The Streamliner

[toro1978]

I had completely forgotten about that.

 

[Glen]

Really looking forward to seeing what you do...

Glen.

 

[David Cooksey]

Really looking forward to seeing what you do...

Glen.

If its half as wild as it is in my head I'll be happy!
I did do a drawing of it to work from but I wasn't happy with it. I'll just work straight on the bike.

 

[Chad T]

Hub motor puts me in mind of this.

Good progress having a runner already...pic hurts my neck...

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Tell me more about a magnetic bender, never heard of one before!
By the way, loving the build so far!

 

[David Cooksey]

Tell me more about a magnetic bender, never heard of one before!
By the way, loving the build so far!

Thanks, it's only just begun...

A magnetic folder has a bed made from a very strong electro magnet. The sheet metal is put on this then the top piece, made from steel, goes on. Press the button a d the top piece clamps the sheet to the bed. Now you can fold. There are two advantages over a traditional box pan folder. You can use anything steel for the top piece, so big radius curves are easy. Also, it's much quicker to set up folding boxes.
Hard to explain. Is there a way of posting a short video on here?

 

[David Cooksey]

Having taken this for a test ride last night, I can't help but feel I need a front brake!
Now that I've fitted a smaller tyre, I've realised that the rim is too small (diameter) for me to use even a long reach brake calliper.
So instead I'm going to weld a bridge across the forks to mount an old centre pull calliper. I can't remember where I got it from, but I do know it's going in the dishwasher, sorry PARTS WASHER, tonight when the Mrs isn't watching!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Hard to explain. Is there a way of posting a short video on here?

Sounds cool! You can just upload to Youtube and drop the link here, it will show right in the post and can be watched in the post too.

 

[SpikeFC]

So instead I'm going to weld a bridge across the forks to mount an old centre pull calliper.

Wow! That's a classic racing brake from the 60's! Used mostly on top-of-the-line racing bicycles in PL - The ZZR Jaguar Special.

I can't remember where I got it from, but I do know it's going in the dishwasher, sorry PARTS WASHER, tonight when the Mrs isn't watching!

One of the best machines to wash parts... when your wife/girlfriend isn't watching

 

[David Cooksey]

I've remembered where they were from, a Peugeot racing bike I rebuilt several years ago.

 

[Chad T]

Never thought of the dishwasher. Great idea. Brake is cool!

 

[David Cooksey]

I'm struggling to find time for this right now, but I did manage to weld in the support for the front brakes. I braced the forks as I knew they'd pull in after welding

 

[David Cooksey]

I had to switch to a different calliper in the end. The centre pull one just wouldn't work with my bodywork design. So I dug out a old weinmann side pull. I Swapped the cable entry so it comes in from the bottom.
All this will become clear once I start on the body.
This build is on the verge of new territory......

 

[toro1978]

The Weinmann brake is also cool and to me personally easier to set up than a center pull brake.
I thought these brakes were very bad until I replaced the pads on a set. I read some guys put modern, longer pads on them, but the short ones are adequate I think.

 

[David Cooksey]

The Weinmann brake is also cool and to me personally easier to set up than a center pull brake.
I thought these brakes were very bad until I replaced the pads on a set. I read some guys put modern, longer pads on them, but the short ones are adequate I think.

I spent my younger years messing about with old English racing bikes so I'm used to both side and centre pull brakes.
I have, in fact, fitted longer modern brakes blocks on this. I've done this for a while on my bikes, mainly because the quality of the traditional style blocks are very poor, mostly Chinese copies.

 

[David Cooksey]

So I'm now making a start on the bodywork.
This is the fun/creative part, well for me anyway

Starting with some CAD (that's Cardboard Aided Design) a template was made

And transferred to aluminium

 

[David Cooksey]

Then it's off to the English wheel.
This squashes the metal to force it into a curve. Concentrating on the centre at first, the goal is to get a smooth dome shape.

Using reflections of straight lines is a good way of checking for any wobbles in the panel

Happy with that.
I've left the edges because I'll be shrinking that area so it will curl over. That's for tomorrow though, time to do some work!

 

[David Cooksey]

This is where its going. You'll probably guess what I'm aiming for

 

[toro1978]

Awesome! Will it be bare metal finished?

 

[David Cooksey]

Awesome! Will it be bare metal finished?

I think so, I haven't fully decided yet, but probably