I waa spending a relaxing afternoon kicking around MITERS, with vague ambitions of making an electric wheelchair radio-controlled, when Merch started building a tall bike. Suddenly inspired, I grabbed an old bike frame, a hacksaw, and MIG welder and got started.

Some kind soul had already extended the front fork for a chopper. I pulled off the front and back derailleurs and put on a wheel with a coaster brake on the back, for a pretty, no-cable look. Miraculously, the coaster brake gear matched the chain that was already on the bike, so I didn't have to switch out the front gears, I just put the chain on the fastest gearing and popped it around until it was the right length. After that, I just threw on an old front wheel, and it was ready to r