u/sugarloafing

As part of our brewery’s 9th anniversary celebrations we tried to find a creative way to raise money for the Oklahoma City Homeless Alliance, and (selfishly for me) settled on raffling off a "restored" vintage mountain bike. 

This 1985 Fuji BLVD XC started out as a frame/fork, and with all disregard for historical accuracy was built up into a single speed/coaster brake cruiser. The frame was sand blasted and I repainted it to loosely match one of our beers that we’ve made since the brewery opened. My goal was really just to make a fun bike that almost anyone could enjoy riding. A few details:

-20” frame size (seat tube), probably fits 5’ 8” to 6’ best.
-Paint is MTN 94 with 2k clear coat. Not factory paint durability, but much better than just rattle can. 3M wrap on the main triangle.
-Nitto bullmoose bars
-Dia-Compe front brake, because safety third... I mean, first
-Stronglight crankset, vintage
-MKS Beartrap pedals
-Sta-tru 26” tubeless ready wheelset, s/s coaster brake rear, front hub is vintage Shimano
-Simworks Super Yummy tires, set up with tubes but can be run tubeless with tape/tubeless valves
-Soma Porteur rack (side support arms included)

Raffle Link:
https://shop.stonecloudbrewing.com/product/orbit-ix-bike-raffle/

I’m not sure if it’s allowed to post a link to the raffle, but I’ll try because it’s a really great cause (the drawing will be held on 7/11/26). 100% of the proceeds of the raffle will go directly to the Oklahoma City Homeless Alliance which is an organization that does amazing work with our local unhoused population. We will pack and ship the bike for free to a winner in the continental United States. If you’re the winner and located internationally or in Alaska/Hawaii, we’ll gladly pack it but you will be responsible for arranging and paying for shipping. When checking out please select "Tap room pickup" and we'll contact you for shipping later. If you happen to be local in Oklahoma, you can check the bike out at the OKC Stonecloud taproom during business hours.

Information about the Homeless Alliance:
https://www.homelessalliance.org/

Disclaimer: I am not a professional bike builder. The bike should be reassembled after shipping by a professional at your local bike shop and checked for safety. This bike does not come with any warranties of any kind.

If our house caught fire I'm pretty sure she would pull the jade out before me (although our dog would obviously be first). It almost died two years ago when a door blew open mid winter while we were out of town and it was 0 F outside. We had to trim about a 1/3rd of it off after that incident, but it seems to be happy now! It's over 5' tall for reference. Bonus pic of our hoya bloom that we had to move outside last night because the (good) smell was so intense I was getting a headache.

He wanted something for cruising around town and some light gravel. These old hybrid frames are pretty sweet! 700x42 on there now and could probably squeeze in 45s. Everything but the seat and grips came from the co-op.

I'd been wanting to get into some (light-ish) single speed gravel for a while and randomly saw these framesets on sale. I tried to keep the build as budget as possible while still making it something I'd want to ride. Built it up with about 50/50 used/co-op and new parts. Been out on a few rides and it's pretty fun so far! The jury's still out on the French fit and low trail aspects of the bike, but so far it feels surprisingly normal...