Rainier Racer almost, she's on wheels! 9/11

[Ape Stanger]

Thanks yootheguy! The good news is it's finally sunny and warm in Seattle and these are on the way!


I figured it had to have more than single speed to be a racer I lucked out on the color. The frame is going dark sparkle red and the fake tank will be white with and old school Rainier logo so the white rims are perfect.

[tin machine]

i am with you brother seat post are a nightmare , and i have had alot of them ...elm street those wheels are awesome love the nexus

[Ape Stanger]

i am with you brother seat post are a nightmare , and i have had alot of them ...elm street those wheels are awesome love the nexus

This think is killing me. I hate to do it, but it may end up being cut down to where I need it and become a permanent part of the frame. The seat clamp is the welded to the frame variety which makes it all the more difficult. I don't want to start cracking the frame. I'll pick up some penetrating oil and if that doesn't work...? Someone needs to invent a seatpost extractor tool. I'm going to take a break and go paint shopping.

[yoothgeye]

This think is killing me. I hate to do it, but it may end up being cut down to where I need it and become a permanent part of the frame. The seat clamp is the welded to the frame variety which makes it all the more difficult. I don't want to start cracking the frame. I'll pick up some penetrating oil and if that doesn't work...? Someone needs to invent a seatpost extractor tool. I'm going to take a break and go paint shopping.

My last few stuck posts required heat... paint suffered. The one before that was such a pain that I ended up slicing the seat tube about 8 inches down, then welding it back up. I didn't grind the weld, it's a nice big frankenstein weld that will remind me of what I had to do.

Last year someone used a LARGE sharp drill bit to drill out their post.

[Ape Stanger]

Bars and stem:

[Ape Stanger]

I should have taken pics of the stem before I spent an hour on it with a wire brush and WD40. It was covered in rust and the bolts were frozen from it. It scrubbed up to a nice dullish finish to match the bars.

[Jake Sensi]

COMING TOGETHER NICELY...GET TA BUILDIN'!! PEACE

[Circa Cycles]

Lookin' good

[Ape Stanger]

I have an idea for the stuck seat post. As soon as I have a couple of hours again I'm going to have a socket welded to the top of the post so I can get my hefty breaker bar on it. If I have to I'll bolt the frame to the old steel clothes line poles in my back yard.

[yoothgeye]

I have an idea for the stuck seat post. As soon as I have a couple of hours again I'm going to have a socket welded to the top of the post so I can get my hefty breaker bar on it. If I have to I'll bolt the frame to the old steel clothes line poles in my back yard.

Please, when you do this, combine a good pre-soaking and heat to insure that you don't twist the frame in half, but otherwise, I like the idea.

[jerrykr]

this might work for you.

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[Ape Stanger]

this might work for you.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=51286

Hey thanks. That seems like a bit more eloquent version of what I had in mind. I don't have those tools, but I think I can figure out something close. Thanks again for the advice. I'm new to bikes and to make matters worse I don't always think clearly when I start muscleing machines. In my industry they call it "getting out the press wrench" which means you're about to hit your machine with a hammer. I try to avoid such behaviour unless it's absolutely necessary.

[Xcruiser]

Looks like things are shaping up nicely and the seat reconstruction idea is sweet so thanks to whomever put that up!

[Ape Stanger]

Looks like things are shaping up nicely and the seat reconstruction idea is sweet so thanks to whomever put that up!

Ditto on the seat idea. That is actually the seat I have so I've already started cutting. Really great idea. We'll see if I can actually pull it off as well.

[tin machine]

hey my man , whats going on with your build , i like that green bike you started with ,looks kinda like a emory , update ,update