Monark Street Racer ~~ CLUB-29 ~~ IT RIDES 5-22 ~~

[Skipton]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

this project is coming together very nicely!! I sooo want to do a build with deep v wheels. 8)

Thanks!
Also I will be needed a mile long seat layback seatpost for this.... look for a PM soon :mrgreen:

 

[XC204]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

Didn't your mother ever tell you to sit up straight ? :lol:

 

[Skipton]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

Didn't your mother ever tell you to sit up straight ? :lol:

:lol: Yeah but you can't go as fast! :mrgreen:



Teaser pic...... Espresso Brown crank and chain ring

 

[stickit]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

oh man, got me hooked here. Cant wait to see where this goes

 

[Skipton]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

oh man, got me hooked here. Cant wait to see where this goes

Thanks!... I cant wait to ride this one!

Look what UPS left for me!! :mrgreen:




Looks good... going to try out tomorrow.

Also ordered a Hi-stop Hub (no shame :roll: :wink: )... Hope it comes tomorrow. And a Big 2.15" wide Big Apple tire on the way also.

 

[Gdcast]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

UUUHHHHH!!! Me likes this! :wink:
Want to see more please!!!

 

[Skipton]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

UUUHHHHH!!! Me likes this! :wink:
Want to see more please!!!

Thanks Gdcast!!.... Got a little more done today.

The new fork steer tube will work... Just need to cut a inch or so off... Only issue is
Fork legs are a inch or so longer..... Tire doesn't sit as close to top of fork like the other fork..

First fork nice and tight to the tire....

New fork bigger gap... Tried to tell myself it doesn't matter.

But now I'm thinking off grinding out the dropouts a little, see if I can get the tire closer to the top.

More good news bad news.
Good news.... Got another package today... Bad news box was empty :shock:

Just filled with scrap cardboard. :shock:

Email sent hope they can fix it fast!!!

 

[Onewheelsqueel]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

What the heck? What was supposed to be in it, yer hub? Hope ya get it resolved.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

Awesome build! Just wanted to say that part of the reason some 700 style bikes are so fast is the narrow tires, some of that may be lost with the bigger ones you are running... That being said, the big ones sure do look cool! Specially with those truss bars on the front! 8)

Luke.

 

[Skipton]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

What the heck? What was supposed to be in it, yer hub? Hope ya get it resolved.

Yeah the Hi-stop hub should have been in the box :shock:
I sure hope it gets resolved with out any more issues.

Awesome build! Just wanted to say that part of the reason some 700 style bikes are so fast is the narrow tires, some of that may be lost with the bigger ones you are running... That being said, the big ones sure do look cool! Specially with those truss bars on the front! 8)

Luke.

Thanks Luke!

Cant wait to see how fast it is.... Hope it is fast. :mrgreen:

Also even with these fat 700's this will be the skinniest tire bike I have :lol: :mrgreen:

 

[Skipton]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

Getting ready to paint some spokes..

Some good news! ..... Heritage Bicycles just emailed me that my rear tire is in!

 

[mobilrods]

Re: The 700 Club

Did some more work today.... More backwards then forwards :roll:

I was so excited about the fork the other day, I didn't notice that the steer tube was not going to be long enough once I put the headset cups and headset on :shock:



I did steal this truss bar set up from another project. I like how it looks.


Just put a stem and bars on to see how it might look when done.






Got to find another fork, Order a 32 hole coaster hub, Order the Rear tire.
More to Come

I found a way around having the wrong size steer tube. I've had to deal with too long a tube usually, but if you can find another tube the same size, cut it and take an aluminum stem and run it through all the parts. run the welder on low. it wont stick to the aluminum and the stem will keep everything straight. It really works great.

 

[Skipton]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

Mobilrods,
Thanks for the tip!
Yesterday it hit me I might be able to use a threadless adapter like this one.

http://www.choppersus.com/store/product ... Threadles/

Thanks for looking guys!

 

[OneHorsePower]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

you could cut 1/2" off the bottom and top of the steer tube also ,refit the cups and bang!!! 1more inch for the headset :wink:

 

[MplsCoaster]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

Your build is going too fast, I keep missing things, slow down! :lol:
The espresso color on the crankset looks great 8)

The tire fills out the fork nicely width wise
I know the vertical gap would bug me too but the side angle of the rake is the cool factor IMHO
Jacked up pilot came out similar but I liked the look of the increased rake and the ride
The 700 tires look quite round compared to my Bontrager Hank (that had a lot of drag)

I use an adapter on my winter Al bike and put spacer rings on it and it works nicely
Those black spokes and bright green rims will look great

Good luck with getting the hub incident straightened out
Looking forward to seeing more...

 

[XC204]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

I know a guy that could lengthen it that will be home the weekend after next

 

[Skipton]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~

Thanks Guys for looking... and all the positive feedback.

I know a guy that could lengthen it that will be home the weekend after next

Thanks for the generous offer. going to try the threadless adapter in the next day or two and see if that works.

 

[Skipton]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~ HUB ON ITS WAY!

GOOD NEWS!

Big Props to Junky Rusty Bikes http://www.junkyrustybikes.co/

After a few quick Emails back and forth, they will be sending me out a new hub! :mrgreen:

Nothing better then some great customer service!! :mrgreen:

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~HUB IS ON IT'S WAY!!

Awesome! That must be a big relief!

Luke.

 

[Onewheelsqueel]

Re: The 700 Club ~~ Monark Street Racer ~~HUB IS ON IT'S WAY!!

Nice.