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Skunk in action ‘y’all dizzy yet..’

Saturday update: ‘Skunk’ done (non competitor - for the bairn) ‘Jackhammer’ not Been playing around today with home made springer solution. In theory I think it will work, just need to sort the forks at the bottom and the bracket. Going to save the triple tree for another occasion :)...

That’s a good idea. I have another spring spare so I think I’ll take a look at that. Also thinking of seeing if it’s possible to add another crank ring into the second BB to see if I can run a cog between the drive train and the rear hub been playing around with ideas for a while but I need to...

It’s been a slow few weeks for me. Lots of distraction at work and home but I’ve been ticking away When I first started I thought the build off target completion was miles away but it’s getting closer and I’m realising I need to kick into gear! I’ve been round and round on the plan for the forks...

Bugger me. They rust quick done ‘em

👍 All done and added :)

Yep I guess You’re right, not like I’m planning to race any mountains or enter the Tour De France ! ;) Challenge I have is that the triple tree is too short (head tube) for the frame. plane was to use this as the main steer and hang the standard forks but have had to swap Was looking ad 2 x...

Very quick update. Am going for the stretch idea and have some ideas on how to fix without compromising the original frame. getting obsessed with cleaning up the steel now! No springer fork, mock up was too heavy, instead going to look at ratting some rear suspension. Fallen in love with the...

It’s been a slow couple of weeks for me unfortunately. Summers here and so I have been concentrating on the build for the little one. Nearly done now though and all I need to do is put it all back together. progress so far is I’ve taken it from this… to this…. (Which I have affectionately...

These are tyres I was looking at And these are the ones I eventually plumped for...

Thank you so much for the advice and taking the time to explain it all. I was wondering if the lugs were something that were clouding my judgement on width. ive a lot of other ideas for the build and in the end decided to bottle out of the creme wide wheels and have got some more conservative...

Thanks for the advice on this. I’ll admit after a few days I decided not to go too wide on the tyres as it stood to compromise my other ideas for the build. just arrived today I have 24x2.125 whitewalls which should look chunky enough when finished ! I really like the creme as they reminded me...

Had intended to write a longer post after a no progress week, but instead thought I would just post my build’s ‘mood wall’ hope to have more to share after the weekend !

Wow! That’s wicked. Thanks for the inspiration. I have a spare rear from a suspension bike so may give that a go ! nice one :)

Sunny Bank Holiday Weekend so I broke out the Nitro Mors (nasty pastie stuff). Every bit of advice I’ve read says don’t use it and just get it sand blasted, but I needed to experience it to realise everyone is right! After the Zombiefication of the frame I’m still sanding now But I am...

Sunny Bank Holiday Weekend so I broke out the Nitro Mors (nasty pastie stuff). Every bit of advice I’ve read says don’t use it and just get it sand blasted, but I needed to experience it to realise everyone is right! After the Zombiefication of the frame I’m still sanding now But I am...

Okay. Day 1 sun was shining today and so made some starter progress on breaking down what I have for parts Am also working on the side to revamp Son #1 old bmx (he’s now as tall as me) for Son #2. I have strict design preferences from him, but makes sense to work on both together Looking to...

Haha. Fair play! How is the coast today? I’ve missed it this past year...

Good evening ! How’s the weather with you?

Thank you very much! Yep I made the seat post from and old handlebar stem. It didn’t fit inside the frame tube so I put it over a standard seat post and then drilled and bolted it into the tube to keep it place. I couldn’t find the right layback post for what I wanted so went for that !