Bike looks awesome. Graphics look awesome. I like your retaining wall and cute houses and fences in the background too! -were you going to out BLO on this? What were your plans for the wonderful patina?
Thank you , Organizing the shop has been more work than building all three bikes combined . Plus I’ve been working on several other bikes durring this build off mostly doing outdoor stuff that I couldn’t do once the weather turns to winter. It will be worth it when I’m done with the shop . That being said I don’t think I’ll ever be done with the shop . Lol
That's an interesting front fork setup for the axle. A hole on one dropout and the usual slot on the other dropout. How do you get the axle into the hole without binding when installing or taking off the wheel?
Love those graphics!!!
Thank you!
You have to have a axle that fits but isn’t overly long . I’ve actually shortened axles in the past on these type of builds .
Thank you for the compliment. I just picked up this one and I may use it for a future build off . This bike is 125 years old ! Lots of incorrect parts but the frame the fork the steering linkage and sestpost are correct. This bike was $150 new in 1897 .
Holy Smoking Daisy's @125yrs..... and that steering, im guessing its more of a steering assist, and the front sprockets, maybe they have been changed etc
It’s called rear steer . But basically either person can drive the fork steering.
The original drive train was skiptooth. The frame, the fork , the fork linkage , and seat post are original , along with the crank hardware . Eveything else was part of a 1970s refresh. I’m going to make it more period correct if I can’t find original parts . I have a lot of bikes to build before this one though. .
