Yea, Im in. With so many cool bikes being built, I had to join in on the fun. Besides, I needed to build a new bike for the Coasters BC "ART of the BIKE" show at the end of July.
As the name implies, Im using a newly acquired Spaceliner frame, Ive always liked the Spaceliner, and after seeing the Spacerliner build off, I had to have one, and one of the Coasters had a Spaceliner frame for sale a few weeks ago, and I bought it.
And yes, the star part of the name comes from the use of the ever popular star sprocket
Some of the other parts to be use are a rat trap springer, thats been popped. Oh you're right that a 24" springer with a 26" tire. Bet I think I can make it work.
And this Spaceliner frame is going to have a 24 x 3 tire with a 2-speed kickback.
You wonder how a 24 x 3 tire will fit on that middle weight frame, well Im making bolt on dropouts, to move the tire back 6".
First made a paper pattern.
then copied that to MDF (fiber board) to make a hard pattern that is used with a hand router to cut out the aluminum outer dropouts, same process will be used to cut out inner drop out. The outer and inner drop outs will sandwich the stock frame drop outs using bolts.
CAUTION: If you try this, wear goggles, use a lubircate on the aluminum to keep the router bit from loading up with the aluminum, work slowly, BE VERY CAREFUL, this is not a good idea for novice hand router users.
the outer drop outs, roughed out.
Next step is to design and cut out the inner drop out and cut reliefs for the stock drop outs.
As the name implies, Im using a newly acquired Spaceliner frame, Ive always liked the Spaceliner, and after seeing the Spacerliner build off, I had to have one, and one of the Coasters had a Spaceliner frame for sale a few weeks ago, and I bought it.
And yes, the star part of the name comes from the use of the ever popular star sprocket
Some of the other parts to be use are a rat trap springer, thats been popped. Oh you're right that a 24" springer with a 26" tire. Bet I think I can make it work.
And this Spaceliner frame is going to have a 24 x 3 tire with a 2-speed kickback.
You wonder how a 24 x 3 tire will fit on that middle weight frame, well Im making bolt on dropouts, to move the tire back 6".
First made a paper pattern.
then copied that to MDF (fiber board) to make a hard pattern that is used with a hand router to cut out the aluminum outer dropouts, same process will be used to cut out inner drop out. The outer and inner drop outs will sandwich the stock frame drop outs using bolts.
CAUTION: If you try this, wear goggles, use a lubircate on the aluminum to keep the router bit from loading up with the aluminum, work slowly, BE VERY CAREFUL, this is not a good idea for novice hand router users.
the outer drop outs, roughed out.
Next step is to design and cut out the inner drop out and cut reliefs for the stock drop outs.