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BOSS ROSS - another Ed Roth tribute

Postby gowjobs on Sat May 01, 2010 1:30 am

My build is to be a tribute to Ed Roth, his art and his custom cars. I had originally procured this Ross Apollo with a drag-themed build in mind...
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..but cooler heads prevailed, and I looked to Roth's Mysterion for inspiration:
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Then I bought this Big Daddy-penned waterslide decal, and the look of the bike was further cemented in my brain...
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More pics on Sunday... I have a roller derby tournament to attend tomorrow.
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Re: Ross-terion

Postby stretch on Sat May 01, 2010 1:17 pm

another roth bike, sweet! cant wait to see more. :mrgreen:
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Re: Ross-terion

Postby Double Nickle on Sat May 01, 2010 2:09 pm

hmmmmm :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Ross-terion

Postby gowjobs on Sat May 01, 2010 3:59 pm

Double Nickle wrote:hmmmmm :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Two great minds, and but a single "THUNK!"

Looks like we're having our own build-off inside a build-off, huh?


EDIT: First snag/setback achieved. Vintage forged double-clamp stem is a touch too wide for the narrow hi-rise bars, which aren't actually round to begin with. Snapped off a hydrogen-embrittled chrome bolt trying to tighten them down with the clamp caps slightly askew because of the bends. Will get new bolts, and grind outer surface of the caps to clearance for bars - I figure the inside edge surface of the clamps should provide enough force to secure the bars.

All this while I was home to let the dogs out before I return to the roller derby tourney. If my wife only knew... :roll:
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Re: Ross-terion

Postby Double Nickle on Sat May 01, 2010 5:31 pm

yea man i think it will be fun seeing what each other builds...just call it the "Build Inside a build" build off :lol:
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Re: Ross-terion

Postby marsupial on Sat May 01, 2010 11:52 pm

Gonna try a dual power-plant?

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Re: Ross-terion

Postby stretch on Sun May 02, 2010 7:31 am

dude! you should definitly do that. :lol: :mrgreen:
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Re: Ross-terion

Postby gowjobs on Sun May 02, 2010 8:59 am

I've been considering dual-drive, and it may still happen... I've already laced up a rear wheel for the bike, but I could always tear it down and put a different hub in place. This frame could be a real *FINK* to spread the rear on to clear all that... defintely an easier conversion on a roadie or MTB frame. I'll see how it comes out. The brake arm on the hub I'm running now (a Shimano 3CC) picks up the lightening hole theme pretty well. I'll post some more pics later.

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Re: BOSS ROSS - another Ed Roth tribute

Postby stretch on Sun May 02, 2010 9:36 am

i wanna see what you pull from the wishbone. :D
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Re: BOSS ROSS - another Ed Roth tribute

Postby gowjobs on Sun May 02, 2010 11:06 am

stretch wrote:i wanna see what you pull from the wishbone. :D

It's a good thing that I had that idea for a custom, Wishbone-inspired fork, because it turns out that the stem I bought for this puppy is actually a 22.2 mm and not a 21.1.
I'll pick up my new front wheel today, but this is the twin of the 1-1/8" rim I used:
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Rear 3CC hub in 20" aluminum rim w/ stainless spokes:
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The Excaliber (later renamed "Outlaw") had a cavalry saber for a shifter. I'm thinking along the same lines:
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..and a quick mock-up shot:
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Re: BOSS ROSS - another Ed Roth tribute

Postby GTCOMA on Sun May 02, 2010 11:45 am

I like the look of this one! that shifter is gonna be cool
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Re: BOSS ROSS - another Ed Roth tribute

Postby stretch on Sun May 02, 2010 5:31 pm

awesome! cant wait to see more man.
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Re: BOSS ROSS - another Ed Roth tribute

Postby SimpleMan on Sun May 02, 2010 5:35 pm

Looks great so far :mrgreen:
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Re: BOSS ROSS - another Ed Roth tribute

Postby MAD MR on Mon May 03, 2010 5:13 am

stretch wrote:...cant wait to see more man.

Can't wait too. Let us see your Ed Roth tributes theme.
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Re: BOSS ROSS - another Ed Roth tribute

Postby Bettleguise on Mon May 03, 2010 8:24 pm

Bob Ross? Hey, I'm definitely gonna follow this build. A seat of a moped would be cool and fit nice with the frame, basically a fat banana seat.
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