Back before I turned 17 and got into cars, I was into bikes.
During my deployment to Afghanistan I bought a new bike since my old one had seen better days. well last week i finally finished up putting my new bike together, I still just need to finish adjusting the brakes.
They gray one is a 2009 FIT Park Signature Bike, basically stock other than modified with a 990 plate brake set-up on the front and 4 piece bars swapped on. The 25/9T gearing still bugs me out from what I',m used to in the past.
The gold/yellow bike is a Schwinn super stock 1 and is one of my older bikes.( my first bike was a Haro which is still have somewhere) I bought this bike in '96 while working at the local Schwinn shop. It was modified back then with new bars, an Odyssey II gyro, 3 piece GT cranks, as well as a 990 plate front brake setup. The bars, fork, and cranks were rusted badly so i pulled everything apart and sanded and painted then cleared then. It looks a lot better now. As for the wheels. the stock hubs are still perfect but all the spokes rusted and i had to cut them. I just thew the GT performer mags on it to roll it around. I will be getting alien nation rims and re-lace them to the stock hubs. Other than that, i still need a front brake cable, tires and a chain, but that's all simple stuff I'll get to eventually. It has pegs too, just not on it now due to the narrower axles of the GT wheels.
I also came across an old flatland frame, not sure of brand, with a mongoose fork with the threaded holes for fork mounted pegs. Free to a good home. But ah... The good old days. My Haro also has fork mounted stands i believe. i need to find that bike... i think its buried in the shed... That'll be my next bicycle restoration job.