FrankenHiggins is FrankenFinished

[hammer mechanic]

Got my cog loose from the hub. Had to come up with a device to hold the driver while I pounded on it with a piece of brass.

Finally, suckcess.

I just flipped it around and put it back together. It should be good for another 65 years.
By the way, the thread on the sprocket is right handed. The thread on the retainer ring is left handed.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Nice work panel beating that dent.

Luke.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Thanks, now I need to dust off my old welder.

 

[Chad T]

Has anyone done a rear disc brake conversion? or would I be better off cutting the whole rear triangle off of something else?, or stick with one of my other two options? I guess I will go check out some yard sales and think about it.

There is a simple adaptor you can get. I just made one for my alum bike. On a steel frame welding on a mount should be simple. A rotor that's round on the outside makes it easier to line up and get the angle right.

That's a great klunker donor there for sure.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Tried out the mtb wheelset/fork. Not really feeling it. Maybe with a rigid fork but not this one.

Going to keep the triple tree fork and coaster setup for now.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Wheel/tire sneak peek:

 

[hammer mechanic]

Nothing earthshaking going on here, but I did get my new seatpost made today. Started with 5/8" round bar and added some heat:

Bent to desired angle:

Cut to length and presto!

I believe that this will be my front hub. It came from a Next BMX bike. Cheap but I like it. Will not stay this color.

Got all measurements taken and spokes are on the way.

 

[OneHorsePower]

Gj on the post ! Hub look great indeed !

 

[Missing Link]

I'm loving this build so far, the Jetflow frame is probably my all time favorite frame. Combined with the triple tree, looks great, very aggressive. Will the exerciser chaining find it's way back onto this build? I think that would bump the aggression dial to an 11. Maybe fill those little holes with chrome license plate bullets kinda like old school Cragar spider caps?

 

[hammer mechanic]

I've been itching to put that 65T sprocket on something. I think that I may have tried it on this Higgins frame but had clearance issues, I'm not sure. I was planning on keeping the skiptooth setup, but with the triple tree up front, it seems like two different bikes to me. I'm thinking of switching to a more modern setup with a Sturmey Archer two speed and a three piece crank.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Almost forgot, this came in the mail today.

I believe they came from a Felt Speedway. New takeoffs. Too bad the seller didn't have any of those zig zag tires for sale.

 

[G-Matt]

Cool bars nice curvy flow


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[hammer mechanic]

Tried on bars. Need a stem for 22.2 bars but blue tape will work for now.

And just for fun:

 

[Missing Link]

There's some 52 tooth chainrings out there, a bit of girth, but clearance as well. Just ask around. Or go modern, three piece cranks and chainrings sound cool as well.

 

[hammer mechanic]

There's some 52 tooth chainrings out there, a bit of girth, but clearance as well. Just ask around. Or go modern, three piece cranks and chainrings sound cool as well.

The skip tooth I have on there is a 26, which is equivalent to the 52. Not really that big of a jump to 65. Had to shim to the drive side a bit and only had enough clearance on the opposite side because of a heavy wear spot on the frame where the crank was hitting the frame. Could probably find a wider crank.

 

[hammer mechanic]

I guess I am going down this 65T rabbit hole. I apologize to josh_from_ga who is featuring a 65T ring on his build. I should apologize to everyone, since I have never had an original idea to date. With that being said, here is how I was able to get more clearance for my chainring. First I yanked the crank out of an old Huffy mtb.

I hoped that the spacing was wider and it was. Old dogleg crank was shot anyway.

It was actually installed on the Huffy with some thick washers which I reused. Spacing looks pretty good. Drive side:

Non drive side:

Added benefit of the Huffy was that the small ring of the old gearset happened to be a 30T which I may be able to turn into a rear sprocket. Has a lot of offset built in though.

I didn't think the Higgins guard looked right with the big sprocket so I tried this one. No fenders:

With rear fender:

With both fenders:

 

[Missing Link]

The chainring/guard combo looks sick, I love it. On the fenders my vote goes to all or nothing. I'm not sure that I've seen many bikes with triple trees and full fenders, that's pretty cool. But no fenders just looks plain mean whatever way you go this is shaping up to be a very cool build.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Thanks ML. I like it without the fenders for sure. I would like to give the fenders a chance. They are just barely hanging on there right now, so they look a little weird. When I get my rear wheel and chainline sorted out, I can see what the fenders will really look like.
I don't like how the front fender is so much lower than the rear. Plus I don't understand why the front has a ducktail and the rear doesn't. The paint/patina is a match on both, maybe a mismatched set from way back?

 

[OddJob]

The 'no fender look' has a tough, fast, get the h-e-double toothpicks out of my way! Just the guard and sprocket with the tires bare draws your eyes down and to the center....like right now!!

 

[deven_science]

Yes to fenders.