Girder forked Chop

[Feralkid]

yeah we dont even have wood shop in my school the closest thing we have some kind of construction class and you have to be a senior to toake it

 

[pvwacko]

Finally some pictures with the upholstery!

 

[Slick Rick]

You should bring that one into Phx. Friday night and ride with the Phreaks! Very cool and original, diggin that fork! 8)

 

[pvwacko]

You should bring that one into Phx. Friday night and ride with the Phreaks! Very cool and original, diggin that fork! 8)

Were you at a the tour de fat at the Phreaks tent? I'd love to meet up with you guys but I'm already booked for friday.

 

[Slick Rick]

All day long! We spoke, I had my Phoney Phantom, you were fielding questions on your build and looking for a sale! Plenty of other first friday rides. Its a regular thing! :wink:

 

[ratcycle]

Awesome bike, I always wanted to build a girder but lack of funds prevented me from doing it. Anyways, could you do a how to on the girder so us rat rodders could build one.

 

[pvwacko]

I've been thinking about doing another digger style build with a girder. If I do one I'll make sure I post lots of pictures of the girder. they are pretty simple and you can get lots of ideas from chopper mags. As a matter of fact this months Horse Backstreet Choppers has a girder forked bike on the cover. the key to a good working girder is to have a tight enough tolerance on the pivots to let it move but not let it wobble. shoulder bolts help!

 

[ratcycle]

What I wanted to know was what your material list was for them. I don't thank it would be too complicated to build if I new the size and type of materials you used. Keep up the great work. look forward to the next one.

 

[pvwacko]

Size of materials is totally based on the look you are going for. here are just a few examples of the versatility of the girder from a style prospective. The challenging part is the pivots... I made all my own on this girder but I will use a steer tube from a Schwinn style springer next time to limit the challenge since it already has the lower pivot.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_s77XPQZjRl0/S ... eyguy2.jpg

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2008/ ... olden-age/

 

[Lonewolf]

Respect.

 

[ratcycle]

Can you use any kind of spring or does it have to be the kind u used.

 

[pvwacko]

spring doesn't have to be what I used... I just had it laying around and wound up modifying it anyway. Spring strength will depend on the geometry of your particular design. To tell the truth I'm always looking for cool springs at flee markets, scrap yards, and hardware stores... I have a box of them and I just try and find something that fits and has the appropriate rebound. Here are some other examples of springs I have built/modified.

 

[Jroll44]

Wow great job! I have been searching all over the net for a girder front end for a bicycle and here it is! Excellent craftsmanship!!!!

 

[deorman]

You can probably get enough coin for this "#9" to build up a really nice big boy bike. :wink:

 

[pvwacko]

You can probably get enough coin for this "#9" to build up a really nice big boy bike. :wink:

I always have a hard time understanding what you are saying... I already sold that bike for $150 (just covered materials cost) about a year ago so I need to build another digger. Need multi speed here in the Arizona mountains. I have a rear wheel, fatti O 24x3 and a 700c Thickslick by WTB for the front.

 

[deorman]

Just saying that it looked good enough to get some money out of it, and make something big enough for a 6' 2" guy to really ride.

 

[stretch]

yeah deorman talks old school, its kinda funky to read it sometimes. takes ya back. 8)

 

[chopper74]

hey pvwacko what would it cost me to get one of those girders for my electra?? that's just what i've been lookin for

 

[kingfish254]

Cool bike bump

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Good bumping King! Another bike I have not yet seen on here! I though I was pretty thorough going the old threads, but still find more...

Luke.