Yeah, but not for a bike. They're for the display cart I promised to build my daughter-in-law.
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Pre-School Chopper
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Wheels rolling along. Taking longer than I hoped, but they're getting there. Need to try to true them up some more, screw the rims to the plywood and mount the tires. Copper should work fine for hub bearings as the cart is more for display that transport. All thread cause I am using wing nuts to hold the wheels on (easy take down).
Then I need to build the cart by the first of November! LOL
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Then I need to build the cart by the first of November! LOL
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The cart wheels look great at this stage!
I won't lie. I like the cart project best! Part of it is that I've wanted a chariot since I was a little kid and saw Charlton Heston drifting one in the movies. I wonder if a new type of tandem is in order?
I won't lie. I like the cart project best! Part of it is that I've wanted a chariot since I was a little kid and saw Charlton Heston drifting one in the movies. I wonder if a new type of tandem is in order?
Haha ^ "Charlton Heston drifting one in the movies" ! 
That's priceless Rust Buzzard!
Handy, these wooden spoked wheels are awesome! Really great job on this. One question, how deep is the spoke flange that the rim will be drilled to? Have you thought about access to the air valve with a pump head?
An easy solution would be to make a notch in one of your openings so you can get a pump head down close enough to fill the tire. It will likely be unnoticeable once the cart is all put together.
You can barely notice the dip in these bmx mags where the valve comes up. Everyone will be staring at your awesome cart instead!
That's priceless Rust Buzzard!Handy, these wooden spoked wheels are awesome! Really great job on this. One question, how deep is the spoke flange that the rim will be drilled to? Have you thought about access to the air valve with a pump head?
An easy solution would be to make a notch in one of your openings so you can get a pump head down close enough to fill the tire. It will likely be unnoticeable once the cart is all put together.
You can barely notice the dip in these bmx mags where the valve comes up. Everyone will be staring at your awesome cart instead!
Yep. Woke up in the middle of the night last week with this on my mind. Then after a half hour or so, I thought of this...Haha ^ "Charlton Heston drifting one in the movies" !
Handy, these wooden spoked wheels are awesome! Really great job on this. One question, how deep is the spoke flange that the rim will be drilled to? Have you thought about access to the air valve with a pump head?
An easy solution would be to make a notch in one of your openings so you can get a pump head down close enough to fill the tire. It will likely be unnoticeable once the cart is all put together.
You can barely notice the dip in these bmx mags where the valve comes up. Everyone will be staring at your awesome cart instead!
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Not a horrible solution, but beware of the dreaded "P" word; plastic.
Also, by the time you drill a hole through your width of the 1/2" (?) plywood for this extension, you may not have any left at all.
(plywood, that is)
Personally, I would go with the 'dip' in the flange and have direct contact with your valve and pump head.
Also, by the time you drill a hole through your width of the 1/2" (?) plywood for this extension, you may not have any left at all.
(plywood, that is)
Personally, I would go with the 'dip' in the flange and have direct contact with your valve and pump head.
The plywood is 3/4" but I may just do the dip. That was my first thought. Flange is 2" tall. Also considered cutting out the dip a bit wide and saving the piece to fit back in place to hide the valve all together. Maybe a small screw to keep it in place?
Auto parts store also has chrome plated steel extensions, which were my first choice, but the label said not for use with brass valves. Maybe that only applies to 18 wheelers and monster trucks?
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Auto parts store also has chrome plated steel extensions, which were my first choice, but the label said not for use with brass valves. Maybe that only applies to 18 wheelers and monster trucks?
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Wood mags on a bike would be off the chart cool....
That comes whenever I get around to building a wooden bike!
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Bought a new conduit bender to day and thought I would try bending the lil chopper forks.
Not gonna happen. The bender broke.
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Not gonna happen. The bender broke.
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Ohhhhhhh, snap!
Got the wheels mostly done today (took a vacation day to get some more work done). Just before the sun went down I messed around with the chopper some more. Lay back seat post and old school seat. Got the extensions dialed in better. Started messing with another bike and some parts. Place is starting to look like a Munchkin biker bar! LOL!!!
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Gratuitous wood wheel photo.
Is there some other place here I can post the cart project, or at least the making of the wheels? Probably need to clean this thread up.
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Is there some other place here I can post the cart project, or at least the making of the wheels? Probably need to clean this thread up.
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The Builds forum on the Forums home page would work Andy.
Okay, so what is the trick to using the conduit bender on the forks? Got a replacement at Home Depot today. Standing on the fork and pulling up on the bender, the fork is lifting off the ground, but not bending.
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Rainy afternoon. Stopped by a yard sale advertising old bikes, trikes and wagons. Unfortunately by the time we got there the stuff was pretty picked over. Crusty 26" Flightliner looked pretty complete and a 24" skip tooth boys bike looked pretty decent, but both were spoken for. Everything else was late model Chinese or rusted out yard art.
But I did pick up a cool little nanner seat for the chopper for $5!
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But I did pick up a cool little nanner seat for the chopper for $5!
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Stuff your thread with cart builds, salsa recipes and children's biker bar stories. We've got 4 months bro. My threads get a lot of views because they're off topic as much as they are on. Keeps it interesting. I wanna know how it will be painted...
Carl.
Carl.
As far as the bender...
When you pull back on the bender, your stub of "conduit" will bend upwards. So imagine the tip of your fork as the stub. Now you can slide the bender back towards the head tube to move the inside of the bend further up the fork if you want. I usually get the original bend in the fork tucked right in the curve of the bender, so as I pull up on the bender it bends the orig bend even further. Also less likely to kink that way. Practice on a ratty fork first.
Carl.
When you pull back on the bender, your stub of "conduit" will bend upwards. So imagine the tip of your fork as the stub. Now you can slide the bender back towards the head tube to move the inside of the bend further up the fork if you want. I usually get the original bend in the fork tucked right in the curve of the bender, so as I pull up on the bender it bends the orig bend even further. Also less likely to kink that way. Practice on a ratty fork first.
Carl.
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