Thanks for the great compliments! I'm really enjoying this bike. It's much more comfortable (and better looking) than my first chopper bike
attempt. I think the only thing it's truly missing is a few more speeds. With the single speed coaster wheel, it's perfect for flat trails but it lacks some oomph going up hills. It does remind me of being a kid again and pedaling as fast as you can to get some speed and reaching that speed where you just can spin your legs any faster! :mrgreen:
I think I might modify the rear dropouts and make them a little wider to see if I can squeeze a 7 or 8-speed hub back there and give my self a little room to pull the wheel/chain taught. So far, the roller blade wheels has worked great, but if I could clean up the design a little and remove it, I'd like to try. Might be hard to do though since I can't stop riding this thing! The half-link is something I thought about too. Do those really work? I asked my LBS about 'em one day and he'd never heard of such a thing. Does it create a weird gap between links?
I did someone's advice (don't know if they were on here or Freak Bikes forum), but I switched over to the black cruiser style bars I had on an earlier mock-up. They look just as sick as the ape hangers, but when I put the chrome/black handle grips on there, it sealed the deal. They're real comfortable too. Check out this pick:
Also, I had a little fun last night playing with iPhoto and iMovie and I threw my build-up photos in a
slide show video. I couldn't figure out how to embed it into the forum posts here.
RE:atomicclutch - the fork boots I picked up at
Choppersus.com and I think they have the
same light. I got my light at Bicycledesigner.com and fabbed my own bracket out of flat aluminum ribbon and some rivets. The ChoppersUS light might be a better deal since it carries 2 C-cell batteries. Mine only has 2-AA's so it's not too bright. ChoppersUS also has it in black.
