█ Flex★Liner⑦ █ TWINFLEX SPACELINER BUILD THREAD - Aug8 - SOLD

[yoothgeye]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

What happened to the G.I. Jenny Craig diet?

Still on it, so far I've gained 2 pounds! But these Cherry Limeaides must be good for me, they have cherries and lime and ice... all these things are good for you.

 

[MplsCoaster]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

Kinda like it better without the apes, it changes the style too much for me, just my $.02

 

[big kountry]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

oh yeah he did baby apes lets see them man apse

Oh no he didnt am I going to have to get taller apes now

These are my baby apes.

 

[motopsyco]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

finally got back to check on your progress. You now only need ten more pages to catch up with yoothgye
Great looking bike and even better looking adventures.

 

[motopsyco]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

finally got back to check on your progress. You now only need ten more pages to catch up with yoothgye
Great looking bike and even better looking adventures.

He needs ten pages and a bunny.

We'll just get Elmer Fudd to take care of that wascally wabbit! :lol:

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 007 Head Badge

Did you see his RRB05 build? It is insane, not a twinflex style but it has some suspension on it! Rg

viewtopic.php?f=51&t=29570&p=291322#p291322

WHOA!!! I missed that one! What an amazing work of art!!!

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

Kinda like it better without the apes, it changes the style too much for me, just my $.02

I am no where close to deciding on the seat/bars yet. I just wanted to throw some different options on there for a reference point to noodle on.

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

finally got back to check on your progress. You now only need ten more pages to catch up with yoothgye
Great looking bike and even better looking adventures.

Thanks Moto. I went away on bitness for a couple of days and see that my thread was hijacked by bunnies and cherry limeade and Jenny Craig!! :mrgreen:

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

oh yeah he did baby apes lets see them man apse

Well I could use the front apes off of the tandem I picked up

Or the 23.5" Nirve apes that I bought off of Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Nirve-Cruiser-Bic ... 141&sr=8-6

Doubt I will go that direction, but I may slap them on Flexi before I am done just for kicks.

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

Does anyone know where I can get some flat ribbon lighting that runs off of a watch battery?
I am thinking about putting something like that behind the louvers on my Spaceliner guard.

 

[raggedjim]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

Not sure about this but the lights they sell at Autozone have test buttons and must have some kind of small battery wired in. Maybe it is replaceable? Great idea by the way.

Rg

 

[Circa Cycles]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

Does anyone know where I can get some flat ribbon lighting that runs off of a watch battery?
I am thinking about putting something like that behind the louvers on my Spaceliner guard.

Finally had a chance to look at some builds I've been missing and am pleasantly surprised to see what you've got going on Great idea :!: Can't wait to see it finished 8) I was thinking about those led lights at the auto parts store last year for inside my tank.Looks like an on/off switch can be spliced in,looks like they run on a watch battery(as mentioned by raggedjim) and come in different lengths.Would probably look cool backlighting that chainguard 8) Oh yeah,they come in different colors too.I promise I won't miss any more updates

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

I am thinking about putting some clear red film on the backside of the guard and hoping I can rig up some ribbon lights, battery and switch within the back of the guard entirely (and keep it from hitting the chain). We'll see. That is a detail that is down the road, but I just wanted to put it out there while it was in my head.

Hoping to get some real work done on the bike this long weekend.

 

[mitchelangelo]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

Yes, I vote for the APES! They can rock any bike !! ;-)

 

[Chips_Mahoy]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

Does anyone know where I can get some flat ribbon lighting that runs off of a watch battery?
I am thinking about putting something like that behind the louvers on my Spaceliner guard.

eBay..... Look up led strip

 

[Xcruiser]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

oh yeah he did baby apes lets see them man apse

Well I could use the front apes off of the tandem I picked up

Or the 23.5" Nirve apes that I bought off of Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Nirve-Cruiser-Bic ... 141&sr=8-6

Doubt I will go that direction, but I may slap them on Flexi before I am done just for kicks.

I think this is the only tandem frame I ever seen that is properly made,i like it.

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

If you look up my CUZ I CAN pre-RRBBO7 thread you can see where I was thinking of making this tandem into a stretch Salt Flats bike with a sidecar.

But instead of building a bike for the Build Off, I decided to go the route of building a bike for ME.

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/21 Apes???

Ordered the Springer Fork Head assembly from BicycleDesigner.com. It's $26, but that is better than cannibalizing my only springer fork.

http://www.bicycledesigner.com/bike-par ... hrome.html

I can still work on other parts of the build until this comes in.

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/25 Hub decisions

I still have some decisions to make on this build, so I went out to the shop tonight to work on some more mockups. The basic design of the build is there, but I want to get the wheelset decided before I start on the rear suspension. Plus I really need to wait until the new springer head assembly comes in.

I really want gears on the bike, but at the same time, I don't want any V-Brakes. I have a cool Sturmey Archer 5 Speed IGH, but it is for V-Brake, so I don't plan to use it on this build.

Just missed out on a grat Nexus 7 with roller brake yesterday (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=55150&hilit=+nexus).

So, I guess I may end up using one of the Nexus 3 Speed coaster brake hubs that I have from yard sale bikes. In reality, this is probably sufficient for riding around Savannah, but I would just prefer a few more gears.

I actually have a Nexus 8 speed on my Dahon Mu XL, but it is 24 hole and it would require V-Brakes.

So that is where I stand on my hub decisions. If anyone has a IGH 5 or 7 speed hub that want to sell, give me a holler!

 

[kingfish254]

Re: FlexLiner 7 MO FATTA TwinFlex Spaceliner 5/25 Hub Choices

Along with the Hub/Gears decision, I need to figure out which tires so that I know what size rims to use.

Here are my tire choices
1 - 26" Creme Fat Franks
2 - 26" Redline Black Bontrager Hanks
3 - 26" Brick Red Schwinn Typhoon Cords
4 - 24" x 3 Creme Thick Bricks

- I have already tested the creme Fat Franks on the blue Felt rims. The blue rims are out, but the Fat Franks are still possible.
- I also have the Creme Thick Bricks mounted on some skinny chrome 24" rims. I have had one of these on the early mockups.

Today after work, I played around with a few of the combos. I also threw in some mocks of the monster apes and some wicked pointed bars that I am leaning heavily towards using. I also threw in the big light that I am thinking of and even tried out the giant exerciser sprocket (which hits the frame ).

So hang on, because this is pic heavy. Here are some more mock ups.

Red Cords with black rims.

With Apes

With mega apes