Earthscraper

[Lowlife Lucas]

So, I started with a Centrix 26 inch cruiser like this..

Then, using a 26 inch back half off of a mountain bike with a shock to get the extension. I removed the sprocket arms and bolted the back half on to where the back wheel should be. I then cut the down tube and neck off of another mountain bike, the I cut the neck in half. I took the end of the down tube and oval shaped it, drilled it and put it where the shock mounts on the mountain bike back half. I took the neck of the down tube and mounted it on the seat post tube. I lowered it up front my cutting a piece of angle iron in two, and cutting part of a back half off and bending it for support. It measures 7 foot and 8 inches long. After all of this, it's resulted to this..

Now, I've still got to break it down and paint it and order some new tires, and do a few odd and end things to it. Let me know what you all think about it!

 

[Sphinx]

Re: Centrix Earthscraper

It's cool, there are a lot of guys into stretches on here. 8)

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Re: Centrix Earthscraper

Sweet looking bike, really digging the rear stretch.
Have you tried a banana seat on it?

Looking forward to seeing what you do to it next.

Cheers,
Dr.T

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

I haven't tried a banana seat, I would if I didn't have the rack on there haha.
Here's the fork setup

And, here's the rear setup

 

[mybike1]

Re: Centrix Earthscraper

Looks great !!!!

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

Looks great !!!!

Thanks

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

So, I'm going to get this tire for the front. Even though it's gum wall, I can get it cheap enough that I can't pass it up.

And, I'm going to get this one for the rear.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Re: Centrix Earthscraper

Awesome bike, love this and the tall chopper you have.

+1 on the banana seat if you ever get sick of that rack... Racks are handy though... Could mount it above the front wheel instead and whack a banana on?

Luke.

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

Awesome bike, love this and the tall chopper you have.

+1 on the banana seat if you ever get sick of that rack... Racks are handy though... Could mount it above the front wheel instead and whack a banana on?

Luke.

Thanks. And I've been considering a banana seat, but the only thing is, if I do the way I want it I think I'll have to give up my large ape hangers. I'd really like to put it over the back wheel or somewhere close to the back wheel if I use a banana seat because of the stretch. How would you recommend to do it? I've got the stock bars still, and I think they'd look decent. If I could make it look good, I wouldn't mind giving up the rack and the ape hangers.

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

I think I've figured out a way to do a banana seat. I could take the seat post out and lay the tip of the banana seat over it and make some type of bracket to hold it up front. Then I could make a mount for the back so I could lay the back of it as close to the tire as possible.
What do you guys think??

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

Only way I'd do it and I'd have to make mounts. I'm unsure about it, I honestly don't care much for it. The banana seat needs to be longer I think.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Re: Centrix Earthscraper

I was thinking something like this...

907_577630072250417_195664540_n modify by LukeTheJoker, on Flickr

If it came down to Ape hangers OR Banana seat, my vote would go for the ape hangers, suits the bike just right!

Luke.

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

The only sissy bar I have extra is a short one. I've got a tall one, but I'm using it on another bike. However, I could possibly try a short sissy bar and leave the ape hangers. I'd really hate to have to lose the ape hangers, because like you said, they fit the bike.

 

[LungTube]

Re: Centrix Earthscraper

Keeping an eye on this as it gives me lots of good ideas.

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

Keeping an eye on this as it gives me lots of good ideas.

You're more than welcome to. I got the idea from someone else's bike :wink:

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

So, I had a vision in my sleep last night. I didn't like how I felt the bike had too much back, so, I went a different way with it.

 

[X-RAY]

Re: Centrix Earthscraper

i like it better this way, just my opinion. im not a fan of big apes. i still think it could use a nanner seat. again,just my opinion.

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

i like it better this way, just my opinion. im not a fan of big apes. i still think it could use a nanner seat. again,just my opinion.

I'm still giving the banana seat some thought. I just didn't like how the back felt like it was too long.

 

[Homebrew]

Re: Centrix Earthscraper

Centrix cruisers- can't beat a project foundation that you can pick up cheap. Here's pics of my centrix stretch project- cut and moved back the seat tube, connected a budget mtn bike suspension rear and bent some apes to make it reachable and comfortable- I am leaving the old bb on to connect a suicide shifter and going to weld one up higher and forward.
Keep on imaging and building!

 

[Lowlife Lucas]

Re: Centrix Earthscraper

Those are some nice bikes! Do you have any other picture of the first one?