Recent content by Idahojohn

My father had a nice Raleigh stolen off his porch in the mid 80s A green 5sp internal hub, with a dynamo f. hub Brooks saddle etc. a unique bike for the area. one day about 15 years later I saw it chained to a sign post near a bus stop I've always regretted not taking it back...

Found my wheel thanks Like the title says, I'm in need of a Worksman INB 26" front wheel let me know what you have and what you want for it shipped. I'm at 83328 Thanks

if 72 spokes isn't an option go with 36 spokes, but I'd lace up both rims, you'll need to calculate the spoke length.

Thanks for the welcomes, I have an idea for a two wheel drive posi traction trike that's outside the box. if I can line up the parts I may make it happen. Rebuilding my stash of parts after the move. not much available in the area that I can find. still working on that....

So, I'm getting back into bikes after a number of years away. We moved to Idaho from So Cal. recently and building some bikes seems a good thing to do here. I was surfing the web looking for ideas and found this site. I'm Working on a cruiser style bike now, and not quite sure what will come...

a pair of 2.125 tubes would get a total area of 7.092 in. so that would fill the tire. the odd shape of the two tubes on two rims inside one tire may lead to punctures. I would tack weld the rims together in 3 places 120 deg. apart and go with 72 spokes. keep us posted, should be interesting...

I don't think 2 1.5" tubes will have enough volume for a 3" tire. 2 1.5 in tubes side by side would be 3 in wide, but still only 1.5 in tall. Surface area for a 1.5 in circle is 1.767" double that for two tubes =3.534" Surface area for a 3.0 in circle is 7.068"

Why not use security Torx screws. They have a pin in the center, yes you'll have to buy the driver, but once you have it your set...

Nice! The Photos bring back memories. I grew up in the same Goleta neighborhoods, went to H.S with Chip and remember the BMX bike.. He did a rendering for me of how I wanted to build the Vega I had at the time, even back then Chip was a great artist. .