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[socal_jack]

Yeah, I'll occasionally use the old drivetrains but they have their issues, like the 5/16 axles are too soft and weak. When I saw this wheelset come up it looked like a great compromise to achieving the klunker look of some of Alan Bond's stuff.

Gave the paint a light cleaning with some Maguiar's paint cleaner and put the original badge back on, took a few glamour shots. Careful not to mess with the decals but not all the discolorations would come out with this level of cleaning, not really a concern though. Threw some synthetic wax on afterward.






Should look like Alan Bond's Blue Bomber stylistically

[socal_jack]

So my friend tells me he's got a box of old mtb stuff I can have from a first year Stumpjumper



A couple of gems pop out, the TA cranks were the choice(only choice really) fir the first fully geared Klunkers, Billy Savage specifically points this one out in the movie. Don't think I'll use them though maybe toss up on ebay.

EDIT: Had some folks express interest so I've added better pics of t he TA cranks after a real quicky clean, TA sticker missing from left crank, bolt head broken off inside binder screw insert, should pop out. Some corrosion on the chrome screw hardware.




And some Tomaselli brake levers and bear trap pedals, those will definitely be used,

[klunker]

let me know what you want for those cranks.

[socal_jack]

Klunker,

I'll get back to you, I should give my friend first dibs on selling it.

Ran into problems with the front roller brake, there's a notch that won't allow a BMX style fork to used, requires a curved fork leg. Might have to use the truss fork afterall will just take a little filing and bending.



Spread the rear triangle for the back wheel

[klunker]

Klunker,
I'll get back to you, I should give my friend first dibs on selling it.

works for me. i'd love to use them on my klunker build.

[cman]

You gotta use some BMX forks. How about a new solid axle with some nuts/spacers to get past that notch? You may have to force/spread the fork a little bit.

[socal_jack]

You gotta use some BMX forks. How about a new solid axle with some nuts/spacers to get past that notch? You may have to force/spread the fork a little bit.

Yeah, I thought about the solid axle but it looks like you would need at least 1/4 and more like 1/2 inch of spread, but those bmx forks don't want to budge

[Bendix]

You gotta use some BMX forks. How about a new solid axle with some nuts/spacers to get past that notch? You may have to force/spread the fork a little bit.

Yeah, I thought about the solid axle but it looks like you would need at least 1/4 and more like 1/2 inch of spread, but those bmx forks don't want to budge

you probably already know this, but the sturmey archer drum brake front hubs work fine with a bmx fork & just a little bending of the brake arm......

[socal_jack]

you probably already know this, but the sturmey archer drum brake front hubs work fine with a bmx fork & just a little bending of the brake arm......

Yep, was searching for one and found one, now I have to try my hand at re-lacing a wheel. Looks like the hub flanges on the shimano are pretty close within a mm or 2 maybe.

EDIT: And here it is, had some bad flange diameter info but they are almost exact to a Nexus 7, within a mm on spoke length. might actually yank the wheelset off my black bike and swap a nexus7 roller on back

[41DX]

So were these the TA cranks that sold on Ebay a few days ago. I was right in the middle of being outbid on another set and didn't want to get caught buying two.......

Keep posting the pictures. This build is looking awesome.

[socal_jack]

Nope, sold them here to a rat rodder effectively traded for another set I got on ebay, haven't really made much progreess otherwise, waiting on some parts.

[41DX]

Glad the cranks stayed local. I saw another member was interested or I would have bugged you myself. Hope we haven't been bidding against each other on the bay. Still searching for the right TA crank and then a 42 tooth chainring to fit, but keep getting bid out of the contest. did you see that Cook Bros. fork sell today on the bay Item number: 140280969111.. Would have been perfect for a klunker build but for that type of money, I will stick to the original fork. They must be pretty rare items by now.
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[socal_jack]

The crankset I picked up was a Sugino so no chance we were bidding against each other. That Cook Bros stuff goes for insane $ right now, makes me wish I had picked up a Laguna 26 inch BMX cruiser I saw on the local CL last week for $150 in near mint condition, seen those go for 600-700 on ebay.

[socal_jack]

Won't be finishing by the deadline, starting looking at the rear hub situation and after much thought ended up getting a "red band" Nexus 8 with roller brake that I'm waiting on. It's the only one from Shimano rated for offroad loads, plus you can use the Alfine trigger shifter. I'll be using the wheelset from my RBBO2 bike and rebuilding both with the Shimano and Sturmey hubs ( the rear was never spoked correctly anyway, could barely get an air pump on the valve). Basically waiting on a bunch of parts now, but more imporantly I wanted to do this one right so I'm going to take my time. Will post in the builds section eventually.

[socal_jack]

41DX, Here's the Suginos I was after, really like the look of these drilled jobs, wasn't gonna use the FMF adapter but makes the square taper conversion so easy. Next post in the build area