Chop-A-Lot

[BackYardBasher]

Hey there

Well, i'm not exactly new around here, but i am reading this forum for about a year( this is my second bike here on RRB)
Sometimes i get bored, and have a look at some steel tubing iv'e got inside my backyard.
So this time around , i decided to do something usefull with all those chopped up bikes
It started as boardtracker-like bike, just cause those are my favourite.
I will post a few updates soon, got to do some stuff right now.
(yup, thats about 4 different bikes in there )

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Luke.

 

[Dirty_Vinylpusher]

I like it already

 

[BackYardBasher]

Nice to see that you guys like it
I had a different idea, so the frame got changed.
The first problem i ran into is the wall thickness.
The frames that i was using had a wall thickness of around 1.7 milllimeter,so i tried the sand packing method.
It still kinked ( i filled it with silversand ) , but was still usable.

Well, i made a mock up of a (somewhat) rolling frame.. and of course i ran out of material. I will have a look if i can get some scrap bikes from somewhere
I made a mock up with a 26 and one with a 28 inch front-wheel.
Personally,I like the 28' better. The first one is the 26er, the second one the 28er.





If you guys wan't to see a pic of the cruiser before this one ( or of the fabrication process), i will include them into my next post.

 

[deven_science]

I prefer the matching 26s, myself. Very cool.

 

[Dirty_Vinylpusher]

Sweet lines


This should be good.


I like how you used the front forks at the rear wheel.

 

[Dirty_Vinylpusher]

I wonder..... if it would be possible to do a curved piece of tube either side of the rear wheel, the same curve as the wheel, instead of a seat tube going from top to bottom.......