Im doing a build on one of my best friends Beast. He got his a couple weeks before I for mine, and did a few simple mods as soon as he got it. Changed bars, stem, cranks, seat, removed kickstand and chain guard, and put a suspension seat post on it.
Now its time to take it to another level!
The plan is paint, disc brakes, and gears for now. Some lightening too.
I got his front wheel drilled and reassembled:
Time to get to work:
The next few steps were a bit more intense. My buddy got a choppers US disc/freewheel hub, a 6 speed freewheel, and a 180mm rotor. I had to add a spacer and move the axle towards the drive side. It was just BARELY long enough to fit. Ill probably look out for some 3/8 all thread to make him a proper length axle.
Next was to widen and offset the frame to fit the slightly wider choppers US hub. I only had to widen it about 10mm, but I wanted as much of that on the drive side, so that the chain would clear the tire in all 6 rear gears.
Since he has already been striping the paint off the bike, I busted out the MAP gas! Gotta love getting a frame glowing red!
The results were perfect!
Nest step was to make the rear disc brake mount:
And a 10x1mm nut used as a derailed hanger. I notched the dropout to get the nut closer to the cogs and to make it more solid:
Thats about all I got done tonight. Next step is to remove the paint and drill the rear wheel. I took the tire off and found that they didn't use the correct rim strip from the factory. I got a bit of a laugh out of this:
The plan is to have a working rear derailer and rear disc brake for a ride this weekend. That should be doable!
Now its time to take it to another level!
The plan is paint, disc brakes, and gears for now. Some lightening too.
I got his front wheel drilled and reassembled:
Time to get to work:
The next few steps were a bit more intense. My buddy got a choppers US disc/freewheel hub, a 6 speed freewheel, and a 180mm rotor. I had to add a spacer and move the axle towards the drive side. It was just BARELY long enough to fit. Ill probably look out for some 3/8 all thread to make him a proper length axle.
Next was to widen and offset the frame to fit the slightly wider choppers US hub. I only had to widen it about 10mm, but I wanted as much of that on the drive side, so that the chain would clear the tire in all 6 rear gears.
Since he has already been striping the paint off the bike, I busted out the MAP gas! Gotta love getting a frame glowing red!
The results were perfect!
Nest step was to make the rear disc brake mount:
And a 10x1mm nut used as a derailed hanger. I notched the dropout to get the nut closer to the cogs and to make it more solid:
Thats about all I got done tonight. Next step is to remove the paint and drill the rear wheel. I took the tire off and found that they didn't use the correct rim strip from the factory. I got a bit of a laugh out of this:
The plan is to have a working rear derailer and rear disc brake for a ride this weekend. That should be doable!