Hey...the frame and forks were free, so why not build a Huffy?
And I just joined RRB, so I don't have any build pics, just the completed bike, but I'll describe the process:
26" bike, which I wanted because the goal was to use those 36" ape hangers, which were...free. The other goal was to make it as low as possible...basically I wanted the down tube to be as close to the ground as the sidewall of the tires are tall.
So I cut off the back half of the frame, flipped it, made new dropouts and brake bracket...modified the down tube and seat post, moved the crankset up on the down tube, and the back half was done.
I call the fork a "rigid springer". I thought that was clever . I cut the fork tubes off, welded tabs to the fork stubs and the bottom of the stem, made an upper collar with a tab, secured with the stem nut, to mount the top of the fork braces...and new dropouts that included corresponding lower brace tabs.
Had some Nirve fenders laying around...the rear fender "floats", mounted on a bracket that comes off the seat post. The front uses conventional fender braces.
Despite the insane amount of trail, it rides like a champ. Obviously, sharp turns are out of the question, but it's comfortable and surprisingly controllable. It definitely likes to go straight No-hands riding is butter.
That's my nephew on the bike, and he is 6' 2".
And I just joined RRB, so I don't have any build pics, just the completed bike, but I'll describe the process:
26" bike, which I wanted because the goal was to use those 36" ape hangers, which were...free. The other goal was to make it as low as possible...basically I wanted the down tube to be as close to the ground as the sidewall of the tires are tall.
So I cut off the back half of the frame, flipped it, made new dropouts and brake bracket...modified the down tube and seat post, moved the crankset up on the down tube, and the back half was done.
I call the fork a "rigid springer". I thought that was clever . I cut the fork tubes off, welded tabs to the fork stubs and the bottom of the stem, made an upper collar with a tab, secured with the stem nut, to mount the top of the fork braces...and new dropouts that included corresponding lower brace tabs.
Had some Nirve fenders laying around...the rear fender "floats", mounted on a bracket that comes off the seat post. The front uses conventional fender braces.
Despite the insane amount of trail, it rides like a champ. Obviously, sharp turns are out of the question, but it's comfortable and surprisingly controllable. It definitely likes to go straight No-hands riding is butter.
That's my nephew on the bike, and he is 6' 2".