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Re: air ride frame work in progress
AIR RIDE BIKE VIDEO IN ACTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkLFPi5QCc4
AIR RIDE BIKE VIDEO IN ACTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkLFPi5QCc4
Re: air ride bicycle Update: youtube video
That'll fatten up the look of your bike, good choice. You may run into clearance problems with the fork, but if you put spacers on the inside of the fork legs you should be okay. :mrgreen:
That'll fatten up the look of your bike, good choice. You may run into clearance problems with the fork, but if you put spacers on the inside of the fork legs you should be okay. :mrgreen:
Re: air ride bicycle Update: youtube video
i'm going to junk the springer forks in a few months. I've been saving some money to purchase the chopper forks, but I think i'm going to make my own forks. kamilos made his own wide rims and gave me an idea to make my own. I'm going to try and attempt his method.
OCD said:
i'm going to junk the springer forks in a few months. I've been saving some money to purchase the chopper forks, but I think i'm going to make my own forks. kamilos made his own wide rims and gave me an idea to make my own. I'm going to try and attempt his method.
Re: air ride bicycle Update: youtube video
Yes, you've done a fine job on that frame, no reason why you couldn't build your own fork, that's my eventual plan too. After my bike is basically finished I'd like to build an air-girder fork. Kamilos' Grey Digger bike has a wild looking fork, he has a lot of great ideas. For the rims are you talking about putting 2 rims together and lacing it using 72 spokes? I've seen the step by step tutorial for that on Bike Rod n Kustom http://bikerodnkustom3.homestead.com/dragwheel.html .
Yes, you've done a fine job on that frame, no reason why you couldn't build your own fork, that's my eventual plan too. After my bike is basically finished I'd like to build an air-girder fork. Kamilos' Grey Digger bike has a wild looking fork, he has a lot of great ideas. For the rims are you talking about putting 2 rims together and lacing it using 72 spokes? I've seen the step by step tutorial for that on Bike Rod n Kustom http://bikerodnkustom3.homestead.com/dragwheel.html .
Re: air ride bicycle Update: youtube video
wow. these people have some great ideas. what i was going to do was cut the wheel in half and weld an insert in the middle. a front custom air-fork will look great on your bike.
OCD said:
wow. these people have some great ideas. what i was going to do was cut the wheel in half and weld an insert in the middle. a front custom air-fork will look great on your bike.
Re: air ride bicycle Update: youtube video
Cutting a rim in half and adding a strip to widen would be a lot of work even if it did come out round and straight in the end. As you're not in a hurry, I'd wait until CyclesUS has one of their 30% off sales and buy one of their wide aluminum rims http://www.choppersus.com/store/product/786/Rim-Only-26-x-2.5-Silver/. If you look at $70 less 30% (on sale) it's cheap compared to the time and stress of trying to build your own custom rim, if you buy the silver one, you could spend the extra time polishing it to look like chrome or just buy the black one and be done.
Cutting a rim in half and adding a strip to widen would be a lot of work even if it did come out round and straight in the end. As you're not in a hurry, I'd wait until CyclesUS has one of their 30% off sales and buy one of their wide aluminum rims http://www.choppersus.com/store/product/786/Rim-Only-26-x-2.5-Silver/. If you look at $70 less 30% (on sale) it's cheap compared to the time and stress of trying to build your own custom rim, if you buy the silver one, you could spend the extra time polishing it to look like chrome or just buy the black one and be done.
Re: air ride bicycle Update: youtube video
I use an online spoke calculator and do all my own wheel building, it's not very hard and gets easier with each one you do. You could go to somewhere like Sheldonbrown.com and find step by step instructions on how to DIY. 8)
I use an online spoke calculator and do all my own wheel building, it's not very hard and gets easier with each one you do. You could go to somewhere like Sheldonbrown.com and find step by step instructions on how to DIY. 8)
