Recent content by Wildcat

I brought out the donor bike to check some measurements. Mainly where the cranks will have to be in relation to where I will sit. Also to check the total length and see what might work. I think this frame will provide most of what I need and may not need to be cut up completely. I may keep the...

I have never owned or ridden a fixie. I've had the hub for a couple years but only used it as a freewheel so I gave it a try. I have a front brake of course. I took it down the street and it rode fine but is different.

More gadgets to add to the shop. A small press and a thing you attach to your drill to make it a press. Maintenence on the shop fan. Good thing they warned me about sticking my finger in the blades!

Great finds! I've never seen a light like that one.

I think the axle is positioned longer on the drive side to account for the derailleur mount.

I'm going to be using disc brakes on my build and did some research:

I think they look better with the spacers, it looks more like real dice (which they are) and not a block shaped like to look dice.

I filed the razor sharp points off the drops, but they are still dangerous. I'm smoothing them out and giving them some paint. They should look like 14kt gold when done.

I needed a third wheel, so I ordered a hub and rim, and scrounged up some spokes. The rim showed up today and I had it laced up in 15 minutes. It's a red rim but it's only 18 bucks and the hub 12 bucks. Same rim as the other two. I might go with red rims and paint the other two, or have them...

It might be just as easy to fab up a new brake arm that reaches further.

Old Murray chain ring looks good! Here's a 39 Murray made Mercury:

It might be for just one person!

I had to use a clamp like a press for the BB cups, so I thought the headset cups might go in that way. I used the big clamp again and pressed them in.

Almost ready to work full time on it after finishing my traditional build. The time is needed to identify problems before I chop something up or get things welded. I have to go to town for welding, my home welder guy got banned from the neighborhood. Evidently he wasn't completing work on...

I learned that on a 56 X53 I restored back in 1977. Up and over!