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2. The shifter.

I need some help with my shifter. I know some people from the forum had done conversions of grip shifters to stick shifters, but I can't recall the method they did it, and who did it. Any help would be greatly appricieted!

Here's how I did the shifter on my B.O.8 bike...

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http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...gether-≈-name-change.72610/page-2#post-724198

Seemed to work ok.

Glen.
 
+1 on the seat and sissy bar! They really help bring the stance of the bike into perspective.

We aren't Polish, but we love Kielbasa in our house hold! For dinner we usually serve it with wide egg noodles and peas. Our favorite is cut up and added to the pan with scrambled eggs in the morning! Do you make your own Pierogi ? Maybe you can share a recipe along with your build thread. :grin:

Bike is coming along well!
 
Thanks guys for the help with the shifters!

Love that seat and sissy bar!
+1 on the seat and sissy bar! They really help bring the stance of the bike into perspective.

Bike is coming along well!
Bike is looking great. Liking all of your choices to now. You have a custom frame rolling in less than 10 days. Nice!

Looking forward to what's next .

Not sure why you worry about your skills, looks to me like you fit in well in class 2.

Thanks guys! :blush: I do hope to start painting the frame next week, after I mock up the chain guard.

I do hope that If I don't run that plastic chain guard (I think it kinda works as a rockring) the chain will not fall off when changing to lowest or highest gear. I've seen that Dahon folders, and Electra bikes with derailleurs use that kind of thing, but I just don't like the looks of mine... maybe If I find the proper material I will make it from steel...

On the other side I remember my Romet Wagant bicycle was just a 5 speed with a derailleur, and I didn't have any problems with the chain falling of the crank sprocket...

We aren't Polish, but we love Kielbasa in our house hold! For dinner we usually serve it with wide egg noodles and peas. Our favorite is cut up and added to the pan with scrambled eggs in the morning! Do you make your own Pierogi ? Maybe you can share a recipe along with your build thread. :grin:

I do make my own pierogi:) will check my grandmothers cooking book for her special recipe! Eyup, as any good "Babcia" here in PL, she hand written her own cookbook.
 
I do make my own pierogi:) will check my grandmothers cooking book for her special recipe! Eyup, as any good "Babcia" here in PL, she hand written her own cookbook.
:thumbsup: I love these build-offs!
 
Didn't have a lot of time yesterday, since the weather was kinda nice, and we had a lot of customers that mostly needed a tube change :bigsmile:

@OddJob working on translating that recipe for you

But I started with putting the old BB axle in the old bracket and taking some measurments to see how badly I welded the new BB (eyup, didn't bother to take any "special" measurments)
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My boss helped me with taking the photos, since I needed a one "additional" arm :21:

You probably won't see that on the photos, but the new axle is only offset but 1mm, so I still call it a win:cool2:

Also figured out the shifter - I will use an old seatpost bracket that I found in the "Reusable Junk" box.
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Still need to shorten that stub of mine...

Also mocked up the chainguard, made a front bracket for it, and driiled & threaded the holes
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As so it appears that next week is painting week...
 
Guess who made a lot of progress with painting & fork and forgot to take the camera from the workshop :crazy: ( I really have a bad habit of forgetting things...) So progress of yesterday will be here today, when I get back from work...

In the meantime - I did the translation, so you can take a brake from the usual and make some nice Polish Pierogi from my Grandmas recipe
 
I'm going to try that Pierogi recipe ! I'm guessing 'bacon' could be substituted for 'pork rind' in the topping mix. :grin:

Does it work better to roll the dough if the roller is damp or dry?

Awaiting our photos from you paint day. Funny that we were both at that stage of our builds yesterday!
 
Guess who made a lot of progress with painting & fork and forgot to take the camera from the workshop :crazy: ( I really have a bad habit of forgetting things...) So progress of yesterday will be here today, when I get back from work...

In the meantime - I did the translation, so you can take a brake from the usual and make some nice Polish Pierogi from my Grandmas recipe
Looking forward to the pics!
 
I like the bottom section of that frame. Cool base for a chopper!
Now you need a cool stick shift.
 
I like the bottom section of that frame. Cool base for a chopper!
Now you need a cool stick shift.

Thanks, that's what I'm going for. Allways wanted one, since in Poland their very scarce, and I also never had the cash to afford one.


I'm going to try that Pierogi recipe ! I'm guessing 'bacon' could be substituted for 'pork rind' in the topping mix. :grin:

Yes ofcourse!

Does it work better to roll the dough if the roller is damp or dry?

If I recall correctly my Granny always used a slightly damp roller. Remember to only put flour on the table, and never on the dough, since it will not close properly!

Looking forward to the pics!

Awaiting our photos from you paint day. Funny that we were both at that stage of our builds yesterday!

So here they are, and yes @OddJob it's actually not the only funny part about that...

But first, lets start with something else :grin:

I remembered that my neighbor's daughter had an old bike with the same banana seat that was the base for mine, so I took a picture of it for comparsion.
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Yeah... the scale of this "customization" still amazes me.

While the paint was drying I started to work on the fork. First the hole for mounting the fender, headlight, and most importantly - the new front brake.
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And it appears I measured it correctly.
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By the way - this is my new front brake - Don't know the exact model.
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And it definitely needed a rebuild, since it barely worked.
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Way better. Also installed new brake pads with changable brake shoes from Shimano.

And the mockup with the wheel.
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Also the headtube was too long by about 10mm so, had to shorten it. I know that I use Brutal Barabaric Slav Power in most of the cases, but this operation requiered at least SOME precission.
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Time came to make a mount for the headlight. Good thing is that one of the mechanics in my shop also services lifts in the nearby blocks, so he has a lot of heavy & solid pieces of metal.
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I think this will do...

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... and yes it did the trick.

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Thoses screws come real handy.
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Nothing gets wasted in my workshop. Even the cut out piece of the headtube:cool2:
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Also had a second to think about witch set of pedals I want to use.
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Still need to rethink this part, since I can't see most of them on this bike. Might try to look for other options.

So, where were we... Ah yes! The paint! :21:

Bare frame ready for painting.
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Primered.
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Added the effect of multi-colored primers as a base.
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As you may recall from another thread, I very much liked the color on the Author A-Matrix that is for sale in my shop. The one sitting on he rack next to the mocked-up frame.
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@OddJob here is the real funny part :giggle:

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Eyup, also went with blue on this one.

Went with flat black on the insides of the fenders for contrast.
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And here is the frame already in the stand. Also changed the quick-release to normal bolt for a better grip while I sit on the bike with my heavy bum :p.
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Since it's painted I can start to put it back together, and as I always do - started with the rear fender.
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Reused the mounting posts from the old fender, and mounted this sweet old reflector. Also you can see the brand-new derailleur mount on the picture.
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And again I couldn't help myself and made a quick mockup with the fork.
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Till now I believe everything is "Big" when it comes to sizes in this bike.

More progress tommorow... or more exactly today, since it's 1:06 in PL. Need to get some sleep before work.:43:
 
So I hoped for more progress today, since the weather in Poland went from bad, to worse, but I was just so tired today, and actually people were brining bikes in this weather...o_O

Last time I was thinking on some pedals options, but when I installed one of the silver ones, my boss looked at this and said "That looks bad, even for you"(and she doesn't like the "visual" side of my builds - too ratty & rusty for her taste:giggle:).

So my next option was to take off a set of VP platform pedals from my other Ukraina bicycle.

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Also that axle on the picture is important - on tuesday I found out that my axle in the rear wheel is too short to hold everything, including the sissy bar, so went trough my personal stash of parts, and found an axle that was about 15mm longer than the original.

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Since I could mount the sissy bar, and the pedals (after a quick rebuild), I could start mocking up the seat hight so that I could reach the pedals in their new position.
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Also a small nice detail - The nut & bolt setup seemed to nice, and I dug up this "quick realese" lever. This style of lever was originally used on all polish folding bicycles till the early 80's.
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Two hours of getting on & off of the bike, and I finally decided on a seat position. :whew: Ofcourse it required to drill new mounting holes in the sissy bar...
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Will have to use some raw muscle power to bend that sissy bar a little bit to the back, since it's like tottaly straight up, and I think I preffer it in a more "lean to the back" position.

Next stop was to put something in that new derailleur mount, so I dug trough the "Reusable Junk" box, and found this baby...
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Eyup, no more cheap Shimano Tourney... Deore just sounds much better. It's a little bent, but nothing I can't work with. :showingbiceps:
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Next came the time to use that stub, that was sticking from the frame this whole time:grin:
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Stub? What Stub? That's a shifter, nothing to see here, move along...

Also put the cable & outer casings on. Everything reused from this bike.
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Still need to trim the sissy bar mount so I actually mount the derailleur.

I had a little time before closing, so I dug up some V-brake levers to use on the rear. Those silver ones look much sturdier, than the original ones, but when I flipped them, there was a small problem...
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So the original ones must do the trick, oh well.
 
+1 on the headlight, that is cool; and big!
I think if you could shorten that rear brace on the fender, to bring it in so it fits like the front of the fender does, it will 'tighten up' the look and visually fatten the rear tire.

Looks like light blue is a popular color this year!
 

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