new pics of the lucky 7 boardtracker

[Hooch]

the nexus 4 I had was a coaster
i heard the coaster brakes stop better than the rollers too but I haven't ridden a roller brake one

 

[user 135]

My 7 and 4 spd nexus's are both coasters. I think that is all that Electra uses. Other companies (Bianchi) use the Roller brakes.

 

[Manny Moons]

Oh! I forgot to warn you... Be careful with those cream tires... because before you know it, they will turn yellow on you. I dont know what it is, but it must be the hot sun here in southern california. My tires started out looking nice and creamy like yours, but after about a month I noticed them turning a yellowish color.
Here's the before. I'll try to snap a picture of the new yellow color they turned into.

 

[fast eddie]

that bike is awesome!!! i gotta make me a board tracker!!!! i need a shooga mama so i dont have to keep a job anymore and i can just build bikes!
fast eddie outty

 

[socal_jack]

Real nice, giving me some ideas, be picking this one up tomorrow in O'side, probably go clunker on this one. It's pristine nubs still on tires.

 

[karfer67]

wow cool you found a 98 like mine. let me know if you want to sell the shifter i have been looking for that shifter because when mine was stollen the shifter got messed up. let me know cool bike.

 

[Steve '75]

INCREDIBLE

This beatiful simplicity of this bike is astounding. Of course there isnoting simple about a seven speed rear hub and hiding a shifter in the tank.

 

[GinSonic]

That's one awesome lookin' bike, man!
I'm really likin' that pseudo cafe racer style.
That handlebar really sets it off and brings it all together for a killer stance.

I'm going for something similar for my lil' project as well. Thanks. This gioves me an idea as to what I can expect.
G.

 

[karfer67]

actually the shifter is not done yet right now it is on the left side of the frame under the front of the tank. eventually i am going to hide the shifter inside the frame and make a small shift arm that sticks up through the top of the tank.

 

[socal_jack]

Hi Karfer67,

I'd rather not let the shifter go especially by itself, not sure how easy those are to get. Presently I have 2 of these nexus 7 speed wheelsets, this one and another laced to some Sun rhyno-lite rims. That one has a black plastic version of the shifter(this one is a metal version) which I might be selling together wheelset/shifter, undecided on doing that right now though.

 

[karfer67]

no worries just if you do let me know

 

[notrod59]

One word

SUPERSWEET!!!!!

 

[karfer67]

thanks to all this build has been very emotional for me sort of a resurection of this bike from ashes to this. i would not sell this bike for any amount of money and other than a few more details it is done. found a radar thing the says how fast you are going the other night and wound her up to 30 in 7th but i did not have enough room to get all the way into 7th so there is more there. to be continued.

 

[ricksterr1221]

:O SWEET!

 

[ratrodrob]

this bike is just stupid and all wrong. j/k i'm drooling over this bike i wish i had your skill and resources. keep up the good work. no hard feelings.
-Rob

 

[karfer67]

no worries i guess thats why i like cruisers so much because you can really express yourself in a lot of ways. i used to be into long fork bikes then i saw a boardtracker and thought how cool that would ride so i first made the higgins. then came this bike which although i wont say toped the first it has made an impression wherever it goes which is exactly what i wanted.