-Seat post/seat and bars done today ,
well almost..
seat need pading and i ran out of wleding wire after tacking the bars
here is where i got the big orange springs , form a powerwheel my neigbor trew to garbage , thats the front steering mech ,basically mtb pivots
and that seat is from a excerciser bike also from a neigbor garbage lol
so i though of this ..
then remembered i had a suspension seat post . and turns out this could actually work
i cut the standard seat clamp out and guess what , the top spring hat just pressed in no problem!
(under that boot is a square rod , the top hat is pressed against it and stop there)
the spring is big enough to clear the slider clamp (part with the yellow sticker)
but the botton spring plate needed a little help to go over the tube..
wood lath commes in handy as always
Bam!
i then welded a washer on top to secure the spring plate
found a tube the right size to slide over it on the bottom and drilled/welded a nut to have a set-screw holding it in place .
now spring is secured
then cut that part out of a 2x4 steel chanel to clamp the seat on
some little added supports added , and then welded to the post.
i also made a shim for the post to be tight in the frame and found a 1.5'' industrial clamp i had in my parts
Bam ! works so well iam amazed
i then proceeded to make the bars , had to remove the center section for it to clam good in the fork ..these are generic moon bars
i then cut the handles off and welded these excersiser bars on to it ..Hollly!thats wide! 38.5'' to be exact
i might try to pie cut them to make them a bit narrower , that pretty much the only steel bars parts i had so i made the most of it
(predicted an OddJob first to finish)
Merci Beaucoup!
