That's freaking brilliant! So you got all those tubes cut out? Awesome vid and amazing how you did those tubes.
Wow! Quick reply there Chad! You must have watched the video almost as I pressed the post button! I was just working on getting photos uploaded for the next post and you had already replied!That's freaking brilliant! So you got all those tubes cut out? Awesome vid and amazing how you did those tubes.
Wow! Quick reply there Chad! You must have watched the video almost as I pressed the post button! I was just working on getting photos uploaded for the next post and you had already replied!
Luke.
I tend to stay up to stupid hours on here too, the most posts happen from midnight to 6am here, that is when you guys start coming online normally!...Don't you hate that. Had to watch it twice. Nice work on the animation.
I'm probably the one of the few up over here. It's 4:20 am.
That frame is soooo cool. Just unreal.
Funkme said early on that the frame reminded her of RUFF Cycles style, I am starting to see that now, specially since I added the double curved down tube... I did cut all the tubes to do it the way it was laid out, but it looked all wrong and too straight, so grabbed the extra curves I had and redid it with the double. Very happy with it now!
Luke.
Thanks man!Some of those RUFF bikes are pretty cool. I think what you've got going here is even cooler. Love the way it tapers down to the tire and the rake of the head tube. Can't wait to see the fork with it.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the post in "Highlights" too!Frame is sick Luke!!!!!!
That video was brilliant too!
Thanks TRM!I love the curves in the updated design! That's some good looking weld also.
The animated video was excellent!
I cheated a bit, the bits that were not going to be cleaned up are just a series of hot tacks with the mig, immediately after each other to keep the heat in the metal and the gas flow continuous. Looks a bit more interesting than a continuous smooth bead...Good looking welds...not snotty at all
Did a mock up of that on the pic to help explain what I meant:The centre bar that connects to the rear end will connect to the curved frame tube directly in front of the rear tire, giving the required strength to prevent any sideways movement.
I filmed another video today, but still had not made a "Fluffy" for the microphone so it was pretty bad in the wind noise department. I will re-film it another day, in the meantime, here is some progress pictures for a change!
Video 11 will get made soon, hopefully with the frame sitting upright so you get a better sense of how it looks...
Luke.
Did a mock up of that on the pic to help explain what I meant:
Hopefully that makes some sense?
Luke.
Good idea, probably would not have worked with this one though, it was mainly me explaining stuff and pointing out features on the bike, I have made a microphone "Fluffy" now, so hopefully that will help for the next one!Luke, You don't have to make a new video if the audio is bad, just use a video editor (such as windows movie maker) and add a background soundtrack and turn the original video sound volume down to 0.
Thanks Chad! There will be a jackshaft between the vertical tube and the curved tube in front of the rear tire, it will go through the frame and have a 7 speed freewheel on the other side that will connect forward to the cranks, similar to what I did on "BigJim":So then that will have a jack shaft over to the cranks? You gonnna have any gears on it? Interested to see how you do the brake on there.
It's hard to describe how cool this build is.
I like that idea better than the 3rd tube. Should be a lot stronger too since you're triangulating those 2 tubes. Stronger + looks better = no brainer IMO. Maybe use that other stump in the middle for a disc brake mount?
I'm glad all I have left to do to mine is polish it and put a couple stickers on..
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