My First Frame!!

[JGood]

This is my first frame that I welded. It started out as a Huffy Cranbrook. I cut the rear triangle and Head tube off and used them for simplicity. I welded the 'body' of the bike. Still needs a little tweaking (move crank forward, new forks and some work on the bars) but I was SUPER STOKED to be able to ride it the night I made it and take for a cruise around beautiful Jupiter, FL with some friends. What a great feeling to ride a frame you made/modified. YEEHAW!! lol

 

[Danssoslow]

Congrats man!

If I may ask, what kind of handlebars are those?

 

[OneHorsePower]

What a great feeling to ride a frame you made/modified. YEEHAW!! lol

Amen!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Great work!
Always good to see someone build the first one!

Luke.

 

[horsefarmer]

Very nice, action shots please! Also your friends bikes look plenty cool also.

 

[JGood]

Congrats man!

If I may ask, what kind of handlebars are those?

They are home extended. Had to weld 10" to regular bars to make them long enough to reach because of how much I stretched the bike.

 

[SSG]

To ride something you built yourself is an awesome experience. Cool frame btw.

 

[Pushie Pirate]

Nice to see an original style frame, great mate!

 

[JGood]

And now I have welded a rear for it. Forks are next and maybe drop the rear dropouts some. Bike measures just over 8 feet long at his point. Has been a true learning experience to say the least, lol. Rides well just a slight track to the left. Considering I eyeballed the whole thing it came out well. Next time I will build a jig to keep everything straighter.

When you seat stay blocks your chainline...you improvise.

 

[JGood]

With new bars.

One for my 6 yr old. Front is a 29" and rear is a 20x4. This is my second one.

 

[JGood]

After a few tries he made it 2 blocks. Still needs a bit of work. But with that rake and those forks its not a easy ride. For 6 he did great.

 

[Robertk]

Jupiter?

 

[JGood]

Jupiter?

Yep, monthly ride there out of Real Deal bike shop. If local should come check it out.

 

[JGood]

Bike was dry, no grease. Sorry for the creak.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looks like it rides well and they are having very little trouble with it!

 

[Captain Awesome]

Very cool. Loving that junior bike!

 

[xray]

mr sum yeller tars.