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Hello all!
My name's Dean and I'm 38 and a bikeaholic all the way from the UK
In all honesty, I've been more comfortable with bikes with engines up until recently - being a fat bloke doesn't help with the old fitness!!! Anyway, I'm teaching myself all kinds of metal work skills and am working on a motorbike, but, while working in the garage one day, I decided to have a blast at making a pushbike frame as I had an old bike laying about that never got used.
Wow. How much fun is it really?!!!
I'm loving it, still working on the first one, but got another two bikes to play with straight afterwards - another adult size, and one that's for a child. I'll do a proper build thread when I have a bit more time and it's not nearly 2am, but this is how it's looking at the moment
And a short vid of me riding it - you can tell I'm not used to riding a pushbike, click on the picture LOL
I'm pleased with the frame and the bars - especially as it was all done by hand and nothing was jigged up. Since this pic, I've added a brace for strength onto the front downtube meeting at the drive. I've also gone over a whole bunch of the welds to tidy them up, and put some bodyfiller on bits. Now have to clean it all up and spray it!
I did want to put the gears on and working, but at first look, it all appeared a bit hard - so for my first bike I thought I'd keep it simple!
Really hoping to learn some good stuff from you guys, there's some awesome stuff on this site!!!!
My name's Dean and I'm 38 and a bikeaholic all the way from the UK
In all honesty, I've been more comfortable with bikes with engines up until recently - being a fat bloke doesn't help with the old fitness!!! Anyway, I'm teaching myself all kinds of metal work skills and am working on a motorbike, but, while working in the garage one day, I decided to have a blast at making a pushbike frame as I had an old bike laying about that never got used.
Wow. How much fun is it really?!!!
I'm loving it, still working on the first one, but got another two bikes to play with straight afterwards - another adult size, and one that's for a child. I'll do a proper build thread when I have a bit more time and it's not nearly 2am, but this is how it's looking at the moment
And a short vid of me riding it - you can tell I'm not used to riding a pushbike, click on the picture LOL
I'm pleased with the frame and the bars - especially as it was all done by hand and nothing was jigged up. Since this pic, I've added a brace for strength onto the front downtube meeting at the drive. I've also gone over a whole bunch of the welds to tidy them up, and put some bodyfiller on bits. Now have to clean it all up and spray it!
I did want to put the gears on and working, but at first look, it all appeared a bit hard - so for my first bike I thought I'd keep it simple!
Really hoping to learn some good stuff from you guys, there's some awesome stuff on this site!!!!
