Faux Pedersen Ortho

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This bike turned out great, keep getting those tires dirty.
Thanks for your support! Lots of ice melt residue on streets around here. So ride time limited to neighborhood streets so far. It does ride well, decided against doing a 3 speed hub.
 
This Build is sorta dead in the water for now...and it’s icy cold here at present so I worked out a parts list.

Faux Pedersen Ortho Part List:
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1. Virtue Ortho Frameset with bottom bracket and bearing caps, shipping damaged. Origin8 mountain bike fork.
2. Fork Extension - Home Depot and Ace Hardware: 5/8” threaded rod, nuts, washers, connectors, set screws, sleeves, thread Locktite,
3. Truss and Tension Rods - Home Depot and Ace Hardware: galvanized angle brackets, 5/16” CRS rod stock, 5/16” U-bolts and eye bolts, nuts, washers, connectors and Simpson structural T-bracket.
4. Recycled 1” seatpost section used with fork assembly.
5. Metropolis bars, 1” oversized Viking stem, 1” Sunlite threadless headset, Ergon Slim grips.
6. Prowheel 46T square taper crankset, Origin8 BMX pedals.
7. Tektro 319A linear pull brake levers, Tektro 930AL V-brakes.
8. Jagwire brake cables and housing.
9. Rideable Bicycle Replica hairpin saddle and Origin8 layback seatpost and clamp. Old recycled leather ranger belt.
10. Jim Blackburn tubular rear rack with Sunlite extensions and an antique store large jeweled reflector.
11. Bell cruiser bicycle chain.
12. Wald Kickstand.
13. AXA vintage style LED head light. Blue reflectors from @sdframe.
14. 26” HBBC single speed coaster wheel set.
15. Continental Retro Ride 26”x2.0” brown tires, Goodyear HD tubes, .45 cal casing caps.
16. VOODOO headbadge.

The parts and components used in this Build are a mix of used, new, recycled parts. Some were purchased, some were gifted, some were modified/fabricated and some came from my parts stash.
 
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Potential VOODOO headbadge...
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From Freakbikes on facebook...
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looks familiar...

Carl.

That’s cool. I had read that Pedersen had made tandem bikes. Wonder if this a custom build that someone else did. Thanks for posting!
The original design was based on bridge trusses so maybe it was a prototype.


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That’s cool. I had read that Pedersen had made tandem bikes. Wonder if this a custom build that someone else did. Thanks for posting!
The original design was based on bridge trusses so maybe it was a prototype.


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If you ever go to Facebook, check out Freakbikes. There's pics of a motored Pedersen there too!

Carl.
 
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Added a Kikkerland Bell, blue doesn’t quite match but close enough...recouping from another heart cath procedure, should be OK.
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One Built Not Bought...One Bought But Personalized.
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Rear cog 22T to 23T forthcoming.


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Take care Ed. Hope you are on the mend.
And, go Shockers! :)
 
Take care Ed. Hope you are on the mend.
And, go Shockers! :)
Last regular season game against Cincinnati at home on Sunday...big game! Thanks, 7 days on Saturday, no blockages this time, another Rx though.
Get well!
Getting there, but what’s done is done. Eat healthy and exercise while you’re younger.
 
Think I’m going to change out the the rear cog from 22T to 23T and call this faux job done. That will give me time to find a day and location with good light to get some final photos.
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Warmed up some here and 60mph wind gusts subsided today. So I got out my bike stand and the faux bike, changed out the rear cog to a 23T. I relocated the borrowed VOODOO headbadge. Adjusted everything and took a shakedown cruise, first time on a bike in around 13 days. I took a few detail shots, still need to determine final photo area. (Photo Heavy)
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