traffic in management musings, civic tech thoughts and bad jokes.
Don't blame my employer for the dumb things I say.
Personal sitehttps://another.rodeo
I didn’t realize until today I’d bought a skip tooth #bike. Weird.
And then I immediately started on the next #bike, another 1940s Monark cruiser about to get a new life (https://another.rodeo/monark-2/)
Another one? | Another Rodeo

Another bedraggled classic cruiser finds its way to my house.

I finished writing up the 1948 Monark/Road King resto-mod(https://another.rodeo/monark-road-king/). Here's the before and after for the Road King....

#bike stuff
#biketooter

Road King | Another Rodeo

Bringing a 1948 cruiser bicycle into the 21st century.

Still work to be done, but it's starting to look like a real #bike
Building wheels for the ‘48 Monark cruiser build. Very wide, very red. Not demure. #bike

For anyone interested in following along with my Monark/Road King #bike rebuild, I've started keeping track of it here: https://another.rodeo/monark-road-king/

#BikeTooter

Road King | Another Rodeo

Bringing a 1948 cruiser bicycle into the 21st century.

I went and bought a #bicycle that was made in 1948 by one American manufacturer that’s been out of business since 1957, that was sold by another American company that’s been out of business since 1967. AMA. #bike #BikeTooter

Oh hey, I wrote about another old #bike I rebuilt. A 1991 Trek 2100

https://another.rodeo/trek-2100/

Trek 2100 | Another Rodeo

What? A carbon fiber bike? In this house? Well, sort of...

Finished, except for paint. But it’s hot right now.
Demolition was greatly simplified by the fact that the stairs were falling apart already.