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Streets and Sanitation did a good job getting those streets clean, the bike lanes on South Chicago Ave were cleaner than the car lanes. Good Luck on Sunday when it's -30 wind chill & more snow.

Lovely

Thanks chips_mahoy for coming up with the Zoo lights event, everyone that got photos up. Carl's are excellent, because my bike is included. The "new" forum was a discussion topic over pizza at Brick's, and Hot drinks at Starbuck. Great time,

Upright bars are in its future, installed upside down, dark brown grips and a chainguard. Plus lots of polishing, those white tires do look good too. I like the prehistoric pull chain derailleur so it will stay. Have to find a pump to fill the brazen ons. Expected completion, in time for Meadow...

Found this at a Radiator repair shop, 1960's ish Raleigh, 5 speed Simplex derailleur, Hulshof saddle, 20 1/2 inch frame.

That's Really Sweet!!

Re: Chicago TailDraggers 2013** Next Ride NOV. 9th Oak Park The weather turned out great for a ride,in Chicago,in November, great meeting new participants to the Taildraggers Monthly Ride! Hanging out in front of the bike shop Sweet Paramount I guess these aren't good bikes, Barnard has had...

The wheel looks fantastic!! Great Job!

Re: Chicago TailDraggers 2013 ** Next RIDE OCTOBER 26TH * I'm in, see you Taildraggers on Saturday. That's a lot of work, XC204, I would be over to help on Saturday but I'll be out riding my bike. :D Hey Verrt, riding is not mandatory, stop by for lunch.

Welcome from the suburbs :D

That's Kool! Big fan of anything high flange.

Welcome to Chicago, Hopefully this link will connect you to the the Chicago Taildraggers Bicycle Club Monthly events page on Ratrodbikes. Or like us on Facebook. In the planning stage for October's event, maybe we will see you there. viewtopic.php?f=5&t=67383&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Re: DYNO Mountain bike to 26" BMX Build. HOME MADE STEM? LTJ, nice work on the fork and the stem. You are going to strip that pink paint off ? Right ?

And couple of pics, a rest stop along the ride. Action shots! Great group ride, excellent route (Thanks XC204 ) Big Thank you to SlyRed for organizing and asking the Chicago Taildraggers to be a part of the event.

Thanks to all for the compliments, soon there will be welding, then it's going to get ugly. Now on to the frame. Nice curved pipe just needs to be in the right spot. Cut off the top tube and using it to continue the curve, trying to follow the front tire. Whoa, All chopped up,That looks more...

36 spoke holes laid out on masking tape, stuck on to get the least interference with screws that hold the rims together. Repositioned so only 2 spoke holes had to get moved over 2 or 3 mm. All screws in, spoke holes drilled, demurred. Better shot of the installed height of screw heads. 4...

Luke, Thanks for the idea. The spikes are a little medieval for me. WD-40 and steel wool took the rust off the rim half. Started spacing the width with 2 pencil lines 1/4 inch apart down the center of the widener. That required pulling 1 rim side off and fighting it back on. That got the width...

Thanks Luke, count on the rim strip to be a homemade solution. (cheap ) Looking for small Allen head bolts and nuts or rivets, either method, strong enough to hold, easy to protect from the tube, and not terribly ugly on the outside. XC204, if I would have had a longer, stiffer blade for the...

Aluminum strip was 72 inches long and about 53 inches are needed to go around the rim. Bent around and pressed rim halves on. Really tight fit and no gap where the strip comes together. With the 2 halves touching, the 2 inch wide aluminum hangs over. Spacing them 1/4 inch apart, makes the...

Widening this rim using the same method OneHorsePower used, and in the how- to section. Started with a few hacksaw cuts up to the radius. Then bent this section out to get the cut started. Used my sawzall clamped down on the bench with a blade guide to not take off too much material and get it...