Great looking bike Carl!
MBBO Class 2 - ALiEN FiRE - DONE!
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Thanx, I'm still waiting on parts... little at a time. I'm not worried, I have over three months still.
But I do go mess with it everyday or so. Seat post soon, I can't wait to see how the Aliens are gonna do that...
Carl.
Ha, soon as I wrote that, parts in the mail! Woohoo! Pics in a bit.
Carl.
Carl.
Can't really see the new stem and shims but they're there.
Also the ALiEN propulsion system is in.
(note the radiation warning)
Carl.
have seen the alien nation stuff for bmx bikes
Yeah that's a brand, I'm not using any of it tho...
That's a Haro Fusion sprocket.
Carl.
mean looking for sure
Very Cool!
Thanks man, seat post soon...Had to come back and look again it looks like everything is proportioned just right I would like to see it with the seat on it
It looks like it was made for the wheel sizes you are using
I've still got brake problems, rim brake won't clear the crank...
Going to be looking for a disk brake rim in black...
Carl.
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super cool Carl love the bar placement and sprocket!!
Troy
Troy
Looking awesome Carl!
Luke.
Any way you could mount the brake to what were the chainstays, now seatstays? Some bikes have a tube there that could possibly be drilled... Maybe a bolt on or welded on plate?
Luke.
I cut the kick stand bracket out. It's close quarters when the seat is on. But I may be able to squeeze it in... I would like to use a disc. I just don't have the right rim.
Carl.
Carl.
Here's a sneak peek of something I hope I can make work...
It's all about getting the disc/blade mounted on the wheel.
I originally wanted to use this last year on the front of HeadBanger
but I didn't want to hack into the fork.
I also swapped cranks again, I had put a Schwinn on... But we're gonna need the cones for Fruit Krate, for which I have a bare stingray crank coming. The plus was I went thru an old box of BB bearings and found two Schwinn for the stingray, a nice chrome outer cone and set of new no name bearings for ALiEN FiRE
. So lots of fun parts swapping to get things in order and NO money spent 
and then I found the old disc caliper....Carl.
How bad do you have to want to ride your bike, to mount the seat on unistrut with zip ties and duct tape? Went for a little ride around the block with no brakes... ha the drivetrain works fine...
Carl.
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Is the wheel made for a disc? If not I'll have to watch closely on how you do this I would like to figure a way to mount a disc on a regular wheel maybe like they do the sprockets on one with a engine ? I don't know I may be way off base here
The wheel is not made for a disc. There are a couple kinds of adapter out there but I don't know much about them. This rim is a leftover and not worth much if I trash it. It does have the look I want tho. Meanwhile, I'm looking for a bit of pipe with a 1 3/8" ID to make my own adapter... or a nice black rear wheel set up for a disc.
Carl.
Carl.
Going to look cool Carl, good to see it riding!
Luke.
Luke.
Jeez you almost make duct tape and zip ties sound bad, for some that's a complete look !
Mark
Mark
