yoothgeye
I build stuff.
Hey guys, I know I haven't been around in a while, sorry about that, but you know, life.
I am still working on bikes regularly and just today finished changing the 20th Fuji cruiser from a 44 tooth to 36 tooth sprocket, grease, break chain, adjust, and ready to ride. Now the city has 20 loaner bikes for our local Canal Trail.
This afternoon I decided to take 2 bikes that were give to me a couple weeks ago and combine them with some other parts to do a really quick build. I will add some small details to the bike later, but in under 2 hours I took 2 non-riding bikes and made a pretty cool 3 speed roller brake rat rod.
Let's begin.
I started out with these 2 bikes that were given to me. The Huffy I saw a few years ago for service when I put the white wall tires on it (from my stash) for a lady in church and cleaned and tuned the bike. It has a Shimano 3 speed positron with roller brake (I believe that's the correct terminology, it functions like a coaster brake). The Murray belonged to the husband, he said he bought it new and remembers riding it once, I believe it's a 1992, it is USA made. Both had flat tires.
Okay, who puts the fender supports on the inside of the forks? I am trying to save the chrome fenders for a lady in town who had her bike stolen just before Christmas, someone gave her their old Murray and I got it ready for her, but it didn't have fenders like she is used to. Because these supports were inside the fork dropouts I had to pull the wheel down and it bent the fender.
I grabbed a peaked front fender from my shop that I had pinstriped for the last build-off that I didn't finish. The rear is on the bike, but because of the rat trap springer I didn't use this front, I hate to waste it, so mounting it this way, I've got a bobber.
I grabbed a fork from the shop but the steerer looked too short so I thought I would cut the head tube. The last Murray I did this to (a 1976) had the top tube and down tube crimped inside the head tube and the crimps interfered with my cups, luckily the inside of this headtube was smooth top to bottom.
Quick and dirty hack job from top and bottom, looks short enough right? Hmmm, maybe I should have measured.
Here's my fork from a 16" Schwinn Stingray OCC Chopper bike. I ran this fork on a motorized bike bike and evidently it had a much shorter head tube since my steerer wouldn't even come above the top cut.
Did I mention that I emptied out my local bike shop after it closed? Well, that happened, so I got some parts, like these old NOS stem riser things. One of these might remedy my problem.
I forgot it had big dropouts, that's why I never throw these things away, I don't know what they are supposed to be called, but I call them top hat washers.
Evidently I didn't get a photo (sun was going down) but I cut off more of fork's steerer and inserted the riser, I left out the wedge and just welded it in place. The outside of the riser is a 1 1/8" threadless, but it wasn't made to be, it was made for quill stems, I got lucky. Anyway, it fits.
Very quickly I went to my handlebar stash (last count was over 50 bars, before cleaning out the bike shop) and right on top was the bar from my first rat rod bike build, it's a stainless steel bar off of a 1987 Yamaha Waverunner. Nothing is more rat rod than using boat parts on cars/bikes. Threw the shifter cable on and took it for a spin. Rides nice, still some things I will add and mod, but this happened in under 2 hours as I was watching kids, cooking dinner, and going to pick up a kid from swim practice.
Needs saddle (or just clean the mildew from that one) and some pedals, maybe a chainwheel swap, etc...
Good stance.
That white on the upper seat stay is a sticker from the store, haha.
Not bad for a quick build.
Then I threw it in the shop, time for dinner.
I'll try not to be a stranger.
I am still working on bikes regularly and just today finished changing the 20th Fuji cruiser from a 44 tooth to 36 tooth sprocket, grease, break chain, adjust, and ready to ride. Now the city has 20 loaner bikes for our local Canal Trail.
This afternoon I decided to take 2 bikes that were give to me a couple weeks ago and combine them with some other parts to do a really quick build. I will add some small details to the bike later, but in under 2 hours I took 2 non-riding bikes and made a pretty cool 3 speed roller brake rat rod.
Let's begin.
I started out with these 2 bikes that were given to me. The Huffy I saw a few years ago for service when I put the white wall tires on it (from my stash) for a lady in church and cleaned and tuned the bike. It has a Shimano 3 speed positron with roller brake (I believe that's the correct terminology, it functions like a coaster brake). The Murray belonged to the husband, he said he bought it new and remembers riding it once, I believe it's a 1992, it is USA made. Both had flat tires.
Okay, who puts the fender supports on the inside of the forks? I am trying to save the chrome fenders for a lady in town who had her bike stolen just before Christmas, someone gave her their old Murray and I got it ready for her, but it didn't have fenders like she is used to. Because these supports were inside the fork dropouts I had to pull the wheel down and it bent the fender.
I grabbed a peaked front fender from my shop that I had pinstriped for the last build-off that I didn't finish. The rear is on the bike, but because of the rat trap springer I didn't use this front, I hate to waste it, so mounting it this way, I've got a bobber.
I grabbed a fork from the shop but the steerer looked too short so I thought I would cut the head tube. The last Murray I did this to (a 1976) had the top tube and down tube crimped inside the head tube and the crimps interfered with my cups, luckily the inside of this headtube was smooth top to bottom.
Quick and dirty hack job from top and bottom, looks short enough right? Hmmm, maybe I should have measured.
Here's my fork from a 16" Schwinn Stingray OCC Chopper bike. I ran this fork on a motorized bike bike and evidently it had a much shorter head tube since my steerer wouldn't even come above the top cut.
Did I mention that I emptied out my local bike shop after it closed? Well, that happened, so I got some parts, like these old NOS stem riser things. One of these might remedy my problem.
I forgot it had big dropouts, that's why I never throw these things away, I don't know what they are supposed to be called, but I call them top hat washers.
Evidently I didn't get a photo (sun was going down) but I cut off more of fork's steerer and inserted the riser, I left out the wedge and just welded it in place. The outside of the riser is a 1 1/8" threadless, but it wasn't made to be, it was made for quill stems, I got lucky. Anyway, it fits.
Very quickly I went to my handlebar stash (last count was over 50 bars, before cleaning out the bike shop) and right on top was the bar from my first rat rod bike build, it's a stainless steel bar off of a 1987 Yamaha Waverunner. Nothing is more rat rod than using boat parts on cars/bikes. Threw the shifter cable on and took it for a spin. Rides nice, still some things I will add and mod, but this happened in under 2 hours as I was watching kids, cooking dinner, and going to pick up a kid from swim practice.
Needs saddle (or just clean the mildew from that one) and some pedals, maybe a chainwheel swap, etc...
Good stance.
That white on the upper seat stay is a sticker from the store, haha.
Not bad for a quick build.
Then I threw it in the shop, time for dinner.
I'll try not to be a stranger.
