UNLIMITED Stacey's Mom

[Pondo]

Please allow me to introduce.... Stacey's Mom.

A convertible tall bike/chopper build that is just for fun. See the full details in the build thread.​

 

[Skipton]

She’s got it going on!!!

 

[Pondo]

This is a cool project that I saw online a couple of years ago. It looked like fun and potentially a project I could handle so when a free 24" mountain bike came up around the beginning of this build the die was set. Here's the starting point. The shop inspector approves.

After disassembly I cut the swing arm off and broke out the fab tools.

Added some scrap tubing to stretch the swing arm a very precise amount of... well, it's stretched.

The name of the build came about as that song was inexplicably playing on repeat in my head while I was welding the frame.

I used the fork from a department store 26" mountain cruiser so I could have a little bigger front wheel. I had a rusty old piece of pipe that looked about the right length so I lopped it in half and welded into the forks for the perfect extension.

Looks ok. This might actually work!

The mock-up looks really good.

This design uses gas struts as the mechanism to convert the bike between a chopper and a tall bike. Got some basic struts from the jungle website and fabbed up some attachment points.

A lick of paint and some final assembly and it's a bike again with a lot of extra fun built in!

 

[Pondo]

With a degree of trepidation I put on all the padding I could muster and climbed aboard. Oh, boy. What have I gotten myself into.

And... it's a blast!!!

And testing chopper mode

This bike was super fun to build and it's a real kick to ride. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who might be interested in building one. Check out my build thread for details.

 

[Chad T]

Fun watching this fantastic contraption come to life. Looks like you had a great time with it and it came out cool. Great name too!

 

[Flying Merlino Brother]

Seems obvious the helmet is so you don't bump your head on the soffit when mounting. Gutsy and creative!

 

[OddJob]

Man! To take it from what you started with to where it is now blows my mind! And then YOU RODE the dang thing!!

Incredible amount of geometry, engineering, and work into this one. Kudos!

 

[Pondo]

Fun watching this fantastic contraption come to life. Looks like you had a great time with it and it came out cool. Great name too!

Thanks Chad! If I'd had enough time I would have polished everything to perfection. Nah, you're right, probably not.

Seems obvious the helmet is so you don't bump your head on the soffit when mounting. Gutsy and creative!

True that! I did have to watch my head there.

Man! To take it from what you started with to where it is now blows my mind! And then YOU RODE the dang thing!!

Incredible amount of geometry, engineering, and work into this one. Kudos!

Thanks OJ! I can't take credit for the design or math, in fact I barely did any measuring. I'm happy that the frame and forks both came out pretty straight and it rides really well. I won't be heading off road with this one but, wow, it's really fun to ride!

 

[Shrunken_Head_Pedaler]

Congratulations on accomplishing your tall feat!

 

[Pondo]

Congratulations on accomplishing your tall feat!

Thank you! Now the objective is to keep head over feet rather than ‘tail’ over tea kettle.

 

[kingfish254]

CONGRATS on a super unique, fun and cool build!!! This was a blast to follow!!

 

[ingola]

This is awesome these kids of builds are crazy hard and even harder to keep as clean as you did is awesome bravo

 

[Da Gas Man]

Super fun to watch this build. Awesome bike.

 

[Bike from the Dead]

That thing is wild! You did an incredible job building that convertible tall bike/chopper!

 

[Pondo]

That thing is wild! You did an incredible job building that convertible tall bike/chopper!

Thanks!! It has been a really fun build. I think this would be something you could tackle with your parts pile and new welding skills if you were interested. I’ve read and watched tall bike videos about how fun they can be and they really are. They are all home made so no two are alike. Pretty cool stuff.