Hello everyone, I would like to get some advice and suggestions from you guys. What I am trying to accomplish is this, I am building my first...rat rod bike :roll:. I have grafted the rear section, seat tube and bottom bracket from a Schwinn OCC chopper bike to the front section of a typical beach cruiser along with the chopper forks from a 16" Schwinn OCC. My main objective was to create a little stretched bobber. I also was going to use the front and rear tires from the OCC bike. When I proceeded to mock up the bike, I just wasn't feeling it. I then decided to use a Fatty-O 24 x 3 in the rear and a 24 X 1.75 in the front. I will be making my own dropouts to stretch the profile a bit but the rear hub axle on the stock OCC rim is about 228.6 mm from end to end. What I have seen is that most rear axle hubs range from 135 mm to 175 mm, or am I wrong. I know that I will have to fabricate some sort of spacer but how would you guys tackle using a 24 x 2.175 rim for the 24 x 3 tire and having a rear axle hub to use on this rim so it reaches the HUGE distance between dropouts. Can I just purchase threaded rod and cut it to length and use it as an axle hub? I hope the picture I have attempted to paint is somewhat clear. Thanks in advance foe ANY suggestions.
