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For the Electra bike, I wanted to test a chainring/chainwheel I designed to my liking. I designed it intuitively in regards to looks. I need to 'sharpen' the teeth in the lathe and then powdercoat it. This is a learning project for me. I love that it is so open! In the meantime, I...

And finally via Stakesy's in the UK I found the rollers! Sent an email and a couple of days later the rollers are here! Beefy! That means planning workshop arrangement and some final tooling. I have about 6 or 7 square meters for working on frames. The bending machine (swaying tubes!) Takes...

No engine, but a motorcycle basis ;)

As good as assembled. Testing soon. Now I really need to clean and rearrange my shack. Spacewise its a challenge... the Harley and the Davidsons made it work 100+ years ago :cool2:

Alright, I emailed a company with experienced bike builders my wishes for this frame in regards to brazing. They explained to me, that this situation is not ideal in regards to brazing since they need to heat up every part equally as much before adding with the stick. So I decided to weld this...

Wide bike lanes in my town. Cars get less space. Just out of my village and off to work! This is used for bikes only. Only cars for a few farm houses come here. Cycling lane next to a faster car road (cars drive 80km/hr here). You can't get a proper look at the separate car road on this...

Wow, I love this artwork :inlove:

Beautiful bike as it is :inlove: Lookin forward to your elbow grease. I still have a good condition coasterbrake like that. The sprocket with threads is pretty stuck.

I thought to myself; I'm busy as it is, not going build anything... Then my wife said: My bike feels nervous, I might want you to build something else... :43: I saw this for sale: 1940 Torpedo (frame only) Pinterest link: Torpedo Bicycle

Indeed, the lines look great!

I agree on your view there, haven't looked at it that way. Thanks! I cleaned and rearranged the shed since building frames here is quite a challenge space wise. For now the JIG is resting on two brackets on the wall, so my workbench is free again. I also spot-welded the sleeves in the frame...

A little update: The new ruff whitewall tires are on. These 26x3.0 are the most beautiful tires for a bike I have seen thusfar :inlove: The hub internals are cleaned and greased. The drive side (driver) small bearing was a little crusty. Its got a new cone and balls. The driver race is...

I will take some pictures on my next ride! Thanks for the encouragement :thumbsup:

The red in the Dutch flag is a cycle lane, is what I like to think :grin:

This is an interesting topic, although me posting pictures here seems... not fair 🇳🇱 :p

Build name: Rivet thing :21:

I put the 30mm tubes in the lathe and made them 29mm like the Electra frame. Wall thickness is now 1.5mm, also like the original. Back home, I cut the tubes to size and checked the sleeves. They fit perfectly! Incredibly satisfying :inlove: 38mm lower (chainstay) tube in the hydraulica...

Welcome on Ratrodbikes :thumbsup:

Tubing came in! 26mm for inner sleeves. 38mm for the chainstay part. I am pressing the 38mm a bit oval, like the original tube. 30x2mm for the top tubes. I will put these in the lathe so I can match it with 29mm original diameter. Perfectly tight. Light taps with the hammer. All sleeves...

I ordered tubing for the 'lengthening' of the Electra Ratrod bike. @Captain Awesome should I create another topic for the build of the Electra bike? Or just document it here, since it is a learning project? I also made drawings for the rollers. Since manufacturers have pricing for 'roller...