Camel Toe

[Vonpotter]

Hey look. Another Build-off and I happen to be working on somethin. Great timing!

Is this going to win? Nope. Is it going to place anywhere near the top? Not a chance. But I'm building it and that's what really matters.

I snagged this cool Camelback Twin Top Tuber Hawthorne frame off CL recently (hence the name)

With Ugly AMF dropouts

And I stripped it down and took a brief mockup

Remember how I said the AMF dropouts were ugly? Well they're going bye-bye

The plan is to make a simple single speed / fixed gear with 700 or 29" tires on it and make a simple, quick bike that I can ride with the roadies, and still have an old bike with some style. There won't be any geegaw on this thing, I can assure you of that

 

[OddJob]

Welcome to the fray! We need a 9er in this build off....!

 

[OneHorsePower]

Nice start ! i like your plan
would like to build a bike like that , but i always end up with to much ideas and cool , but overweight parts on them

 

[gowjobs]

There won't be any geegaw on this thing, I can assure you of that

Following for lack of geegawcity.

 

[Chad T]

Is this going to win? Nope. Is it going to place anywhere near the top? Not a chance. But I'm building it and that's what really matters.

Join the club. I think most of us get into these just for the fun of it. Gives you a chance to show what you're going and get some ideas.

This looks like a cool build.... ....Love that frame.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looking good, love the plan.

Luke.

 

[Wildcat]

I believe that's a Hawthorne badged Rollfast (Snyder), not AMF. I like the new dropouts though.

I understand completely about making a build off winning bike. If I get 3 votes I'm doing great.

 

[RustySprockets]

I gotta admit, I love the name...and I would'a stolen it, too, for a future bent-back build. Now it looks like I'm stuck with "Hump Day."

 

[Vonpotter]

Just waiting on parts at this point....

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[sdframe]

Sweet and simple. Looking forward to the end product.

 

[Vonpotter]

Progress:

That's not the fork I had originally planned, but thats how it goes. Hard to squeeze a 35c tire into a fork designed for 23c tires.

Either way, I"ll cut it down, retap it, and rock it until something better comes along. It will also not stay campus green.

 

[OddJob]

....ahhhh, drop bars. We've got a retro monster-crosser in the works here...

 

[Vonpotter]

Thanks man. My go to rig is a Surly Karate Monkey with Salsa Woodchippers on it. So I guess I am into the whole Monster Cross thing

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[kingfish254]

I agree with Wildcat that it's probably a Rollfast/Snyder built frame. Don't think I've seen one quite like it , but I love the twin top tubes and styling of it.
The new dropouts are killer!

 

[Missing Link]

Definitely Snyder dropouts. Love the new ones, and looking slick with the drop bars. I always wanted to do a camel back frame w/ pista bars and a drop stem, now I get to see what it would look like, sorta.