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Thanks, the current design puts all the pressure onto to top of the head tube. Which I think over time will fail unless I brace and make everything stronger which unfortunately I just don’t have the equipment to do that so I can test it. I could leave it how it is and get away with it just for show and a short video to prove it rides but that’s not the kind of builder I want to be. I’ll be redesigning the forks and bring the support bars down to attach to the bottom of the head tube. I’ve gone back to look at old grinder forks and others of its kind and seen they attach top and bottom.This escalated quickly! Those springer mods you're testing are really unique, can't wait to see how it goes
Thanks, I’m trying to stay within the rules of group 1 by using factory items, I could achieve my goal by buying support bars for a 16” bike but I have imposed my own rule upon myself and that’s to try to build a budget bike with bits and pieces I already have. Because of this I’ll need to fabricate a few minor thing. My hope is that this doesn’t push me into class 2 but if it does I’ll throw caution to the wind and let my creativity go wild.
Not my bikeThanks, I’m trying to stay within the rules of group 1 by using factory items, I could achieve my goal by buying support bars for a 16” bike but I have imposed my own rule upon myself and that’s to try to build a budget bike with bits and pieces I already have. Because of this I’ll need to fabricate a few minor thing. My hope is that this doesn’t push me into class 2 but if it does I’ll throw caution to the wind and let my creativity go wild.
Thanks for the picture of your bike, I love the wheel covers. Are they a bought item? Or did you make them? I’m not sure they’ll work on this project but I could see them on a bike of mine in the future
I’m in Australia, I rarely see anything older then the 60’s. This Step through I would say is older judging from the rear straight drop outs. But nothing like in the states, you’ve got pre war bikes all over the place. If I ever make it there for a hoilyday I’ll be bringing a few frames home with me. There’s just something about them that you don’t get with modern bikes.Not the usual frame you find around the states. Where are you located?
This is looking like a super fun out of the box build so far!!!
I'm digging it!
I agree with the motorbike feel to them and if you look at the life Cycle of bikes it’s coming full circle. Bike- motorbike- back to bike- now to Ebike. I’m interested to see if ebikes will be the death of normal bikes as technology gets cheaper and people become lazy or will it splinter off like motorbikes and the smaller engines fade away.They remind of old motorcycles. Unfortunsately the rest of the world went with the diamond frame design.
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