(BOTEN) 1965 AMF/Roadmaster Skyrider -- Adios Mother!

[RustySprockets]

Dragging out this almost bare frame from American Machine & Foundry for my first foray into the world of Rat Rod Bike build-offs. Nothing spectacular, but the deadline will help keep me focused and should prove to be a lot of fun. If I manage to get one vote--other than my own--I will finish quite satisfied! Good luck to all competitors...it's going to be an anxious three months!

 

[Glen]

Wow... you're keen. Congratulations on being the first to start a build thread.

That's a nice frame... looking forward to seeing progress.

Good luck and have fun

Glen.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Cool starting point!

Luke.

 

[deven_science]

Believe me, you won't have a spare vote to give one to yourself. There are always so many amazing builds, you'll burn up all three with others. You'll just have to rely on others to get one.

 

[Funkme]

Great starting point,lets see where you with this.

 

[kingfish254]

First horse out of the gate. Good luck.

 

[gowjobs]

Adios Mother? BadMan reference? Watching.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Good plan, have fun!

 

[HuffDaddy]

Great start! Lookin forward to seeing what components you use to finish it!

 

[RustySprockets]

Got it broken down. The seat tube cooperated but that stem was a bear! Need to scour the co-op parts bin for interesting pieces and nice set of wheels.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Those are such cool frames, would love to see one with a microdrive set up some day, the small chainring would allow the curve before the bottom bracket to shine through...

Luke.

 

[RustySprockets]

You never know what you'll stumble upon at the co-op. I still kick myself for not grabbing this quirky piece of bicycle history for free. Yup, it really is a 9-speed radially-expanding chainring and crank. Weird.

 

[kingfish254]

You never know what you'll stumble upon at the co-op. I still kick myself for not grabbing this quirky piece of bicycle history for free. Yup, it really is a 9-speed radially-expanding chainring and crank. Weird.

Never heard of such a thing. Cool.

 

[Glen]

Never heard of such a thing. Cool.

Me either. So I looked it up online and found this explanation video of a 15 speed one...



Fascinating

Glen.

 

[BARTO]

Wow, someone has a serious engineering background..super interesting

 

[kingfish254]

Have you started playing with that radial gear crank yet?

 

[0gre]

You never know what you'll stumble upon at the co-op. I still kick myself for not grabbing this quirky piece of bicycle history for free. Yup, it really is a 9-speed radially-expanding chainring and crank. Weird.

Just found you b/c of the build off map neighbor! What/where is this co-op you speak of??

 

[RustySprockets]

I did get to play with that radial gear a bit, but it never functioned as smoothly as the video suggests. I was also a little suspect of the plastic construction.

The bike the ring was mounted on had been robbed of its chain tensioner, so I did what any self-respecting bike nut would do--I substituted a derailleur. The intent was to add a six-speed freewheel cluster rear and have the nine-speed at the front...54 combinations! It would have worked, too, but other projects beckoned.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

The intent was to add a six-speed freewheel cluster rear and have the nine-speed at the front...54 combinations!

54!

Luke.

 

[RustySprockets]

Well, I made some progress but it's pretty clear this build won't even get off the ground in the time I have left. Discovered lots of pinholes in the tank after de-rusting, but I'll work all that out, eventually. A little bummed about the false start, but it isn't the first and I'm sure I'm in good company. Maybe next time.