Sidetrack Space: Build Off Highlights and Chat.

[sandman]

No fear . But this is true bicycle heaven !

relief I hear from the builders?

 

[léocwc]

This is true Bicycle Heaven .
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are wonderful clouds

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Alert: Machine Age Victim is hiding the chainline inside the wooden frame!

Not following could be hazardous to your health.

 

[Verrt]

...hiding the chainline inside the wooden frame!

You won't hear that on the cabe

 

[Captain Awesome]

You won't hear that on the cabe

Hilarious

 

[toro1978]

2 things here...
First: guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Second: what's up with the custom looking fat bike in the bg? Double whammy!

2. I think it's someone's rider. Pretty fat.
1. Wow, I always dreamt if I learned to weld I'd build a frame like this, with twin tubes, like those craddle frames from Norton or Triumph, don't really remember which was it. This is gonna be crazy awesome. Which thread is it, Matti?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

@toro1978 the thread is https://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/chewys-fallout-twin.111409/#post-1142499

but I see you already found it

 

[MattiThundrrr]

!!!

 

[BartRidesEternal]

Alert: Machine Age Victim is hiding the chainline inside the wooden frame!
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Not following could be hazardous to your health.

Wait.....

I thought he just layed his chain on his bike (I must admit I did not read all of his plans)
Thats just too wood to be true!

 

[toro1978]

It would need something for the chain to roll on though. Otherwise the chain would run very heavy, also the chain pull probably will make the chain to gradually eat through the frame, which will lead to chain slack and eventually frame failure.

 

[Machine Age Victim]

It would need something for the chain to roll on though. Otherwise the chain would run very heavy, also the chain pull probably will make the chain to gradually eat through the frame, which will lead to chain slack and eventually frame failure.

There will be abs plastic as a guide at the contact points

 

[BartRidesEternal]

There will be abs plastic as a guide at the contact points

That pretty neat!
Dit you consider the derailleur wheels? Or bronze bush bearings? Of Teflon?

I do not know what the friction coefficient of ABS is, or will they be rollers?

Sorry for all the questions, suddenly I am even more interested in your build

 

[Machine Age Victim]

That pretty neat!
Dit you consider the derailleur wheels? Or bronze bush bearings? Of Teflon?

I do not know what the friction coefficient of ABS is, or will they be rollers?

Sorry for all the questions, suddenly I am even more interested in your build

Thanks!
Space is limited, so no pulleys, I also want it so be smooth so I won't feel the notches of the chain as i pedal. I can shape the plastic to have a gradual ramp, so that lowers that affect. Chain guides like these, with the same plastic, are used on down hill mountain bikes and 3-wheel recumbent bikes in the same way.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

MONARK is up to something...

loooooooooooooooooooooooonnnngggg

https://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/i...ratter-or-hack-rat.111025/page-2#post-1142894

 

[BartRidesEternal]

MONARK is up to something...
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loooooooooooooooooooooooonnnngggg

https://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/i...ratter-or-hack-rat.111025/page-2#post-1142894

That a bike and trailer in one!

Pickup truck bicycle?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Skynight John trying a new angle: humility and self depreciation to get votes

Won’t really be all that special

Enough of my (yawn) build, let’s go look at the cool bikes!

But he's hiding a Rockhopper under that gorgeous blue. This one will be a great rider!

 

[SkyknightJohn]

Skynight John trying a new angle: humility and self depreciation to get votes


But he's hiding a Rockhopper under that gorgeous blue. This one will be a great rider!
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Ha ha! A little bribery isn’t beneath me either...

... it’s just beneath my means!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Mr Unhinged says "10 bits of various other mudguards went into it"

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I definitely understand headers, here's a set I've just made for the car I'm building (a flat four alfa romeo)
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Equal length primaries and secondaries.

Rat Rod Understatement Award!
And I think that Alpha needs a build thread!

 

[David Cooksey]

Rat Rod Understatement Award!
And I think that Alpha needs a build thread!

It does have a build thread, just not on here.
https://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=1548897