Oh yeah everyhting is fine. Yard got soggy, but no houses in my neighborhood got hit, so we were lucky this time around. Thanks for everyone's concern. Nice to know people who care.
Now for my build progress...
So one day, I decided to send a message to Uncle Stretch because I wanted one of his stretched out colson clone frames. This led to a long and lengthy discussion about building bikes and whatnot. During this discussion the topic of stretching a bike came up, and he informed me that in his opinion, it was better to build from scratch than to try to cut apart and stretch an existing bike. I can second that opinion, especially when it comes to a frame style such as a spaceliner, with so many curves. It is REALLY hard to match some of these curves! I already wish I had started from scratch. Or at least taken my starting frame apart a little bit more. If I was to do it again(which I might...) I wouldn't try to re-use any of the top tubes. I would just start from scratch rather than trying to scab in some curved metal and make it all try to match. That being said, Even though it is turning out a little more difficult than I had originally anticipated, I think it will still turn out ok, especially if I go ahead and use some bondo when it's all welded up(I hate bondo by the way...). Here's to hoping. :mrgreen:
And here's my pictures of my progress for the night.
It's just tack-welded right now, and I already know it's gonna have to come back apart in places because it's a little twisted and not as straight as I wish it was in places... I'm also pretty sure I'm gonna have to build a longer fork or at least lengthen one for this thing, but since i only have one wheel here at work, I'm not exactly sure of my pedal clearances yet...
So there you are.
