Absolutely! The question now is........."So whats the brick for?"
I assumed that is what came from Mrs 68z27 when she saw her brand new saw there.
LumberJacked
- Thread starter 68z27
- Start date
Help Support Rat Rod Bikes Bicycle Forum:
I assumed that is what came from Mrs 68z27 when she saw her brand new saw there.
Thats right! 2 more points for @kingfish254 .......you people are slacking out there...........
I assumed that is what came from Mrs 68z27 when she saw her brand new saw there.
I mocked up using the cruiser fork and it looks way too wide to provide the crank, chainwheel and foot clearance needed. The amount and location of dimpling needed may seriously compromise the strength.
I then took apart the rear suspension section of a mongoose to check for width (clearance), tire spacing and length from seat tube to dropouts. this may work but will need quite a bit of filing and fab because the spacing between the seat tube and tire decreases as you approach the midpoint between the chain stays and seat stays. Safe welds will also be a challenge.
My last option (I could think of) is this fork I found, also buried in the armadillo dirt pile. This may be my best bet. Crank clearance, tire spacing only slightly narrowed and strong enough stays to negate a tube extension from the seat tube to the down tube that was popular on some models back in the day.....
I like the looks of that fork option!
Any progress reports on this 'unamed' combo?
Funny you should ask.....I have 2 names in mind that are variations of themselves (whaaaat?) - My wife and former high school teacher says if something is "jacked" it is messed up. Since the chainstays are going to be raised, and the front suspension fork is going to be messed up, I was thinking of
1. High Jacked
2. Jacked Up
3. the 3rd place name got smacked down so fast I ain't even gonna mention it.....no, no, no,
So these are the 2 names I am throwing out there for comments, etc.
I guess it is obvious now that the direction of building is raised CS in back and fubar'ed front fork for design/build - neither of which I have come close to doing and the fact that at 10:30 at nite, it is still 88F in my garage which truncates work time...........
1. High Jacked
2. Jacked Up
3. the 3rd place name got smacked down so fast I ain't even gonna mention it.....no, no, no,
So these are the 2 names I am throwing out there for comments, etc.
I guess it is obvious now that the direction of building is raised CS in back and fubar'ed front fork for design/build - neither of which I have come close to doing and the fact that at 10:30 at nite, it is still 88F in my garage which truncates work time...........
I like 'Jacked' or 'Jacked Up'.
And 88° at 10:30 pm. Oof.
And 88° at 10:30 pm. Oof.
Are we supposed to guess what the third name choice was that got axed? ..Sorry, I'll behave.
I'll probably go with "Jacked Up" but internally I'll be thinking ".......". That has a broader meaning to include me also......
I have a few ideas:I'll probably go with "Jacked Up" but internally I'll be thinking ".......". That has a broader meaning to include me also......
-Stay Jacked
-High bridges (they call the chainstay a bridge on motorcycles I believe).
-Jacked potato
-Forking awesome (since you are possibly utilizing a fork).
LumberJacked since you have saws and it's jacked up
And "The 'Fish" for the trifecta....Lumberjacked it is!
Now I am searching for some motivation.....I can't even think what the heat is out west......
Now I am searching for some motivation.....I can't even think what the heat is out west......
I'm still working on the chain stays....
The triangular down tube is being problematic as I am used ti visualizing round tubes (Harbor Freight tool)......
Transferring outline to steer tube while keeping the alignment between the dropouts and the center line of the triangle down tube...
It took the wheel of death, 1.5" flap wheel, and hand file to get as much depth and correct contour between the fork and seat tube....
The triangular down tube is being problematic as I am used ti visualizing round tubes (Harbor Freight tool)......
Transferring outline to steer tube while keeping the alignment between the dropouts and the center line of the triangle down tube...
It took the wheel of death, 1.5" flap wheel, and hand file to get as much depth and correct contour between the fork and seat tube....
Trimmed dropouts and for down tube. I'm hope to weld when it cools off: 1AM, 2AM??
Haven't SAW you in a while.
Howzit going Paul Bunyan??
Howzit going Paul Bunyan??
Progress has been slooooow: heat, health and out of state travel.
I got out my Cheerios sponsored CAD tools and made up a couple of gussets to brace the lower chain stays/fork (above and below) to the seat tube. Did a little welding to see how well it holds together. Hopefully more welding to follow today.
I got out my Cheerios sponsored CAD tools and made up a couple of gussets to brace the lower chain stays/fork (above and below) to the seat tube. Did a little welding to see how well it holds together. Hopefully more welding to follow today.
You know.......it wouldnt take much to go bare steel on this build, it might look good showing off some tubes (see pic above), but it might just be too nice of an approach this type of bike.
comments, questions, complaints?
comments, questions, complaints?
