Very kool idea!
Hey, what kind of frame is that? My buddy has one just like it that he's trying to ID.
Hey, what kind of frame is that? My buddy has one just like it that he's trying to ID.
lowering the rear of a bike, for free with no welding.
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Great idea ... as far as the brake pad backing plates go ... you should be able to go to any auto repair shop & ask them to give you a set.
They use to turn them in as cores ... but not any more ... now they just wind up in the scrap pile.
Hope it helps ... eddielives
They use to turn them in as cores ... but not any more ... now they just wind up in the scrap pile.
Hope it helps ... eddielives
doesnt get much lower than this.
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no bearings either. but this is a gravity bike, so it wont even have this.
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no bearings either. but this is a gravity bike, so it wont even have this.
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Being a safety and health person I feel the need to put this out there.
BE CAREFULE WHEN GRINDING/CUTTING OLD BRAKE PADS!!!!
Alot of the older pads used Asbestos in them.
Here is some more info if needed....
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls= ... 59&bih=897
Just a FYI.
BE CAREFULE WHEN GRINDING/CUTTING OLD BRAKE PADS!!!!
Alot of the older pads used Asbestos in them.
Here is some more info if needed....
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls= ... 59&bih=897
Just a FYI.
^^^ that was one of the thoughts that crossed my mind. i remember changing brakes on our old chevy and seeing that warning on the box.
ive still not succesfully found a shot pair, and im hoping to find some with no pad at all, so i can cut the risk of asbestos. so, is there anything we can do to kinda safeguard against that? like soaking them in something, or spraying them with sealer before they get drilled? im open for options because i dont want anyone to get hurt.
ive still not succesfully found a shot pair, and im hoping to find some with no pad at all, so i can cut the risk of asbestos. so, is there anything we can do to kinda safeguard against that? like soaking them in something, or spraying them with sealer before they get drilled? im open for options because i dont want anyone to get hurt.
My son gave me a beat up mongoose mountain bike (cheapo kind) and I am stripping it down for reusable parts, like bearings etc. Anyway, as I am looking at it i see that the suspension has these braces to it that would work same as the brake pad idea. I thought of this post as soon as i saw these.
wow this is a great idea. I really wanna do this to my bike but add in suspension somehow
Thank you. I got the idea from you and ran with what i had available. The rear fender.....well, I always wanted one to have that look and i ended up with it by accident. I have a couple other ideas I want to work into it over the winter months.
It seems like you could also cut some horizontal slots into the top axle hole so that you could still be able to adjust the wheel for chain tightening.
I found these at the salvage yard on thursday. I don't know what they were originally, but they look like they'll work great for this. All of the holes are the same distance apart, so as long as you have a hole near the dropout that is close to the same distance as these holes are from each other, it will be fully adjustable. I'm going to cut the ends so that the long slots will be extra-long dropouts. These are thicker than normal dropouts , so they will definitely be strong enough to use for this purpose. They are about 3 1/4"x 4"
This one will need an extra hole drilled and attached somewhere on the fork to avoid pivoting. Especially with the way fork angles are.Meeba said:
Here are some closeups, bare frame though, first test fit
