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[kingfish254]

I love long chainguards. Owned a Dyno stretch for a while and the chainguard was noisy from chain rub. I finally installed sticky back velcro on the appropriate surfaces and quieted down the guard. It was impossible to get the guard to be quiet with normal mounting adjustment ranges. Just too much chain flex both up and down and side to side. The solid round stock seatstays surprised me but anything is possible. I'm a big fan of louvers on cars, trucks and if possible on bicycles. Your art deco louvers on the rear of your bike are cool. Really loving your build so far.

I could see where chain rub would be a bigger deal with a dyno guard since they had a fairly curvy side profile. Plus the amount of chain on a dyno is much more than what I am using. This Micargi/Tracer guard is a little shorter, much straighter, and a bit more rigid too. Like I said from my ride, I'm not too concerned with any chainslap issues on the guard. I only heard that on a couple of big bumps. I also suspect that this frame is a good bit more rigid that a Dyno stretch. Those Dyno limos had a good bit of flex in their frames.
The solid stock seatstays was a surprise for me, but at the same time it doesn't surprise me when remembering many of Uncle Stretches old build threads.

Glad you like the vented skirt guards. To me, these have the most swept back for speed look of any bike skirts. The tapered raised darts and vents just look fast sitting still

 

[kingfish254]

I had the similar problem with the chain rubbing the tire on my Electra straight 8. Never cured it before I sold it. Wonder if one of those offset sprockets would have fixed it?

Probably so, but I've never had a chainrub problem with my Straight 8 wheelset or my Rockabilly Boogie bike. I'll look to see what kind of cog is on that. It may even be that Electra laces their hubs into those wheels with a little bit of spoke dish to them so that the hubs are shifted more to the right.

 

[kingfish254]

Have to agree, trimming the chain guard was a positive move.

Yeah, it looks cleaner now rather than looking like wearing something that is a size too big.

 

[kingfish254]

I guess the bicycle market isn’t what I thought it was. They’re only asking $1000 for that bicycle and I’ll bet you spent that much to build it.

True, there may be close to $1000 in parts value there, but I don't spend many US Dollars on my builds. I always have to do the conversion of USD to FSD (Fred Sanford Dollars).

The raw 1953 Columbia 3 Star Deluxe that I started with actually cost me about (negative) -100 FSD (it was free to entice me to swap a different rare Columbia bugeye tank for a WF bugeye tank that I later sold for $150. Plus so many parts were collected from bikes that I flipped for profit plus keeper parts. I never spend my paycheck on any bike stuff. It is always funded in FSDs from flipping and trading up.

 

[ingola]

True, there may be close to $1000 in parts value there, but I don't spend many US Dollars on my builds. I always have to do the conversion of USD to FSD (Fred Sanford Dollars).

The raw 1953 Columbia 3 Star Deluxe that I started with actually cost me about (negative) -100 FSD (it was free to entice me to swap a different rare Columbia bugeye tank for a WF bugeye tank that I later sold for $150. Plus so many parts were collected from bikes that I flipped for profit plus keeper parts. I never spend my paycheck on any bike stuff. It is always funded in FSDs from flipping and trading up.

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I do the same thing first with audio gear. Started with an old JVC I got out of the trash and sit in front of 10000 worth of audio not including what's in my basement . Bikes in these parts is a little harder but I do it weather selling audio or trading parts. Either hobby I have yet to take money out of my paycheck. It helps to because a lot of us to have the skills and the know how to get broken.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Sell bikes?
Make money?

They all sound like words, but strung together like that, they're completely meaningless!

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

The tapered darts almost look like tiny baseball bats….

 

[Jake Sensi]

FRED SANFORD DOLLARS!! HAHAHAHAHA

 

[kingfish254]

FRED SANFORD DOLLARS!! HAHAHAHAHA

My hero

 

[Ulu]

Not quite, but close enough for government vehicles.

But that was built in what, 2014? . . . with 2014 dollars?
1000 is the new 500 in California.

 

[Ulu]

True, there may be close to $1000 in parts value there, but I don't spend many US Dollars on my builds. I always have to do the conversion of USD to FSD (Fred Sanford Dollars).

The raw 1953 Columbia 3 Star Deluxe that I started with actually cost me about (negative) -100 FSD (it was free to entice me to swap a different rare Columbia bugeye tank for a WF bugeye tank that I later sold for $150. Plus so many parts were collected from bikes that I flipped for profit plus keeper parts. I never spend my paycheck on any bike stuff. It is always funded in FSDs from flipping and trading up.

You're confusing the issue. I could not duplicate my BBO Mongoose for what I've spent on it, and I wasn't scrimping. (Not done yet either.)

Value the art!

Think of it like this: If Jake got jealous, and was caught tossing it under a dump truck, how much would you ask the judge for as restitution?

The dang Columbia would fetch way over $500 (all crusty) around here.

OK, Maybe I'm a crappy judge. My wife says I spend a lot on my hobbies.

 

[kingfish254]

You're confusing the issue. I could not duplicate my BBO Mongoose for what I've spent on it, and I wasn't scrimping. (Not done yet either.)

Value the art!

Think of it like this: If Jake got jealous, and was caught tossing it under a dump truck, how much would you ask the judge for as restitution?

The dang Columbia would fetch way over $500 (all crusty) around here.

OK, Maybe I'm a crappy judge. My wife says I spend a lot on my hobbies.

I'm not confusing the issue at all. I was just addressing your guess of what I had into it.

But remember, I am not the one that is selling it right now and have nothing to do with the current pricing. It is on it's 3rd owner since it left my hands.

Trust me, I valued the art of my creation as well as the fun and the trickle down FSD economics of it.
I came out very well in my original trade of Firewing and got this minty 1936 Monark Silver King

Which I ended up selling a year or so later. Then rolled that money into this FloCycle (which was my initial SaltHammer frame)

and this Ruff Dean frame (which became Rockafella) and a few other parts here and there.

Which in turn I eventually sold the damaged FloCycle frame for what I had in it and bought the Monark Silvr King Hex tube frame that became HEXtreme

And eventually sold Rockafella for enough to completely pay for every part you see on HEXtreme, Western Sizzler, AND my current Uncle Stretch build.
The wheeling and dealing of cool bike stuff has always been just as much fun to me as the creative building I've been able to do in the RRB Build Offs. Every build has a FSD trickle down economics geneaology with it.

 

[kingfish254]

You're confusing the issue. I could not duplicate my BBO Mongoose for what I've spent on it, and I wasn't scrimping. (Not done yet either.)

Value the art!

Think of it like this: If Jake got jealous, and was caught tossing it under a dump truck, how much would you ask the judge for as restitution?

The dang Columbia would fetch way over $500 (all crusty) around here.

OK, Maybe I'm a crappy judge. My wife says I spend a lot on my hobbies.

To be fair, I agree that if I did own Firewing, that with a little clean up I feel that I could get more for Firewing than $1000 right now.
I am honored that you appreciate the art of that build and both the dollar value and artistic value of my old build. Thanks man!!

 

[Ulu]

I wish I could appreciate these photos on my phone. I’ll have to go back to the office.

 

[kingfish254]

I wish I could appreciate these photos on my phone. I’ll have to go back to the office.

Hope I don't chew up your data plan brother.

 

[kingfish254]

I was getting tired of having to lean my bike against stuff, so I took the butterfly kickstand off of HEXtreme. I put the adjustable feet back on it and it works perfectly.

 

[kingfish254]

First test with both skirt fins mocked up

 

[Ulu]

Hope I don't chew up your data plan brother.

I've got WiFi, but limited cache and bandwidth. The constant flushing slows things way down.

I live far from downtown, and only get 2 bars on the iPhone in the boatyard. Just one if I'm in the welding shed.
(It's like a bloody Faraday cage with a Foil vapor barrier!)

But I can let the desktop load multiple pages while I go cook, then come back & see Savannah later.
I cannot resist architecture any more than bikes.

 

[kingfish254]

I've got WiFi, but limited cache and bandwidth. The constant flushing slows things way down.

I live far from downtown, and only get 2 bars on the iPhone in the boatyard. Just one if I'm in the welding shed.
(It's like a bloody Faraday cage with a Foil vapor barrier!)

But I can let the desktop load multiple pages while I go cook, then come back & see Savannah later.
I cannot resist architecture any more than bikes.

We are definitely loaded with cool old architecture here. And I've always tried to show it off in my pics.

 

[kingfish254]

Once I got the skirt fins mocked up I was looking at the left one and liked the "heat shield" that it provided for the wheel. So I proceded to test mockup the OCC electric exhaust pipes on that side. I think it kinda balances out the gap under the fin and visually balances this side with the chainguard on the other side. We'll see if it sticks or not. I kinda like it.

Tested with the kickstand folded up too. They kinda mimic each other.