How do you find the bead size on tires and wheels? I would imagine tires have it marked on the sidewall somewhere, but most older wheels don't say what the bead size is, or they're too rusty to tell anyway.
Bike from the Dead's Mockup Mash
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Took advantage of the cooler weather between yesterday and today to continue the Mockup Mash on two step-thrus!
I didn't make a ton of progress until late last night, as most of the parts I threw on my prewar Monark that day just weren't working. It wasn't until I threw some recently-acquired parts on that I saw the potential to turn this bike into something wild. I threw on this iron cross chainring, some funky chopper bars, and one of my nicer saddles to go along with my lowrider springer fork, and I got to say, I'm digging this! It's weird, but I've wanted to build something weird for a while now, and this bike just might be it!
I did play around with some other handlebars just to see if I had something better than those other bars, but nothing really meshed as well with that seat as the ones I had mocked up last night.
I still wanted to try one more thing. The ape hangers were a bit too close to my other seat, so I mocked up a banana seat to see how that'd look. I like it! Gives it more of a traditional lowrider bike vibe! That said, I don't have a lot of good banana seats in stock, and I don't want to go out and buy a new one at this time. I definitely think this look is worth coming back to, and it'd be easy enough to swap the seat and handlebars to give it a whole nother attitude.
I didn't make a ton of progress until late last night, as most of the parts I threw on my prewar Monark that day just weren't working. It wasn't until I threw some recently-acquired parts on that I saw the potential to turn this bike into something wild. I threw on this iron cross chainring, some funky chopper bars, and one of my nicer saddles to go along with my lowrider springer fork, and I got to say, I'm digging this! It's weird, but I've wanted to build something weird for a while now, and this bike just might be it!
I did play around with some other handlebars just to see if I had something better than those other bars, but nothing really meshed as well with that seat as the ones I had mocked up last night.
I still wanted to try one more thing. The ape hangers were a bit too close to my other seat, so I mocked up a banana seat to see how that'd look. I like it! Gives it more of a traditional lowrider bike vibe! That said, I don't have a lot of good banana seats in stock, and I don't want to go out and buy a new one at this time. I definitely think this look is worth coming back to, and it'd be easy enough to swap the seat and handlebars to give it a whole nother attitude.
I also spent a little time today mocking up my recently-obtained curved seat tube Elgin. I don't know if I'll go this way or not, but it was fun to play around with either way!
I like the lines of this mock up, with those handle bars. Personal favorite.
Thanks! Yeah, I like how that mockup has a bit of a chopper vibe going on!
With a lower and thinner profile saddle it'll rock a Bobber vibe. Think fat white walls.
I might actually have a lower profile seat I can use. I just have to check my inventory. And I'm definitely considering whitewalls! I just wish I could find some in a 26" x 2.5" size...With a lower and thinner profile saddle it'll rock a Bobber vibe. Think fat white walls.
Still, I do have a pair of Jerald slick whitewalls I've been itching to use, and this bike just might be the perfect to use them on! I'm actually thinking of having the slick in the back and a 1.75" whitewall up front.
