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A little more work done. Brakes, cranks, and bear trap pedals. I need to route the cables and add the chain.

The fork won't accept a drum brake, so it will be caliper or v brakes. They also won't spread open for the wider hub, so a normal front...

Cool! Tire forward with those long tangs. Will add a couple inches to the wheel base.

Same here, I never knew about that term until the other day looking for info.

Wow! Really? Too cool. I just learned something new.

So I decided to enter the ORBO competition this year. I already started on the frame a while ago. Its my learning project: Learning to...

Yet a staggered wheel set has been a thing since before mtbs existed. It was from the chopper (bike and motorcycle) world.

The mullet term comes from mountain bikers

That’s called a staggered wheel set. I build them all the time for the custom bike world.

Looks good like that!

This bike looks so fricking fun! You could use the space in the frame and rear triangle for bags and call it a tourer or you could build...

The fork for the F4U finally showed up. It's the heaviest I could find and it looks to be good quality.

The wheels are relaced and ready to go for truing at the shop. These both use the same 258mm spokes, even though the 27.5 rim is larger...

Okay, then we're talking about the same video. Alright, thanks! That's super helpful! I've got a bunch of 24 inch wheels I took apart...

I knew the MRI was almost over because my favorite solo came up on Comfortably Numb. I was right and missed most of it but I was happy...