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I like those bars and of course the entire bike is cool too .
I call them clubman bars just flipped upwards .

Thanks

I used classic flipped Clubman bars on Flex-Liner 7 back in BO7

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For Western Sizzler, I had Chop Shop Customs make some custom pointy bars with zero pull back to them.

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In between Machinist careers, I was an EET...my job was to keep the EEs flowing in the right direction. :grin:

Done that too. Flunked out of Georgia Tech the first time around and got an EET in Savannah and worked as an Instrument Tech at a local plant. Then after two years of that, I went back for my BSEE and earned it two months after my 10 year high school reunion :D .

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Done that too. Flunked out of Georgia Tech the first time around and got an EET in Savannah and worked as an Instrument Tech at a local plant. Then after two years of that, I went back for my BSEE and earned it two months after my 10 year high school reunion :D .

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It’s strange how much focus there is on drinking in college. I went to USU where half the kids did not drink and half the kids drank too much.

I was only 16 when I started college, and for a while I was going to high school and college at the same time. I never actually was a 12th grader. I wasn’t into drinking at all.

If you’ve never lived in Utah, you don’t know that in order to buy liquor you have to buy it from a state cop at a state liquor store. But you only needed to be 18.

When I finished college, I moved to California, and found out I was still too young to drink here. I was 20 years old, drawing trusses, and writing code for a semi-automated production line that built tract house walls from lumber and nails.
 
It’s strange how much focus there is on drinking in college. I went to USU where half the kids did not drink and half the kids drank too much.

I was only 16 when I started college, and for a while I was going to high school and college at the same time. I never actually was a 12th grader. I wasn’t into drinking at all.

If you’ve never lived in Utah, you don’t know that in order to buy liquor you have to buy it from a state cop at a state liquor store. But you only needed to be 18.

When I finished college, I moved to California, and found out I was still too young to drink here. I was 20 years old, drawing trusses, and writing code for a semi-automated production line that built tract house walls from lumber and nails.

The "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" song has it's roots in a song from 1895 (from an old English/Scottish drinking song), but was first published at Tech in 1908.
 
That’s pretty cool, because I don’t recall that our Mormon college had an official drinking song. (The unofficial ones were not PG.)

I was a Baptist from Kentucky, by the way. Sour mash is kind of a southern tradition...
 
Moved some more stuff in my shop so that I could dig a little deeper and find some parts. Pulled out some test parts for @Dr. Tankenstein, then got a seatpost and post clamp for my Uncle Stretch frame.

Even though I knew i wouldn't use it, I just had to try this fatty saddle. Not right for this build but wanted a mounted photo for future reference.

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I knew early on that the proper saddle for this frame was going to be one of my Lepper Primus mega springers (or PHAT clone in this case).

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Slid the bar mockup back on and leveled them out more. It is almost looking like a bike now. I can already tell that the riding position on this is gonna be great.


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I also finally found the fat fender I kept from the Felt Speedway that I flipped.

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I’ve been trying to figure out that little infill panel on the seat stays. It looks a lot stranger to me with that round fender up against it.

I think it’s just begging for a disguise or a swoopy modification.
 
Pulled the Rockabilly out to compare riding geometry. This bike is gonna be perfect in that regard.

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I’ve been trying to figure out that little infill panel on the seat stays. It looks a lot stranger to me with that round fender up against it.

I think it’s just begging for a disguise or a swoopy modification.

Yeah, that little panel was a silly addition by a previous owner. Been meaning to remove it and just did.

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Did a rough mockup with the bat tank idea too.

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Now you just have to hit something with that bat hard enough to bend a little bit, so it fits.

Need to look inside first and see what kind of core it might have. This is a pretty cheap bat, so I am assuming it's a one piece bat.
I'll try bending it with a conduit bender I have first. If that doesn't work, I may try making half slices into the section that needs the curve. My other option is to check with @Skydreamer and see if he has any dies for his roller small enough for a bat handle.
Much more to work on until that time. I need to get this ridable first.
 
Took the fork off. It has a 1 1/8 steertube, so I am using these machined down headsets from ebay that work on old headtubes that would normally have 1" steertube forks.

I also bought a bearing press from ebay. This is the very first time i have used something besides a block of wood and a hammer to put cups in place.

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