Let's see what you have done with OCC Parts and Bikes!!!
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Nice work Nimbus! Welcome to RRB
You should look up the Sand Rover and Fugsley builds.
You should look up the Sand Rover and Fugsley builds.
Let me know if you ever head up this way and we'll go for a ride. Not sure if I would equate chopping up OCC's to chopping up "good" bikes. 
Fugsley lives in the Tampa area now.
Fugsley lives in the Tampa area now.
I used Harley Dunlop D402F MT 90B16 72H tires which I got for free from the Harley dealer.
You can see the mounting jig that I used here.
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...eve-it-or-not-traded.44315/page-7#post-440281
2006 Schwinn Manta Ray
This is the final iteration’s parts list: Wald highrise bars from a girl’s 70’s (?) Free Sprit; Salsa handgrips; Bontrager bar end plugs; OCC Sting-Ray 42T crankset; Sturmey Archer 16T drive cog (final drive ratio = 57.75 Gear Inches); OCC Sting-Ray front wheel and tire; Zéfal LED’s front and rear.
By using the OCC Sting-Ray’s 24” front wheel, the Fork Angle and Trail were changed from the original’s 16” wheel; this resulted in a dramatic change in the handling characteristics. The combination of a Wald highrise handlebar’s spacing and changes to the Fork Angle and Trail makes her so much better to ride from both a physics and ergonomic standpoint.
Design and application is often a matter of compromises, in this case, the higher Final Drive Ratio makes her go further per pedal stroke (thus faster at 60-90 RPM’s) on the flats and in descends, but in climbing – well – not so much, despite the OCC's 170mm crank length ; she has thus become a comfortable, yet reasonably fast, flatland single speed cruiser! (I resisted the temptation of converting her into an internally geared 3-speed)
Hope you guys like her.
This is the final iteration’s parts list: Wald highrise bars from a girl’s 70’s (?) Free Sprit; Salsa handgrips; Bontrager bar end plugs; OCC Sting-Ray 42T crankset; Sturmey Archer 16T drive cog (final drive ratio = 57.75 Gear Inches); OCC Sting-Ray front wheel and tire; Zéfal LED’s front and rear.
By using the OCC Sting-Ray’s 24” front wheel, the Fork Angle and Trail were changed from the original’s 16” wheel; this resulted in a dramatic change in the handling characteristics. The combination of a Wald highrise handlebar’s spacing and changes to the Fork Angle and Trail makes her so much better to ride from both a physics and ergonomic standpoint.
Design and application is often a matter of compromises, in this case, the higher Final Drive Ratio makes her go further per pedal stroke (thus faster at 60-90 RPM’s) on the flats and in descends, but in climbing – well – not so much, despite the OCC's 170mm crank length ; she has thus become a comfortable, yet reasonably fast, flatland single speed cruiser! (I resisted the temptation of converting her into an internally geared 3-speed)
Hope you guys like her.
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Don't know what I'm doing, gonna do it anyway.
Here's mine, I used tractor paint for the tires. It's only peeling on the one side.
Thinking I'll cut up the frame for a re-deux of my Air Force Too build.
Thinking I'll cut up the frame for a re-deux of my Air Force Too build.
Man! These are some cool looking custom occ stingrays! The one in my avatar is my first custom build and is mild compared to some here! Chain stays are widened 3/4 of an inch to accomadate a 6 spd cassette, a custom made set of handlebars and a modified seat post. My next occ project will have a lot more custom work done, but like tbis one the mods will be suttle enough to ov
...suttle enough to over look unless you look for them. I will be using some of the bikes on this thread as inspiration. It was actually the "Orange County Chop Suey" build that lead me here. And I will be going for that look on mine. Here is a picture of my current 6 spd occ.
How rare are these three speeds? I'd love to find one cheap....And a picture of the bike I plan to use on my next occ build ( at some point in the future).
Idk. This is the first (and only) one I've seen in real life. It was at a bike show I went to last year. No one there seems interested in it and by the end of the day I bought it for cheap! I think I'm going to keep this one pretty much stock, just a few bolt on parts just in case I ever want to go back original.
These were rather than your run of the mill OCC Stingray.
The frames are slightly larger. Those rear hubs are going for $170 new these days.
Great find
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The frames are slightly larger. Those rear hubs are going for $170 new these days.
Great find
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