Recent content by jackdaw

My pal the local junk/trash man dropped this by today. Earles fork no less! Once upon a time, there were three very different little girls... who grew up to be three very different women. Can't stop laughing!!!

When I did my flip bike (which I still haven't finished :x :roll: ) I cut away most of the old dropout and welded the new dropout to what was left. It worked pretty well, I mean, you know how my welding is but... it was a fairly easy weld and is wicked strong. With the headset, maybe...

Looks good. I like your idea for color, I think bronze would be cool.

I used to repair my own clothes, had my own machine and everything. My wife is so much better and faster at it that she does all that now. I just build bikes and chop wood!! :lol:

Sweet bike! Is that a moped motor?

Re: gulf themed cruiser Nice job on the paint! I really like the line.

Yeah, 26 x 1 3/8 is not the same as 26 x 1.75. What a pain, right?

+1, if I'm going to ride more than a couple miles I take a bike that gives me full leg extension. That being said some folks can ride anything forever so... :lol:

Yar, I'd buy one for more than that if the frame and fork were sound enough to strip and rebuild. +1 on the flowers :lol: .

Awesome!

That thing is great. Thanks for the details too.

Yup, I got a piece of 1/2 inch pipe and a threaded 45 degree elbow, from the hardware store. I cut the pipe in two, one piece for the seat and one for the seat tube. I tightened the pipe all together with some JB Weld. The hole in the seat tube was already there so I put the pipe in the seat...

Thanks. I'm saving the lower part of the cart for bars for another project :D

Here's another pipe post, being ratty I just bolted it through the seat tube. It rattles back and forth but I only ride it up the hill to get coffee at work. I don't know that it gains me much. If you moved the seat forward, parallel to the ground I don't think I'd lose much leg extension...