KLUNKER BUILD-OFF

[KickBackCycles]

When's the due date?
I would love to do this build off with my 30's Rollfast but I'm in RRBBO #6 and I'm kinda tight on money and time right now.
But I am almost done so I could start on it soon.

 

[weekend-fun]

When's the due date?
I would love to do this build off with my 30's Rollfast but I'm in RRBBO #6 and I'm kinda tight on money and time right now.
But I am almost done so I could start on it soon.

this thread is a year old but i reall dont care. More like a "Post you klunker build" thread.

Sam

 

[StraightbarJay]

 

[pickle]

nice, jay!

 

[TXBONE]

here were my three clunkers turned to a triple decker

 

[cobraontrike]

wow jay the bike looks great. i apologize for not posting my build in a timely manner. The klunker i built came out great and i can wait to post pics. Jay im loving ur bfgoodrich bike.
well my build started like this. i started with the same frame as you in very rough shape and then went online to research my build. After reading everything online i could find i decided i needed a prewar frame with a straight chainstay. the prewar frames with a straight chainstay have a higher bb height. i also discovered an excelsior would be the frame of choice. lucky for me i had picked up a complete excelsior from canada. i quickly pulled the frame down and was ready to begin. like any good hotrod i had found my base and it was time for the drivetrain. so i started digging through my collection for some hubs. after some more research i learned about the morrow bombers crew. i knew that was my kinda klunker. so i went through my garage and found a morrow hub from a ladies bike. unfortunatly the break assembly had cracked and so i kept looking. after some snooping i found some of my war time hubs. all black. oh yeah ratrod style baby. i had found a nice new departure front hub and was looking for a rear. after wiping the grease off some hubs i realized my blacked out hub was a morrow!! hooray. i rebuilt the hubs and realized that vintage rims werent going to cut it for a real pearl pass bike. i went to my local bike shop and had them order me some alex downhill rims (dx32) and some black 14g spokes and black alloy nips.

 

[cobraontrike]

i then moved on to the chain. i had to use a skiptooth. I wanted to do pearl pass old school and so that was an easy choice. i used a sweetheart sprocket and the original dogbone cranks. after thinking about going over the pass with a 52 tooth i realized that wasnt going to happen. not enough gear or ground clearance. i also realized the cranks wouldnt make it. so i pulled an old bmx bike apart and stole her profile ss cranks. the bmx cranks had a smaller spindle diameter so i had to make and adapter from a campbells soup can. i then changed the skiptooth for a prewar ladies skip tooth shamrock sprocket. better patina, gears and ground clearance. i feel like a real rat rod. old hubs to new rims adapted to newer cranks with old sprocket. mmmhh adapting. more to come asap i cant wait to tell this story.

 

[pickle]

let's see it cobra!

 

[subadrew]

word...
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[cobraontrike]

Here is quick pic of the bike just below tree line on pearl pass this year. better pics and a full build description with pics asap.

 

[cobraontrike]

Here is some pics of the wheel build. I thought it was interesting that even the bearings during ww2 where black and not chrome because of chrome limitations.

 

[cobraontrike]

Here is a pic at the mountain bike hall of fame and the Bmxcelsior at the summit of pearl pass.

 

[pickle]

very kool

 

[Robertk]

Hey Cobraontrike -
is the other bike a Cook Brothers?

 

[randiddle]

major update

I like those bars. What are they? or are they custom?

i got them from a fellow member. not sure really what they are.

Sam

My two cents: I think they came off a 20" Huffy Bandit (loved that bike).

 

[MADDAWG]

Looks like its time to find a frame .