Loving the videos! And I love the hubs:thumbsup: I was going to run that same rear hub with some 3 inch wide tires but Im too ocd to have an offset motor and I couldnt be bothered to engineer a solution. I cant wait to see it all laced up! Its so massively awesome:113:
I got a lot done today and i'm quite happy with how things are going even though I still have a LOT of work to do on the bike. First I cleaned up the tab and ground down the edges a bit to help with the weld penetration.
Some welds...
Some more welds...
Then I cut off the original stay...
A little more done today, but I got the important leveling and measuring parts done.
First I spaced the drop outs to match the upper stays' width...
Then I clamped them down and made sure everything was nice and level.
Busted out the cut off wheel again...
Everything was looking good so...
Great Scott! How have I missed this build until now?! Awesome fab skills bud, I love the clean lines you are making. Can't wait to see what else you have hiding up your sleeves!!!
Got a lil bit of work done today and made a reinforcement tab for the seat stays. I started with some CAD design:grin:
Transferred it to some 1/4 in plate and cut it out...
Et voilà, I think that should be strong enough o_O even though Ill still shove a long seat post down in the seat tube...
That explains it, I cant believe I missed your thread! So much epicness happening. Those wheels are so sick:eek::thumbsup: Sweet cad work too, wish I could do that:(
Because the top stays have the same curve as the bottom ones there are no clearance issues:dance2: I definitely didn't expect that, and I was prepared for more chopping. I love it when things just fall into place:)
I didn't get much time to work on the bike today, but I did get a cool high compression cnc head in the mail from gasbike.net. Ive never tried one of these before but it was only $60 bucks and looks really cool imo...
Back to the rear stays, I kind of messed up with the frame jig and I didnt...
Sweet I hope to see you there! There's gonna be a few ratrodbikers this year again...
Thanks kf!
Thanks! More progress coming today...
Hopefully! I really want to check that show out, just kind of busy with a lot of work...
Thanks bud!
Thanks Karfer! I had a lot of fun putting that...
Good progress today! First I spent a few hours making this simple frame jig with some random scrap metal I found a while ago. I knew it would come in handy eventually:).
Now it was time to bust out the cut off disc and do some frame chopping!:rockout:First I cut the tiny welds that were...