The Mad Plaidr! Update 5/24 Everything but the bag pipes!

[Circa Cycles]

That's gonna look cool on some wheels!

[G_rod32]

Finally got some time to work on the build! Laced up a rear wheel tonight, she now has a 3 speed, but with no coaster brake I am gonna but a drum brake in the front.
Getting started...


One side done...


Ready to put a tire on and stick on a bike!


Still throwing some tire ideas around, these grew on me


And finally on the bike!

I'll stop loading a thousand photo's now, for the time being

[Skipton]

Great job on the wheel, Bike is looking good!

[kingfish254]

love some of the ideas you are coming up with. Are you sure you shouldn't use a ladies frame since you're gonna half to wear a kilt with this.

[CCR]

no other chrome rims look better than a drop center with a blackwall on it.

[tin machine]

great job , you did something i have not perfected , i tried that once and made a big mess , great job and your bike looks super cool !!!!

[G_rod32]

Thanks guys! I am not a huge fan of chrome but I figured a healthy balance of chrome and rust would do for this bike! Seems I need to invest in a kilt too, I own a lot of plaid but not skirts lol

[G_rod32]

great job , you did something i have not perfected , i tried that once and made a big mess , great job and your bike looks super cool !!!!

Wheel work is really the most difficult part of bicycle work! A lot of the cruiser guys in my area can do everything to a bicycle imaginable but wheel work, keeps me employed though I work at a bike shop so this wasn't my first rodeo, it is all just a really big puzzle...that can go terribly wrong with one misplaced spoke lol

[65rat]

great job , you did something i have not perfected , i tried that once and made a big mess , great job and your bike looks super cool !!!!

Wheel work is really the most difficult part of bicycle work! A lot of the cruiser guys in my area can do everything to a bicycle imaginable but wheel work, keeps me employed though I work at a bike shop so this wasn't my first rodeo, it is all just a really big puzzle...that can go terribly wrong with one misplaced spoke lol

Hey I do my own I just like to visit

[Diabolical_Dork]

Lookin good man. Nice chatting with ya today.

[G_rod32]

Time to make a suicide shifter!

Limited resources tonight but determined! Lol

It was fun... All 3 mins till it broke! Technical difficulty

[kingfish254]

The second pic isn't showing up. But I love the idea.

[G_rod32]

Sorry it was a video, not sure how to post it. Try this... Thanks though!
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[G_rod32]

Lookin good man. Nice chatting with ya today.

Thanks, love your builds full suspension!It was nice talkin with ya the other day too!

[G_rod32]

So the video of the shifter didn't work out... so here is a few photo's of attempt number uno.


I wouldn't say to bad for a cheap box of hose clamps and a bent aluminum piece!
Here is a mock up of some handle bar ideas

and then a mock up with the tank and everything on...