(MBBO#04 Class 1) - B4C builds Hooligan!
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Ok, Pedal Pushers!!! Let's build a muscle bike!!!
Even longer than promised, I waited an additional day to get started! Now that I'm out of the penalty box, it's no-hold-barred mechanical mayhem!!!
So here I am at the end of the work session with installed bearing races in the head tube, on the fork crown, and on the bottom bracket...
Here's my stash of parts...
These bars and stem are from my Bad Penny cruiser...
...and here's where the name comes from...
This bike will be built on my wife's great-grandfather's workbench that I have had hidden away in the garage for years!!! Thanks, GPa Earl!!
Until tomorrow.....
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Even longer than promised, I waited an additional day to get started! Now that I'm out of the penalty box, it's no-hold-barred mechanical mayhem!!!
So here I am at the end of the work session with installed bearing races in the head tube, on the fork crown, and on the bottom bracket...
Here's my stash of parts...
These bars and stem are from my Bad Penny cruiser...
...and here's where the name comes from...
This bike will be built on my wife's great-grandfather's workbench that I have had hidden away in the garage for years!!! Thanks, GPa Earl!!
Until tomorrow.....
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Like the mean green , looks greatHere's the frame fresh out of the oven at my powdercoater's....
Still has the paper inside the seat tube!
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Glad your week is up!
That frame is looking great, that bench looks solid enough that it can keep getting passed down the generations for many years to come!
Luke.
That frame is looking great, that bench looks solid enough that it can keep getting passed down the generations for many years to come!
Luke.
A number of my tools are my dad's that have been passed on, and a few of my grandpa's old farm tools hang in the garage above my workbench. It is cool that you are continuing the "builder" heritage of the forefathers by putting that workbench to use. It probably has many inspirations and ideas trapped inside that weathered wood just waiting to come out!
Thanks Falstaff/Luke/OddJob!
I have been told many stories about GPa Earl from my wife and her mom/aunts. Hearty Midwest farmer that could build anything from nothing! Great hunter, fisherman, outdoorsman, carpenter...the list goes on! I'm so honored to have this piece as this is the type of person I think I am. I love to build anything!!! Love to fish and hunt (I think he was much better than I am, though!)
He obviously built this bench, and I love the personal touches it has...the drawer, the tool shelf, the handsaw brackets...and the vise. Love the vise on the left front side! it has an adjustable "jaw" by the metal bar at the bottom.
I'm really looking forward to trying new things and pushing myself. Thanks for the encouragement, guys!
I have been told many stories about GPa Earl from my wife and her mom/aunts. Hearty Midwest farmer that could build anything from nothing! Great hunter, fisherman, outdoorsman, carpenter...the list goes on! I'm so honored to have this piece as this is the type of person I think I am. I love to build anything!!! Love to fish and hunt (I think he was much better than I am, though!)
He obviously built this bench, and I love the personal touches it has...the drawer, the tool shelf, the handsaw brackets...and the vise. Love the vise on the left front side! it has an adjustable "jaw" by the metal bar at the bottom.
I'm really looking forward to trying new things and pushing myself. Thanks for the encouragement, guys!
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Great bench and story.
My Grandpa was the same kinda guy, ground his own telescope lens and taught adult Bible classes too. I have a couple of his guitars. If we can just live up to the integrity they had we'll be fine.
Oh, the pink streamers in your parts stash
are gonna clash with that green...
Carl.
My Grandpa was the same kinda guy, ground his own telescope lens and taught adult Bible classes too. I have a couple of his guitars. If we can just live up to the integrity they had we'll be fine.
Oh, the pink streamers in your parts stash
are gonna clash with that green...
Carl.
Great paint! Great bench! Great tag!
Nice green! Great work bench.
Picked two of these up at a yard sale last weekend! Thinking of using one on the bench as a work stand...
Has anyone else done/tried this?
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Has anyone else done/tried this?
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Took a little time to tinker a bit...
Got the NOS Murray headset bearings greased up and installed the fork.
Then I installed the new 44-tooth sprocket on the new 6.5" crank. It was waaaay too long, so I dropped down to a 5.5" crank, greased the bottom bracket bearings and installed the crank.
Not a ton of progress, but it's still progress!!
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Got the NOS Murray headset bearings greased up and installed the fork.
Then I installed the new 44-tooth sprocket on the new 6.5" crank. It was waaaay too long, so I dropped down to a 5.5" crank, greased the bottom bracket bearings and installed the crank.
Not a ton of progress, but it's still progress!!
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Oh, and this is the 'nanner seat I picked up for Hooligan...
...and the cool seatpost clamp...
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...and the cool seatpost clamp...
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Oh yeah! Looking awesome! Really love that seat!
That bike rack as a work stand is an interesting idea, let us know how it goes!
Luke.
That bike rack as a work stand is an interesting idea, let us know how it goes!
Luke.
I'm at a point where I need to make a decision on wheels!! I have always planned on using mags of some sort, so I've been seeking out all I can. At this point I've accumulated 3 sets.
My first set...
I really wanted alloy, so...
And then I found these...
So I'm going to try stripping this last set back to raw aluminum. Wish me luck!!!
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My first set...
I really wanted alloy, so...
And then I found these...
So I'm going to try stripping this last set back to raw aluminum. Wish me luck!!!
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3rd ones looks nicer , but i really dig the white
Those are old Mongoose rims, I have a set on a 95 Schwinn Scrambler, and a second set I stripped too! But the rear hub has issues so I changed directions before the build off even started...
They are the best of the three IMO...
Carl.
They are the best of the three IMO...
Carl.
^ Agree with 1HP, that third set is the winner, but the white does go well with that cool seat!
Luke.
