Well, the girlfriend wanted me to build her a bike so she could ride with me, or I wanted to build another bike so I used her as an excuse, not really sure on that one. :lol: Anyway, she didn't like the riding position of my "industrial stretch straightbar" and lacks a little balance for slow cruising on something with "relaxed" geometry, so the obvious answer to that was a trike. heck, I really wanted to build one, so I wasn't complaining at all, I'll use my original two-wheel stretch I had designed for her on another project.
First off, if you have no plans of painting an EBay trike, don't buy it from lv-imports, I would need a gallon of touch-up paint to cover up all the chips and what looks like burns in the paint. Still waiting to hear what they plan to do to compensate me for that. :roll:
Well, on with the pictures. I finally got the bike Monday, so I've had two good nights to work on it. The first thing I did was install the 26" drop springer I ordered for it to bring it more down to earth:
Stock:
Dropped, along with pulling two of the four trike section bolts out to let the rear hinge down to level the bottom tube out:
Then it was time to address the frame:
An early rough mock-up:
Head tube and top tube modifications:
Making the head tube look good:
Another mock-up:
Gusset plans:
Again with the mock-up, this time to see the big picture, and to figure out brackets to attach the trike section:
If all goes well, I should have the frame done this weekend and I still have to figure out what color she wants it to be and figure out a pinstripe design or something. Need to get the 24x3 rear tires on order, and I'll be making a "trunk" for the rear as well.
First off, if you have no plans of painting an EBay trike, don't buy it from lv-imports, I would need a gallon of touch-up paint to cover up all the chips and what looks like burns in the paint. Still waiting to hear what they plan to do to compensate me for that. :roll:
Well, on with the pictures. I finally got the bike Monday, so I've had two good nights to work on it. The first thing I did was install the 26" drop springer I ordered for it to bring it more down to earth:
Stock:
Dropped, along with pulling two of the four trike section bolts out to let the rear hinge down to level the bottom tube out:
Then it was time to address the frame:
An early rough mock-up:
Head tube and top tube modifications:
Making the head tube look good:
Another mock-up:
Gusset plans:
Again with the mock-up, this time to see the big picture, and to figure out brackets to attach the trike section:
If all goes well, I should have the frame done this weekend and I still have to figure out what color she wants it to be and figure out a pinstripe design or something. Need to get the 24x3 rear tires on order, and I'll be making a "trunk" for the rear as well.
