Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
That's a sweet design! 8) I'll be watching this one, Peatbog! :wink:
That's a sweet design! 8) I'll be watching this one, Peatbog! :wink:
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Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
Loving it so far!
Luke.
Loving it so far!
Luke.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
Looking good Peatbog :wink: What if you just did a striaght down tube? :idea:
Here's a Paint mock up I did....
Looking good Peatbog :wink: What if you just did a striaght down tube? :idea:
Here's a Paint mock up I did....
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
looks like if you continue with more bend in the top tube it would lower the rear axle which would end up raising the BB a bit.
looks like if you continue with more bend in the top tube it would lower the rear axle which would end up raising the BB a bit.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
The frame is really flowing nicely now!!!!!!!
Just an idea, but why don't weld a cool old rear hub shell it bride the downtube gap.
Or a 5 speed gear cluster.
The frame is really flowing nicely now!!!!!!!
Just an idea, but why don't weld a cool old rear hub shell it bride the downtube gap.
Or a 5 speed gear cluster.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
Just hinking that gap may provide an opportunity for something different. It looked like the right size for a cluster.
You could even leave it so that the freewheel still worked. That way you could put fan blades on it so that the air would make it rotate like a pinwheel.
Peatbog said:A five-speed gear cluster? What the...!? You're freaking me out man.
Just hinking that gap may provide an opportunity for something different. It looked like the right size for a cluster.
You could even leave it so that the freewheel still worked. That way you could put fan blades on it so that the air would make it rotate like a pinwheel.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
I'm glad you liked my idea :wink: I think the bend in the down tube fits this style of frame better 8) It almost looks like a Huffy Rail/Spaceliner frame
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XC204'S bike
I don't have a frame for the build off (YET!), but I have a good idea :wink:
I'm glad you liked my idea :wink: I think the bend in the down tube fits this style of frame better 8) It almost looks like a Huffy Rail/Spaceliner frame
firstyearchevelles bike
XC204'S bike
I don't have a frame for the build off (YET!), but I have a good idea :wink:
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Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
Man I got to get another welder, you got my mind itching to melt some junk together.
Man I got to get another welder, you got my mind itching to melt some junk together.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
I know that frame must have tried your patience at times to get that result, but you gotta be happy with how it came out! 8)
Looks unreal!
Luke.
I know that frame must have tried your patience at times to get that result, but you gotta be happy with how it came out! 8)
Looks unreal!
Luke.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
That looks great! Feel like building me one? :mrgreen:
That looks great!
Feel like building me one? :mrgreen:
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
Luke.
+1! Nothing like that available over here in Aust! Hmmm, freight is gunna kill me...SCHWINNRAY69 said:That looks great!
Just the one taillight? Wassa matter, bike not big enough to support two? :mrgreen:Peatbog said:
Luke.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
So Scwhinnray at the start of 2014,
mine at the start of 2015?
I can handle that!
The line starts behind me... :mrgreen:
Luke.
So Scwhinnray at the start of 2014,
mine at the start of 2015?
I can handle that!
The line starts behind me... :mrgreen:
Luke.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
Long and lean, looking sharp!
Long and lean, looking sharp!
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
Heck I'll only be 65!
Frame looks nice! 8) Very clean look to it :wink:
Peatbog said:No, no, no. Distribution only starts at the end of those 50 years. :mrgreen:
Zoink! Welded:
...must get back home and shovel snow again...
Heck I'll only be 65!
Frame looks nice! 8) Very clean look to it :wink:
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
Not to sound negative , but you have the tools and the skills , I don't understand why you
limit yourself to using frame parts , when you can use tubing and build any frame you
want. If you can do that good with cut bike frames , the sky is the limit on what you can come
up with bending your own. Just my 2 cents worth though.
Not to sound negative , but you have the tools and the skills , I don't understand why you
limit yourself to using frame parts , when you can use tubing and build any frame you
want. If you can do that good with cut bike frames , the sky is the limit on what you can come
up with bending your own. Just my 2 cents worth though.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
That's very cool! It reminds me of a 60's dragster.
That's very cool! It reminds me of a 60's dragster.
Re: Schwinn Big Chopper
Sweet!! This is starting to look like the love child from a Huffy Rail and a Spaceliner. The Rail-Liner.
Great work!!!
Sweet!! This is starting to look like the love child from a Huffy Rail and a Spaceliner. The Rail-Liner.
Great work!!!
