‘Humpster’

[marshall hudson]

Yes, the price lol you dodged a bullet

Found out what they cost after I traded. I came on the good end.

 

[marshall hudson]

The only ‘issue’ I’ve found is the cup/bearing combo is wider/deeper than stock. I was installing it on a bike that needs the chainring spaced out to avoid chain/tire contact (the rear wheel is 80mm and a 26x3.5” tire...) this scenario left very little threads on the non-drive side, unless you find a wider crank (like old MTB stuff).
I’m not expecting that issue on this bike, as I’m using a 1.5” wide rim and a 26x 1.75 tire.

I can tell you this, when it was installed, it was as smooth as glass


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Thanks for the info. I'm using 50mm with 2.35 tires. I'm going to give it a try. Heard nothing but good about them.

 

[Brian macumber]

I just picked up a smallish blasting cabinet hopefully I can fit mostly everything except frames in it.been using a homemade one made out of a airgun didn't work to good for me sand everywhere wasting a lot.

 

[marshall hudson]

Found out what they cost after I traded. I came out on the good end.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Started stripping the house paint/enamel off today. Whoever painted it red apparently stripped the original Opaque Blue and red oxide primer off most of the frame. I did find some original paint and primer on the BB shell and inside the tubes.

I will not be returning it to its original color

Got the ‘easy’ tubes stripped, I’ll start the rear triangle tomorrow.

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[BartRidesEternal]

Crank will be this 1956 JC Higgins mated to a sweet sealed cartridge bearing BB setup. A set of all black ‘Schwinn bow tie’ style pedals. Chainring will either be the Schwinn cloverleaf (chrome is shot, so painted), then I’d need to source/fabricate a chainguard OR the Tuf-Neck chainring with the bash guard. Would need to source a spider for it. Leaning towards the Tuf-Neck

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Awesome crank! Is this bottom bracket custom made? Or can you order this somewhere?
My guess: the nut and cone that holds this together is on the other side of the picture.

I like the direction you are going with this build!

 

[kingfish254]

Started stripping the house paint/enamel off today. Whoever painted it red apparently stripped the original Opaque Blue and red oxide primer off most of the frame. I did find some original paint and primer on the BB shell and inside the tubes.

I will not be returning it to its original color

Got the ‘easy’ tubes stripped, I’ll start the rear triangle tomorrow.

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The sexy curve of that top tube shows up well now that it's nekkid!

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Awesome crank! Is this bottom bracket custom made? Or can you order this somewhere?
My guess: the nut and cone that holds this together is on the other side of the picture.

I like the direction you are going with this build!

It’s a older Tange unit, here’s the pics from the eBay auction.

 

[JA331]

Great work Doc.

 

[BartRidesEternal]

It’s a older Tange unit, here’s the pics from the eBay auction.
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Thanks for sharing doc, that is some neat stuff. Maybe I can mill something myself in the future, but keeping my eyes peeled for now.

 

[GeePig]

Um, there is no doubt that your workshop is not my workshop. Carpet that does not crunch...

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

My ‘workshop’ is actually my home office (much to my wife’s dislike). All ‘dirty’ work is gonna have to done out in the Savannah sun this build off. If the price of lumber ever returns to a normal level, I have plans for a new shop to be built.

 

[kingfish254]

 

[Captain Awesome]

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[MattiThundrrr]

Meanwhile, in matti's shop

summer is in full swing

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Gonna repost the update

 

[OddJob]

Looks like you properly diagnosed the ailment and prescribed the appropriate physical therapy, Doc! Looks good.

 

[kingfish254]

Glad the backyard engineering worked to give the frame a little attitude adjustment!!! Nice work.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Tried to fix the double posted pics, got frustrated, so here goes try #2.
So, took the rear wheel to my LBS to get it properly laced and trued, that should take about a month.
Before getting further into the paint stripping, decided to get the ‘squat’ out of the rear of the frame. Here’s a comparison of where it was and areference pic (the yellow one)

built this jig to hold the rear down while I pushed on the headtube

before:

after:

much better, now the chainguard mounts line up

After the holiday, gonna make arrangements to get it welded in place. The chain(s) came in this week too. KMC RustBuster. With the humidity and salt in the air here, they have become my ‘go to’ choice.

gonna get back to stripping paint, may do the chainguard so I can mock up the paint scheme (nothing crazy, more of a subtle one this time around)
Stay tuned!

 

[Fv2]

Remember that movies Ants? The scene where the leaf landed in front of the ant, and he screamed. I'M LOST.

YEAH.