TRADITIONAL Doom Slug

[MattiThundrrr]

Not to take over your thread, but you know why men are predominately deaf in their right ear?
Think about it, when you are driving the car, which side is the wife sitting on???

I let her drive, it runs quieter that way

 

[ingola]

I let her drive, it runs quieter that way

You have to let her drive we've gotten lost on foot with google maps

 

[MattiThundrrr]

You have to let her drive we've gotten lost on foot with google maps

It's hilarious, she won't let me manage navigation either. Something to do with an ID-10-T* error on her phone


*Huh, that almost spells .....

 

[kingfish254]

 

[Pondo]

Life's been pretty busy the last few weeks and will stay that way for a couple more. I'm hoping to be able to focus on my builds in July. Thought I'd have more time but life happens.

 

[Uncle Shish]

Life's been pretty busy the last few weeks and will stay that way for a couple more. I'm hoping to be able to focus on my builds in July. Thought I'd have more time but life happens.

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"
- John Lennon

 

[Pondo]

Lately it's been a lot of priority house projects and yard work. I'm going to dedicated a few weekends to my builds and hopefully get them done.

 

[Pondo]

My weekend plans have been nixed due to a wildfire closing roads where I was going. Doomage may now ensue.

 

[kingfish254]

Sorry about the wildfire, but glad to see some good bikage come out of it.

 

[Pondo]

So far the fire is just an inconvenience. Hopefully it will stay that way. There were over 1000 lightning strikes down there in less than 3 hours. 7 or 8 fires going now. Hopefully it won't get windy. I'm over 100 miles away so can't even smell the smoke from here. Yet.

 

[Pondo]

Making a little progress with the whitewall aging. The paint didn’t work for me, just got light mess on the black part. The Early American stain didn’t get it as dark as I wanted so I added some red mahogany. Starting to look dirtier now.

 

[Pondo]

Compared to actual old dirty tire. Could be worse.

Now back to this.

 

[kingfish254]

Find an old bike and open up the BB or headtube and grab some old dirty grease on a rag.

 

[Pondo]

Find an old bike and open up the BB or headtube and grab some old dirty grease on a rag.

I'll try that. I've read somewhere that old motor oil works too.

 

[Pondo]

This frame had been beaten with out of adjustment cranks enough to damage the chain stays.

So I filled the notch/holes with some mig wire. Good as new. Good enough anyway.

A light mist of red oxide primer and Bob’s your uncle.

Interesting kickstand mod by a previous owner. It rubs on the chainring too.

 

[Pondo]

Now that I was fairly sure the chain stays wouldn’t buckle I went ahead and spread the rear triangle 3/4” to fit the drum brake hub.

Looks good on there.

Derailleur from a 10 speed should do just fine for the gearing on this one.

I had picked up a lucky 7 seat post to get the seat lower and farther back. Looks pretty cool but I need to move the seat a little farther forward so I can level it better.

 

[Pondo]

I mounted the stem shifter from the 10 speed to the seat stay with a shim. Looks kind of cool there. Should work ok.

I was hoping to use the chainring that was on the bike, I really like the patina. But it’s for single speed chain and I need to use 6/7 speed chain. Found this shinier one in a box, don’t remember what bike it came from. It fits the chain so I’m using it. I’d like to rust it up a bit but that’s a low priority.

The bottom bracket bearing cups in this bike were too small for the frame so I grabbed them from this ugly frame. These fit good.

When only the cheapest grease you’re trying to use up will do.

All set. The crank action hasn’t been this nice on this bike in probably decades.

 

[Pondo]

Then I extended an old mountain bike chain to fit and installed the white pedals I got for it. Starting to look like a bike again. It’s going to be great to have gears in the hills. Now I need to figure out how to attach a cable to this drum brake.

I’m pretty happy with the way it’s looking so far. I’d be happy to ride it like this. The plan is to get it shifting and braking tomorrow and take it for a ride. Then on to mounting the fenders. If nothing else comes up maybe I can get this one finished next weekend.

 

[kingfish254]

Really coming together nicely. Such a great blend of parts that are complimentary to each other.

 

[Chad T]

Looking good! Some nice progress. Those tires are cool.