TRADITIONAL SHAOLIN SPITFIRE (Wu Tang Forever)

[BobbyStillz]

Sorry, but Heineken is absolutely As a Dutch person, I could not leave that alone

AGREED! The Dutch version is tolerable, but the U.S. version is horrible. Like sugar water. They've f'd up Guiness as well.

 

[ingola]

Interesting very interesting

 

[OddJob]

Bobby 'can't sit ' Stillz

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Sorry, but Heineken is absolutely As a Dutch person, I could not leave that alone

Its funny you mention that, i don't drink it, but have a green bottle of the stuff tattooed on my leg.

 

[Pondo]

I'm loving the fork design, very creative.

 

[Bike from the Dead]

That's going to be quite the wild fork setup!

 

[BobbyStillz]

The steertube assembly will all compact into place. However, it's a snug fit. So I'm not going to put it TOGETHER together until I've decided on construction/aesthetic.

I am 90% sure I am going to do an under slung stem, so I am playing with what the top plate assembly will look like.

Alignment looks good, so I should be able to use the top plat as a cap. Mounting handle bars on top (original design), however, may put too much tork-stress for the size of the bike and length of fork comparatively. But then again...maybe not?

 

[Mesquite Hugger]

State has your crurisewear on sale!

 

[Pondo]

You could run motorcycle clip-ons on those fork stanchions for a different look.

 

[BobbyStillz]

In order to mount the top plate of the triple tree, I have to have all 3 pipes slide into the corresponding fittings. But since I am altering the steer-tube assembly. The inverted steer-tube ends up being the same diameter as the fitting itself.

 

[BobbyStillz]

So we adapt...

I have, what was sold as, a 'bicycle seatpost shim'. It was not. But it is a shim, nonetheless, and it's been lying around for a couple years. Hopefully, it should do the trick.

Looks like just the right amount of tolerance...

And this seatpost should fit into the shim, then into the steer tube, ultimately creating a pipe reducer coupling.

Wish me luck

 

[BobbyStillz]

I know it is shimming a seat post, thus 'seat post shim' but the shim itself is as big in diameter as the largest frame tubing I've ever come across. Maybe it was for a motorcycle?

 

[BobbyStillz]

Ok! Minor wrestling match, to wedge the shim open long enough to get the post started, but we're good!

I'll obviously need to trim it down, but problem solved!

 

[BobbyStillz]

Trying to decide on wheel size/position. I have a 20" and a 26" spitfire tire, but I'm not married to running both. I'd like to run at least one, however. Thoughts?

 

[kingfish254]

If you keep the pipes tall, make the ends smokey

 

[BobbyStillz]

If you keep the pipes tall, make the ends smokey

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Roger Doger!

That would be wild! I will be cutting them down, but maybe for an Optimus Prime build?

 

[Brian macumber]

I like the 26 back with the 20 on the front

 

[BobbyStillz]

I like the 26 back with the 20 on the front

I am leaning that way, myself. Ideally, I'd like to bend the fork legs a touch more for a better flow-line (visually) from the cantilever into the fork.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Trying to decide on wheel size/position. I have a 20" and a 26" spitfire tire, but I'm not married to running both. I'd like to run at least one, however. Thoughts?

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[Endlesschain]

C.R.E.A.M dolla dolla bills yo' all