That's Mr Elgin to you.

[Walker]

Here are some photos of a gender change i did Saturday night on a ladies Elgin frame. Went through a couple of design ideas. I used a torch and conduit bender to shape the chromolly tubing. I used a 4" grinder to make a birdsmouth at the end of each tube for a good fit. Tried to carry the curve of the seat stays into the new top tubes as best i could. Overall pretty happy with the outcome.

bye bye down tube.

one idea

another idea

another idea

The winner

cut and bent tubes

one down, one to go

both welded in

After a little grinding

 

[BankerRAt]

Nice!!! I have a few girls frames want to do them for me

 

[Uncle Stretch]

very nicely done. great design too.

 

[Markm]

Nice!!

 

[ratina]

That looks great!

 

[2manybikes]

Nice, I like the full scale blue tape mockup :mrgreen:

 

[rgallen]

Glad you scratched that third design. That looks nice.

 

[maddogrider]

Cool, Mrs Elgin no more. :mrgreen:

 

[Boardtrack fan]

Looks great. Not only is it a gender change but an nationality (CCM?!) change as well.

 

[sensor]

looks good :mrgreen:

 

[mikek]

very cool frame design! I like it!

 

[socal_jack]

Very nice, if it weren't for the curved downtube looks almost like a mid-30s Hawthorne Zep, from a mid-late 30s Elgin possibly ladies Oriole you started with.

 

[Walker]

Thanks for all the posative remarks. I did this project in trade for some other stuff. I had no need for the frame and there is not much demand so onto the chopping block!

It did feel good to break out the welder again and get creative. I had initially laid the frame on bigger piece of paper so i could get the drop outs level, then i could get the top tubes level to match and could better visualize how the bike would look on its wheels. It also made is easier to share the conceptual ideas via e-mail.

Wife thinks i'm nuts, and she is the artist, go figure?