I was going to wait until I got more parts together to start a build thread, but I got the frame today and I'm just to excited to wait. After seeing bikebuilders swingbike "Orange Krate" build I knew I had to have one viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13195 . Once I contacted bikebuilder we started discussing what I was looking for. My frame has most of the changes that his Orange Krate did with a few more thrown in. If anyone wants a swingbike I highly recommend sending bikebuilder a pm. It was really fun to be involved in the design, and the final product is way more than I expected!
Most of the pictures below are ones that Brent sent me as the build progressed
This is pretty much how the bike started.
The rear triangle was cut apart for the modifications.
The rear forks were switched to face the opposite direction and this shows were the new braces will go. Tabs were also added so a chainguard could be used.
A mockup with the new rear braces welded in place.
Another mockup with reinforcement gussets on the top tubes. We kept the lock but removed the spring because it isn't really necessary. The top bars are extended but I can't remember exactly how far (bikebuikder?) The wheelie bar wasn't for me, but it sure looks cool!
And finally some pictures of the finished frame, with the gussets drilled.
Like I said before I am still collecting parts for this bike, but here are some of the things I have so far.
I got this Western Flyer x-53 fork from Uncle Stretch. He was even cool enough to trade me some artwork for it!
Some photoshop magic to show what it will look like with the fender trimmed off. I might leave enough of a lip so that I can mount a light on it.
I have a five speed-disc brake hub that I got from Hooch that I need to lace to a rim. I plan on running whitewalls and this is the rear 20x2.125.
Here is the repop model-A taillight I plan on using and the awesome bracket bikebuilder made to mount it under a banana seat.
I was orignally planning on painting flat black, but I think I want to do something a little different than that. I have also considered just clear coating the bare metal because it looks so great as it is. Another idea was to do a weathered kind of look. Here is a test of what I might do that I did on chainguard that was already stripped down to bare metal. This is a little overdone, but I was just figuring out how to do it.
For the shifter I might go with a modified Schwinn lightweight shifter (like the one below) mounted on the rear fork under the seat to switch the gears.
Most of the pictures below are ones that Brent sent me as the build progressed
This is pretty much how the bike started.
The rear triangle was cut apart for the modifications.
The rear forks were switched to face the opposite direction and this shows were the new braces will go. Tabs were also added so a chainguard could be used.
A mockup with the new rear braces welded in place.
Another mockup with reinforcement gussets on the top tubes. We kept the lock but removed the spring because it isn't really necessary. The top bars are extended but I can't remember exactly how far (bikebuikder?) The wheelie bar wasn't for me, but it sure looks cool!
And finally some pictures of the finished frame, with the gussets drilled.
Like I said before I am still collecting parts for this bike, but here are some of the things I have so far.
I got this Western Flyer x-53 fork from Uncle Stretch. He was even cool enough to trade me some artwork for it!
Some photoshop magic to show what it will look like with the fender trimmed off. I might leave enough of a lip so that I can mount a light on it.
I have a five speed-disc brake hub that I got from Hooch that I need to lace to a rim. I plan on running whitewalls and this is the rear 20x2.125.
Here is the repop model-A taillight I plan on using and the awesome bracket bikebuilder made to mount it under a banana seat.
I was orignally planning on painting flat black, but I think I want to do something a little different than that. I have also considered just clear coating the bare metal because it looks so great as it is. Another idea was to do a weathered kind of look. Here is a test of what I might do that I did on chainguard that was already stripped down to bare metal. This is a little overdone, but I was just figuring out how to do it.
For the shifter I might go with a modified Schwinn lightweight shifter (like the one below) mounted on the rear fork under the seat to switch the gears.
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