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Rule #1 rear tire must be bigger then front.
Cut a 15" truck rim in half and added 8" band in center.
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Stopped at the local hot rod / race shop the other day looking for an inner tube. Hoosier brand tube for a 15x15 tire is $90 (my whole budget) so I left. Driving home went past the John Deere dealership and noticed all the manure wagons had huge tires on them. $18.95 tube from John Deere.
 
So as I was saying I have been digging through my old sprocket ideas and have put some wheel center ideas together.
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Want to do the zombie wheels but whole zombie thing is getting old.
If I do the star front wheels I will probably put single star plates in rear.
Any opinions?
 
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Well I'm really not into the whole 'zombie' thing, so they'd be out for me... at least the front one would, I quite like the design for the rear. Perhaps that front and rear? o_O

I reckon spiders and webs are a bit ho-hum too.

If it were me, I'd probably go for something like this Murray chainring design...

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Perhaps a bit plain... but that's me... plain and simple :blush:

I kind of like how it looks like a connectivity symbol...

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:nerd:

But out of your choices, I'd go 'rear zombie' front and rear.

Glen.
 
I like the spidey option. That theme could probably be brought through in different aspects on this build as well.
 
So as I was saying I have been digging through my old sprocket ideas and have put some wheel center ideas together.
Want to do the zombie wheels but whole zombie thing is getting old.
If I do the star front wheels I will probably put single star plates in rear.
Any opinions?
If your inspiration is old school dragster like the photo in post #8, I would stay away from the cartoon looking centers like zombies, spiders etc.

Maybe a 2D cut out interpretation of the classic Halibrand wheels. Nothing is more iconic than old dragsters with Halibrands in my opinion!
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If your inspiration is old school dragster like the photo in post #8, I would stay away from the cartoon looking centers like zombies, spiders etc.

Maybe a 2D cut out interpretation of the classic Halibrand wheels. Nothing is more iconic than old dragsters with Halibrands in my opinion!
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Oh yeah... that's a brilliant idea :thumbsup:

Glen.
 
Well it IS a muscle bike competition so... Taking cues from existing muscle bikes, I think the mag option is a good one. Schwinn came out with the 5 Spoked mag sprocket and it has been copied more than once. I think the Halibrands are cool, another style would be the old magnesium slots
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also how about matching the wheel you plan on using on the back?

Carl.
 

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