Varsity Freak MiniVelo (stick a fork in it, she's done...)

[dracothered]

Here is what I just messed with last night. I was tempted for a very short time to use this as my one frame change in BO9.

This will be the chain ring for it... I will weld the 52t to the 30t chainring.

Did some computer mock up work on it too...

 

[dracothered]

The steering needs to be refined, but other than that it works fairly well.

The welds on the outside of the sprocket look to weak, but when you look on the inside side you will see it isn't going anywhere.

 

[dracothered]

This is not accurate but gives a clue...

 

[LukeTheJoker]

That is the problem with fitting smaller wheels unfortunately... I had to straighten the curve out of my forks a little on the 120 build...

Luke.

 

[dracothered]

Only 1" of Neg-trail, not that good...

Could weld something like this to the back of the fork blade to get that needed 1 to 2 inches extra on the Neg-trail.

 

[dracothered]

 

[dracothered]

Well after taking it again for a short test ride the handling isn't as bad as I first thought... So for now I will not do any fork mods...

 

[dracothered]

Ok, I got the crank in it that I will be using on it and she is all greased up (Rolls real nice, ieedaling). I also messed around with its picture and did a mock up of the next mods I'm thinking of doing to it.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Luke.

 

[dracothered]

Luke you seem to be my only fan of this little side diversion build... That's ok

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Luke you seem to be my only fan of this little side diversion build... That's ok

It is just that everyone is so busy with the build-off and looking at all the posts associated with the build-off, they run out of time to look at these side builds like yours and mine, so they don't get as much attention as they normally would...

Luke.

 

[tonygameboy]

Dude this is going to be impressive! The Velo bikes are pretty neat on their own.


I LIKE BIKES

 

[dracothered]

It is just that everyone is so busy with the build-off and looking at all the posts associated with the build-off, they run out of time to look at these side builds like yours and mine, so they don't get as much attention as they normally would...

Luke.

Yep I know, was just having a little fun by throwing that out there....

 

[dracothered]

Dude this is going to be impressive! The Velo bikes are pretty neat on their own.


I LIKE BIKES

Thanks....
still need to throw a few more things at it and see what sticks....

 

[dracothered]

Don't look some clown cut your frame....

Well at least he knows to insert a sleeve in the top tube to keep everything straight.

It sure came out sweet looking....

 

[LukeTheJoker]

"Some clown" does nice work!

Luke.

 

[dracothered]

Yea that clown did good work on this one for sure... I is turning out better than I thought it would. Thanks for the praise....

 

[dracothered]

Finally picked the handlebars I will use and they look great. Just need to sling paint on it and put the decals on.

A close up of my grips that I took the flange off its end.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looks like a fun ride!
What paint colour you going to use?

Luke.

 

[dracothered]

The frame will be painted green and the rims will stay the color they are. Still not sure what I will do with the goose neck and cranks.