Didn't actually work on the bike today, but spent time with a Rebel Rider IPA in one hand and a series of small parts in the other, staring at the frame and planning out how I'm going to make things like brakes and shifters functional.
The tough part comes from the differences between the donor bike frame and this one, and how the cables were run differently...since I'm planning on reusing the cables.
The front brake won't be an issue. A short cable run like that is pretty foolproof. The shifter for the 3-speed, though, isn't. The red donor bike has a lug welded to the frame by the hub for the cable end...the Sea Trails doesn't. Actually, it doesn't have any lugs at all. It has a clamp-on cable end thing that can't go on a chain stay, it'll have to go on the downtube. The Huffy has a little pulley to route the unsheathed cable over the bottom bracket and back to the hub. So after staring at it and moving pieces around, I thnk it'll be ok. I wanted to mount the shifter on a frame tube, but the clamp isn't big enough.
The back brake, on the other hand, won't work. The donor bike had a section of bare cable in the middle of the cable run, and with no lugs on it, the Huffy frame just can't use that cable, unless I put the back brake lever on the seat or something. I'm just gong to have to get a 5' long cable.
And, i'll have to mount the back fender in the stock location, no taildragging. The fender braces just don't reach anything if I try to get funky.
But, at least I have a kind of final plan on how things will fit together. I figure all of us spend some time just staring at the project, scratching our heads and muttering things like, "how in the heck will I..." and "now where will THAT go on the..." or even a "why in the fudge did THIS get designed like this?"
The tough part comes from the differences between the donor bike frame and this one, and how the cables were run differently...since I'm planning on reusing the cables.
The front brake won't be an issue. A short cable run like that is pretty foolproof. The shifter for the 3-speed, though, isn't. The red donor bike has a lug welded to the frame by the hub for the cable end...the Sea Trails doesn't. Actually, it doesn't have any lugs at all. It has a clamp-on cable end thing that can't go on a chain stay, it'll have to go on the downtube. The Huffy has a little pulley to route the unsheathed cable over the bottom bracket and back to the hub. So after staring at it and moving pieces around, I thnk it'll be ok. I wanted to mount the shifter on a frame tube, but the clamp isn't big enough.
The back brake, on the other hand, won't work. The donor bike had a section of bare cable in the middle of the cable run, and with no lugs on it, the Huffy frame just can't use that cable, unless I put the back brake lever on the seat or something. I'm just gong to have to get a 5' long cable.
And, i'll have to mount the back fender in the stock location, no taildragging. The fender braces just don't reach anything if I try to get funky.
But, at least I have a kind of final plan on how things will fit together. I figure all of us spend some time just staring at the project, scratching our heads and muttering things like, "how in the heck will I..." and "now where will THAT go on the..." or even a "why in the fudge did THIS get designed like this?"
How many sammiches do I have to start making? 
She and I laid down all the paint, and peeled off....well basically the thing's all painted now.
