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I painted it using Ranthane. It's a single stage polyurethane designed for the fabric covered airplanes we usually work on. The color is called Forest Green.

Done......

Been quite a while since I've worked on the bike, but last week I decided it was time to take it apart and start getting it finished. Got it apart, primed, painted and mocked up before final assembly. Gotta let the paint cure a little bit more before lettering and striping, but it sure looks...

There's a lot more force on the engine chain than I could ever apply to the pedal side. Any kind of tensioner for the engine side is something that has to be cobbled together, but keeping the tension on the pedal side is easy and the parts are available right off the shelf. I've been riding...

What I'd like to find, is a small sprocket with a bearing to use as the tensioning idler. The skateboard wheel is a lot better that the bushed pulley that came with the engine, but it's still a little clunky looking. I also need to work on the clearances between the chains and the tire. Right...

That sounds like a good idea. The chain tension on the pedals isn't nearly as critical as the engine. The thing I liked about the turnbuckle was that I could adjust it without needing tools, but the idler wheel is working a lot harder than it ever would be on the pedal side.

So after reading through the build threads, I got the itch real bad to build a board track style bike. One of my hangar neighbors had this old Schwinn cruiser that he used for cruising around the airport. I told him I needed it for a higher cause, so he donated it to the project. This is the...

I stumbled across you guys a couple of weeks ago and have had a blast looking through the builds. I've always loved the look of the board track racers, so I couldn't wait to get started on a project. The projects I work on for my "day job" are normally pretty long term, sometimes taking...