Long Hauler with video!

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Long Hauler

Started shooting primer today. Hopefully the sun comes out tomorrow so I can shoot a little more paint.

Here is the logo on the gunny sacks

Getting closer. Still need to find some more chain.

 

[450redrider]

Re: Long Hauler

I found about 8 or 9 feet of chain off some old cruiser bikes that your welcome to

 

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Long Hauler

Got my paint shot and the bike put back together. Need a few more parts and some more chain to get it rolling. Thanks to recycledbikez for the chain. I love the people here.

 

[mikek]

Re: Long Hauler

Cool! I hope you have a lot of long straight roads to ride on! :lol:

 

[economessed]

Re: Long Hauler

How about configuring a shaft drive?

 

[Kuttnhack]

Re: Long Hauler

I am an independent garage door contractor in California. Here's the inside skinny. Call your local garage door company and tell them you are looking for drive chain to build a custom bicycle from old residential garage door openers in their junk pile. They most likley will let you go through the junk pile and salvage parts as long as you are not using them to fix another opener. The chain is about 6 to 8 feet long #35 bicycle chain and will have a couple of master links attached. If they blow you off keep calling other companies or show up in person with a picture of your long hauler. Oh yeah, idlers, cable, steel rails are all there. Good luck and keep up the great work. I luv em long and low.

 

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Long Hauler

Brilliant!

 

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Long Hauler

Been a rough week so far with kids home sick . I got some chain this past weekend from locojoe and 450redrider (Thanks guys). I spoke with a couple of garage door companies as well. The first gave me a resounding NO with excuses about "insurance and liability" but the second was more than happy to help out. He said he would start pulling chains for me and to call him back Friday . So I should be able to get it all chained up and rolling this week. Almost where I want it. The guy I was talking to said the chains he had were #40 or #41. Will this chain work or do I need #35 like kuttnhack said? What is the difference?

 

[450redrider]

Re: Long Hauler

Been a rough week so far with kids home sick . I got some chain this past weekend from locojoe and 450redrider (Thanks guys). I spoke with a couple of garage door companies as well. The first gave me a resounding NO with excuses about "insurance and liability" but the second was more than happy to help out. He said he would start pulling chains for me and to call him back Friday . So I should be able to get it all chained up and rolling this week. Almost where I want it. The guy I was talking to said the chains he had were #40 or #41. Will this chain work or do I need #35 like kuttnhack said? What is the difference?

No Problem happy to help, This might help with the chain hunt, as far as I can see the 40 or 41 chain should work it will just be a little bit wider than the cruiser chain
cruiser bicycle chain uses 3/16" wide rollers 1/2" pitch.
multi-speed bicycle chain uses 5/32" wide rollers 1/2" pitch
Chain Number / Pitch / Between Inner Plates
25 / 1/4" / 1/8"
35 / 3/8" / 3/16"
40 / 1/2" / 5/16"
41 / 1/2" / 1/4"
50 / 5/8" / 3/8"

 

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Long Hauler

Thanks, Cody! He said he would start setting it all aside for me so if you are in need, let me know. We'll see how it works this weekend.

 

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Long Hauler

I finally got enough chain to take the Long Hauler out for a test ride. Thanks to Randy (aka_locojoe), Cody (450redrider), and Alan (recycledbikez)!
It rode nice with both back wheels mounted, but the chains have a little clearance issue between the two chains :?

Still trying to figure out the bike racks...

Just a little tight.

 

[gaskill]

Re: Long Hauler

Is the far back wheel rolling also when you ride? And if so does it cause any drag when you turn. I ran into that problem with Rag and Bone, when i would make a turn the back tire would drag on the road causing me to lose control.

 

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Long Hauler

It drags a little, but with the bike being almost 13' long and the rear wheel and it's frame able to articulate upward, the drag doesn't affect performance.

 

[Ratfink1962]

Re: Long Hauler

Lookin good, did you have to come up with some kind of chain support? And are you gonna use some kind of shock for that rear wheel? I know you had one on there earlier, but then changed to a different rear triangle.

Any way to space the sprockets just a tad farther apart?

 

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Long Hauler

I think I'm just gonna let the rear float for now. The chain is bouncing around a little on the long run and I should probably throw an idler on there. The sprockets are welded in place so in order to add a spacer I would need to start with a fresh wheel, guess I should have spent a little more time in the "testing" phase. :roll:

 

[Ratfink1962]

Re: Long Hauler

you might be able to gain a little clearance by using a punch and a BFH to "move" the inner sprocket just a little farther in.

 

[deorman]

Re: Long Hauler

Maybe you could make some sort of sheetmetal guard that fits between the sprockets, so that the sides of the chains rub it instead of each other. :|

 

[MarksA-C]

Re: Long Hauler

What fi you put a screwdrive between the 2 and slowly go around bending them both away from each other? Not too much force and not too far.

 

[deorman]

Re: Long Hauler

What fi you put a screwdrive between the 2 and slowly go around bending them both away from each other? Not too much force and not too far.

Might be quality sprockets, use the Wonder Bar. :wink: :|

 

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Long Hauler

The last thing I got from China that was of any quality was some General Tso's Chicken . If it was quality though, I would opt for a Fubar.