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Schwinnspastic said:
Jeez you almost make duct tape and zip ties sound bad, for some that's a complete look !:39::thumbsup:
Mark
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I can't live with the uni-strut tho. o_O It actually rides and steers nice, hardly any of that "chopper fork" feel. Then my oldest boy, who has about 50 lbs on me, rode it of a curb and snapped the zip ties. :21: But I've actually made some progress on the seat mount. I just need to drill a 1 inch hole horizontally thru the original BB and into the top tube, and I don't have bits that big. I also looked at a unibit...HolyCow! They really like their product, and want you to give them a fair bit of jack to part with one. I hate to pay that for a one time, or at least rarely used item. I guess it's gonna be small hand tools, multiple holes and hand filing. The tricks gonna be keeping it centered, and at the last, bringing it out to 1 inch needs to be fairly precise...

Carl.
 
Just get a step bit from harbor freight.
They have a 2 pack for under $20 that the large one has 1" on it.
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Ok steal away... while yer at it check this out...
I've been watching guys do "lead" bodywork on the TV, how hard can that be? I have a couple spots on the top tube where I removed some keepers for the cabling, that needed some attention. I also found a roll of Stearine solder, the type used on cast iron sewer lines. So I whipped out my hand torch and melted in some lead on my bike. Worked fine. I'm not done filing it down yet but for now here's a starter pic.


Carl. :android:
 
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Melted the lead into the flaws where I pulled the cable stays off last Tuesday... But I haven't done anything else. I'm still waiting on the bits, although they've shipped... I've been tinkering with a seat post and a banana pan. I'll also have to break out the welder to attach a clamp for the post after I get the holes drilled for the horizontal post mount. It'll be nice to be able to sit on this bike.

The "Punch List"...
1. Drill holes / weld the post clamp on
2. BRAKES
3. Shifter
4. Recover banana seat in ALiEN hide
5. cafe seat rear shroud / LED Laser tail lighting
6. Fab a plasma tube mount and a plasma light bucket
7. Fab a battery backed up generator system
8. Double fork springer
9. Front and rear spoilers
10. Disassembly, paint and reassembly

...with a little less than 90 days left.

Carl. :android:
 
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Carl that repair looks great. I might have to try that on my bike. I drilled a few more holes than I needed. When the guy at the bike store told me I needed a boss to mount the cable stops I wanted I told him since I have a drill and a tap the whole thing is made of boss.

This bike is turning out really cool. Love the angle of the fork and the under stem deal.
 
Chad T said:
Carl that repair looks great. I might have to try that on my bike. I drilled a few more holes than I needed. When the guy at the bike store told me I needed a boss to mount the cable stops I wanted I told him since I have a drill and a tap the whole thing is made of boss.

This bike is turning out really cool. Love the angle of the fork and the under stem deal.
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Thank You! The lead work I saw on the TV a few times and just thought I could do that... I barely heated the frame and then mostly melted the lead into the area I wanted to fill. I then filed it down after it cooled using four old files I've accumulated, coarse to fine and finishing it off with a sanding pad. It really did work well, and I'm glad I tried it. I won't hesitate to use it again if I need to. As far as the frame and the angles, I've never seen a flipped women's bike that didn't look cool. The stem trick came out of my head...

Carl. :android:
 

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