YEAH the porch springs are almost identical to the ones in the article. if you look and read carefully, you see that he doesnt have any retainer cups on the upper springs. (i thought about it too) but i think the reason why is because on the upper springs a retainer would slide and creak on the...
i got the lower springs from home depot for 8$ and for the upper springs im just using original springer fork springs that are 3.5 inches and im putting the fatter end down.
i have been talking to him for a few weeks now. he said there is no printable version of the instructions because he didnt write the article. his email is in there somewhere. he's more than happy to answer any ?s about the process! trust me, i know!
ive got a 26 x 3 flame tread tire and it's bretty thick, so i was thinking i could shave the tread down and make it a slick. but i dont know how to go about shaving the tread off.
Hey let's not feed this guys fire. This is exactly what he lives for. I mean he obivously took the time to find the site, get an account, and write his post, just to get more attention and so on. So I'm personally just ignorin' him from this point on.
as for the lock: I'm on my pda so I...
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Steve and i had a convo via p.m. and some changes needed to be made about this ride. i will update it in the bike events forum and we will no longer use this thread. so stay tuned!
so i got a quote froma local steel supply shop and they quoted me $280 for the plates and cuts and the tubing....jiminy christmas thats a lot of money!!!!!
ugh. i wish i had some buddies to help me out.
well just for this year we are going to do it on april 4th which happens to be the 1st saturday of april...so we will say the first saturday of april next year.