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And I cut the high tensile steel rods roughly to length to get a better idea of the angles and such. Next will be turning up a "Plug" that will have some handlebar attached at one end and an angle cut at the other end for the rods to weld too.... I am still adjusting the lines and angles... I...

I got back to the fenders a bit today... I had decided on a 5 sided profile and I had marked the laminated wood with the lines and cut the first outer angles last week, today I ground filed and sanded the other angles... first two shots are after angle grinding close to the lines... then filing...

And now I have the seat I can work on the handlebars so I cleared a space on the bench and did a mock up to see how it is going to work.... work in progress... the wires will be 6mm rods and the grips will be turned to shape yet and have leather binding...

My seat arrived from Portugal today! I love it. New old stock made in Portugal by Tabor seats. And I already have a can that might get covered in leather to make a toolbox...

I was not happy with the fork to handle bar clamp I had made so I made a new smaller one tonight.... I am going to drill and tap a hole in the back of the bottom "layer" and put a grub screw in the hole and through a hole in the fork and the stem and over to tighten against the inside of the...

I have made some progress again, I have the pedal centres glued in the wooden pedals, worked out a way of holding the outside and inside parallel while the glue went off... see lathe photo. Then after the glue went off I filled each end, to fill any voids... next after I clean up the ends is to...

Your sketch helped as I realised that a 9 inch pump was not in scale with the bike so I have ordered a 12 inch pump..... which will mean that the mounts will be in the centres of the top and bottom "frame triangles"... I like symmetry in these things.... I also realised that I don't just have to...

Finally some more progress.... Worked on the triangle pedals... cut the wood to shape to go together and carved out the inside to take the pedal shaft and bearings. Then made a jig to hold them for glueing and glued one up..... will do the other one tomorrow. I discovered I can pop the...

Great guys, I have 8 hours of water blasting a fence coming up right now so now I have something to think about while blasting!!! :)

Thanks man, that's good inspiration! Got me thinking down a few new paths. I think you will have to get a design credit on this bike :)

Anyone got some cleaver outside the box Art Deco way of holding a 9 inch chrome pump behind the seat tube?? I am thinking and looking at ways it's been done, but coming up with nothing interesting yet....

I am going ahead with my triangle pedals! First photo is the stack of oak laminated with the clamps off. Next shot is one face planned flat, getting it a uniform rectangle block. Then a scale drawing to work out the size to cut the wood. It does not have points but chrome brass quarter...

Making some 5 inch wooden and leather grips for the bike and I decided to use laminated oak to carry the same theme over the bike. First shot is the stacks of wood cut and thicknessed to size, I cut all the wood from a area next to a knot so I got some nice grain and alinged them so the nice...

Thinking about making my own pedals as a triangle of wood with art deco end cap and chrome quarter round stips on it.... like this but wood and better...

And this is the seat I hope to be able to get for the bike.... it's HUGE at about 430mm long that's about 17 inches!! Very long seat for a very long bike.... replica of a Brooks B80 I think.

I have had these pedals for a while and I think they might suit this project! Might do wooden bits to replace the rubbers...

And here is the rear fender in the former.... much longer than the front at 1.3 meters. It will come out of the former tomorrow and get cleaned up then both fenders will be ready for shaping. Last shot is the chain guard cleaned up ready to machine to shape. When I say shaping I will get...

The laminating of the chain guard and fenders has been going well.... First picture is the front fender in the former.... then out of the former and cleaned up with the grinder to get the resin off. Ready to machine to shape.

On the bell front I have decided to buy one of these bells that are mounted vertically (ideal for my bike with little handle bar room) and I will make two new Art Deco "bells" for it from brass and have them chromed. I have ordered a few from China...