Spring Spare Time

[OneHorsePower]

Hey ! iam back ! its been a year i havent done any bikes ..
after moving/renos/new job/first car
..iam in need of creation,
so iam back to fix despair , or should i say DeSpare!

i dont even have i game plan , i pretty much found a old spare tire on the side of the road i thought would make a cool bike tire . and i need a custom pedal ride for Montreal tour de l'ile the 26th of this month this is what ive done so far today(day1)

so yeah, iam using a headtube/headset as hub , and 1 1/8'steerer tube as axle .. gonna try a secound attempt at a mono chain stay
..this time bigger and better well i hope.

i eye balled the 5spoke star patern , the center resting on a ducktape roll , the ends on little pieces of wood ...
they arent inline, they are angled a little bit just for style.
then i grinded away the 1/8'' eccess i left on the spokes like shown in the pic below.

https://streamable.com/x5q8u
video up here ^^
iam pretty happy how true it came out , nearly perfect

 

[OddJob]

Welcome back 1HP! Sounds like you've got another creative build in the works.
RaT oN~!

 

[Chad T]

Love a good 1HP build. Like what you got going so far.

 

[Glen]

Cool.

Using the headtube/headset as hub is a great idea. I'll be using that idea in the future for sure

Glen.

 

[OneHorsePower]

Cool.

Using the headtube/headset as hub is a great idea. I'll be using that idea in the future for sure

Glen.

wait and see if it actually works lol , maybe no good over time these little bearings . fingers crossed

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Hey ! iam back ! its been a year i havent done any bikes ..
after moving/renos/new job/first car
..iam in need of creation,
so iam back to fix despair , or should i say DeSpare!

i dont even have i game plan , i pretty much found a old spare tire on the side of the road i thought would make a cool bike tire . and i need a custom pedal ride for Montreal tour de l'ile the 26th of this month this is what ive done so far today(day1)View attachment 95048
so yeah, iam using a headtube/headset as hub , and 1 1/8'steerer tube as axle .. gonna try a secound attempt at a mono chain stay
..this time bigger and better well i hope.

i eye balled the 5spoke star patern , the center resting on a ducktape roll , the ends on little pieces of wood ...
they arent inline, they are angled a little bit just for style.
then i grinded away the 1/8'' eccess i left on the spokes like shown in the pic below.View attachment 95050
https://streamable.com/x5q8u
video up here ^^
iam pretty happy how true it came out , nearly perfect
View attachment 95049

You know I like this! Looks like it spins pretty straight in the video!

wait and see if it actually works lol , maybe no good over time these little bearings . fingers crossed

That is the only thing that would worry me, or maybe the bearing cups oval-ling slightly, but easy to replace them if they do wear out!
Love the name too, welcome back!

 

[OneHorsePower]

soo i went a bit quick on calculations , i had to change the offset of the hub/head tube , meaning i chopped one side and welded it on the other side.
result is good offset!
unfortunately i now have a light wave(not 100% true anymore) of about 1/16'' ..rip . not that bad but disappointing

i then proceeded to make a cone shape out of the steerer tube/axle . just triangles cut out and beaten with the hammer +welded

so rear wheel building is done!
on to making the mono chain stay/frame witch don't really have any idea how it should look like but i want to use that biga#$ tube you can see in previous pictures, its off my neighbors old elliptical thingy

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Cool! Looking forward to seeing how you mount and drive it, they always seem to be the parts I struggle to make look good.

 

[OneHorsePower]

Cool! Looking forward to seeing how you mount and drive it, they always seem to be the parts I struggle to make look good.

well there will be a fixed sproket on the hub thats for sure , still debating if i do a 3speed hub jackshaft or leave it fixed on a easy gearing .. jackshaft would sure help chainalignment without having to modify the crank width , but not sure how good it can look

 

[LukeTheJoker]

You could always make a feature of it with some big sprockets and a brake disc on the jackshaft:

 

[OneHorsePower]

awsome idea! diskbrake on the 3speed hub jackshaft

 

[Captain Awesome]

You could always make a feature of it with some big sprockets and a brake disc on the jackshaft:

View attachment 95135 View attachment 95136

Yep. Some sort of a "sprotor" was the first thing I thought

 

[OneHorsePower]

Some progress today!
-ive cut the big tubes to make them as one and drilled a big hole for the tube the hub mounts on , so there is my mono chainstay/top tube

not sure how i managed this , but i just eyeballed the holes positions on both sides and it ended up only 1mm of in alignment ,so after ajustting with a file , it got welded

View attachment 95459

ive cut the center out a cog , then i chucked the 3speed hub in the lathe to reduce one of the flanges diameter , welded cog on it , cleaned it up a bit , and a coat of silver.

so thats my 3speed jackshaft . i will run it backwards , all left sided chains , crank will drive the cog on the hub part wich will drive the regular cog to the wheel . this will actually make the gears reversed too . no pull on the lever is lower gear

then i tacked a disk brak spacer on a plate of steel , i will drill and tap the holes and cut it round and hollow to make a disk mount for the other side of the jackshaft hub

i had fun with the tire lettering .. 420 use only .. A tire
use to say : temporary use only ... 420bar ... spare tire

oh and welded a cog on the hub

 

[Skipton]

This is a fun one to watch. Keep up the great work.

 

[OneHorsePower]

Won't you lose the ability to freewheel if you drive the hub shell? I don't see a freewheel in your system.

it does keep the freewheel ability , its even better cause only the cog will freewheel instead of the whole 3speed hub

 

[OneHorsePower]

https://streamable.com/l58xf

 

[OddJob]

I'm always amazed at how fluid your builds are and the quality of your welds and workmanship. Keep it coming!

 

[OneHorsePower]

I'm always amazed at how fluid your builds are and the quality of your welds and workmanship. Keep it coming!

Thanks
quality of my welds sometimes . not most times

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looking great 1HP!

 

[kingfish254]

Beautiful wheel! It's always cool to see your artistry at play in these build offs!