lightweight stretch

[stretch]

didja spray some fertilizer on it or somethin?

[Philphine]

just what are you implying sir?

i'm closer to being out again. lost an ebay auction. got a couple other ideas goin' for it though so i'll play with it through the week and see if i can work around what i'm looking for.

[Philphine]

gonna meet the bare minimum, but i think i'll have it rideable by sunday



went by one of my favorite thrift stores on 25% off monday and picked up a bike for $8 that gave me a sprocket similar to the one i messed up, plus the extra chain to add to what came on the bike.

had to cut off the head tube and put the one off the original bike on 'cause this fork has a bigger diameter steerer tube. because i still have this fork earmarked for another project i'm not cutting that extra part sticking out of the head tube off yet. i think i can get another now, but i'm not messing with this one 'til that's definite.

i need a lower profile front tire to keep it a 20", but to be able to say i rode it i may switch to an 18" i have if i don't pick one up in the next few days.

kinda messed up the idler alignment but i've gotten it straiter with precision instruments (wacked it a couple time with percy, my sledgehammer). need a longer bolt than i have around the house too.

pretty much bit and piece stuff to finish. i don't think i'll be hooking up brakes and gears yet since i keep saying i'm gonna try to start painting bikes instead of putting them together and leaving them as is.


i guess the next pics will be in finished bikes.... hopefully.

[stretch]

hey man, didnt mean to offend you, it was a joke. cuz everything was larger sized. i do like the bike, its a great use of the frames most people overlook and scoff at. i like it.

[Philphine]

no biggie. be kinda hard to really pass that off as an actual before and after. i didn't take it seriously.

edit: guess i should add for those who may not know, that's a hannan custom pictured as my "after". i wish i could build something like that.

[Philphine]

after trying for a few months to figure out who i got the forks from, i found the name in my paypal history (i had forgotten the price and was looking at the wrong names). i asked her if she had any more and she posted a few on ebay. i lost the first auction that ended before the build off, but won two pair this weekend (i'm greedy).

so now i can work on a more permanent idea using these forks.