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my chopper

:D

Wow that thing smokes! You must be stretch Armstrong!

my chopper

:d


sick!

Wow that thing smokes! You must be stretch Armstrong!

Hey! I heard he was coming out of retirement to ride in the 2009 Tour de Fra....

Oh wait...never mind. Wrong Armstrong.

i guess this is where id fit in ??

my entry for this years build off over at ratrodbikes

62 schwinn twin straightbar typhoon w/ a 2 speed kickback, nothing too fancy but i love it :)

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc87/ellisbicycles/100_3461.jpg

I never added pics since I put new wheels on my tallbike. http://i36.tinypic.com/n5mves.jpg

not my bike....http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w153/Ian-o-head/cef65fb88d62c7e2e923ebd876676c7f.jpg

My new remote-steering long bike.
http://www.shampoobanana.org/images/bikes/fivedollar.jpg
http://www.shampoobanana.org/images/bikes/fivedollar2.jpg
Five-Dollar Foot-Long (the 10 foot long remote steering bike)

http://www.shampoobanana.org/

Bananarchy the tall bike
http://www.shampoobanana.org/images/bikes/bananarchy2.jpg

http://www.shampoobanana.org

love the remote steering long bike.

not my bike....http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w153/Ian-o-head/cef65fb88d62c7e2e923ebd876676c7f.jpg

Not sure I'd tell this guy I don't like his bike...:p

OMG i built a longbike yesterday, weird, mines built from a banana seat stingray and steers remarkably well

OMG i built a longbike yesterday, weird, mines built from a banana seat stingray and steers remarkably well

nice. pics?

mine is built from about 4 pixie frames, steers great, just need to add a couple more cross braces and may add a chain drive steering system, as opposed to the piece of conduit and reflector mounts.

someday I hope to build it up strong enough to be a surfboard bike.

whell i used snowmobile steering ball joints and it extra smooth, you can barely tell the forks arent attached right on the handlebars, i can't get pics though, it is stretched about another length of the bike itself though so it isnt anything too crazy but it still stands out in the bike rack, like, literally.

hi, here`s me and my tall bike and chopper, both regular rides.
i use `em, kids use `em and i am damn sure the only tall bike on the island.
also check out my homebuilt recumbent on the bents forum

d`oh, cant get pics to load, still, you can see bent on the bent forum

This is a great forum.

Here's are the first bikes I built. I started with crank and head tubes that I cut off trash picked kid's bikes.

The black one was my first attempt and I learned a ton building it. The frame is completely built from scratch. The front forks are from a bmx bike that I stretched 4 inches. This bike was really my first attempt and I used the project to learn a lot about making bikes

http://www.oakster.com/bikes/IMG_5283.gif

http://www.oakster.com/bikes/IMG_5288.gif

The silver bike is all polished steel w/clear to keep it from rusting. I made the frame and forks from 5/8" and 1" steel tubing. Everything was bent on a Hossfeld bender and then tig welded together. Although it looks like an old bike, everything is oversized so it fits me (I'm 6' 2"). The bike was built w/out a jig so everthing was done by eye. I think it came out pretty good. I still need to finish the end of the tubes that make up the forks and part of the frame.

http://www.oakster.com/bikes/IMG_5274.gif

http://www.oakster.com/bikes/IMG_5275.gif

http://www.oakster.com/bikes/IMG_5279.gif

http://www.oakster.com/bikes/IMG_5281.gif

My current project is a much more radical chopper. This one is going to have a 8 speed Sturmey Archer rear hub and be very low.

I'm starting to pick this stuff up but can see I have a ways to go before I'm close to some of the incredible bikes I see on this board.

Tell me where you're getting the 8 speed hub, sounds awesome!

Getting it from a local bike shop in Newton, Massachusetts. I'm planning on swinging down there next week to see it in person before I make the final commitment. It is kind of pricey but this is one of the few parts I'd end up buying.

Sturmey Archer made a lot of the old internal 3 speed hubs and now have a relatively new 8 speed internal hub. I have some of their 3 speed hubs for future projects but the nice thing about the 8 speed is it doesn't have the chain coming out of the axle and it supports disc brakes. All the hardware (cables, axle nuts, etc...) on this bike is going to hidden.

I'd post pics of my current bike but right now it is nothing but a bunch of half bent tubing and paper plans. My goal is to be on the road w/it in the Spring.

It all started with the idea of a homebuilt recumbent. I got online and started googling home bike projects and ran across the CHUNK guys,

So I got sidetracked and made this
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3001673620_a69e62fc9c.jpg
Then my son and I banged together this from garage sale bikes
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1410/1440727452_d03c9ac764.jpg

Now I've started on a tallbike, and have plans for a couchbike.

Meanwhile my recumbent project has been hanging in the garage, 60% done for two years.

rainy daze- nov. 5 '08 - keeps on tickin'.....

nice. pics?

mine is built from about 4 pixie frames, steers great, just need to add a couple more cross braces and may add a chain drive steering system, as opposed to the piece of conduit and reflector mounts.

someday I hope to build it up strong enough to be a surfboard bike.

Have surfboard bikes been around for a while? Its been a few months since I've been online and following the chopped bike scene, but I've never seen a surfboard bike till I was looking through some pictures of this years Bike Kill, then I came here and found your comment. This a new style or just something I've missed until recently? Either way they look like a ton of fun.

hope this works!
here`s my tall bike "radiation mutation, nice, comfy, rides well
my chopper "just chopper"
you can check out the homebuilt recumbent on the `bent pages
next tall bike, maybe a foot higher, next `bent, lowracer
thanks

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa89/xavier-pics/clunkers29s8hp2.jpg

Very cool. This bike is right on so many levels.

Mine. All I have left is the chopper.

86488

86489

Bananarchy the tall bike
http://www.shampoobanana.org/images/bikes/bananarchy2.jpg

http://www.shampoobanana.org

HAHAHA i love the name

Here is my 55 Schwinn Tiger. The original 3 speed S/A hub has been laced to an alloy rim. New front wheel. It is great fun to ride.

Here's a few of my bikes;

Made from 2 girl's bikes, 24in and 26in

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/007-3.jpg

1936 Silver King..Not quite stock:)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/001-18.jpg
A 20in bike made from a 60's girl's Schwinn Bantam
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/09-1.jpg
1936 Monarch (did for my son)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/002-5.jpg

I'm still building:D

hey Kota, you're over here too. cool.

-ifitsfreeitsforme (from Rat Rods forum)

Hey Larry and Ian good to see you guys here, I haven't been over here in a while myself!

cheers Joey

Helped my friend build this small tall today. It's such a fun bike cause it rides little but feels big.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Kemmer/P1030489.jpg

Here's a better look at how we did the fork. It works ok, but somethings not right. The fork "springs" back to the center.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Kemmer/steerer.jpg

Here's a better look at how we did the fork. It works ok, but somethings not right. The fork "springs" back to the center.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Kemmer/steerer.jpg

Headtubes aren't aligned. :)

That's what I was thinking. They actually look off in the picture but in person they look dead on. I used a level to double check everything, and it seems right...

Here's my tall bike, made it 7 years ago, easy on, easy off.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Stephanovich/IMG_0011.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/Stephanovich/IMG_0013.jpg

Gaaah

Head tubes don't align. I had them aligned, tacked it together, then brazed. Must have slipped. My unbrazing attempts have failed. I so liked the oval where the two forks came together, but I don't see any way to fix it now.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/3161498738_06f1fdc9f3.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/3160662915_aff7411975.jpg

A 20in bike made from a 60's girl's Schwinn Bantam
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/09-1.jpg


is that thing hard to ride? the handles and the pedals are the same length from the seat, id like to build one but i wanna know if i could even ride it

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/3174914381_2b9e11c3ef.jpg
helmet+tallbike looks wrong but this my first tallbike ride, plus my brazing skills are rough at best

thinking about riding it to work tomorrow

A 20in bike made from a 60's girl's Schwinn Bantam
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/09-1.jpg


is that thing hard to ride? the handles and the pedals are the same length from the seat, id like to build one but i wanna know if i could even ride it

Pictures make it LOOK big. I made it for the average 9 - 10 year old. There is a definite "learning curve" on riding these things. I've had grand kids and neighborhood kids use it. They like it, the only thing I changed is, turned the "stem" backwards and then have the bars straight instead of angled down. The banana seat is great for kids of different heights. Click on the link below for the build thread on RatRodBikes.com.............It was just a FUN build for me.

http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=5715

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3186209716_7006b70cbe.jpg

my new bar hopper (rode it to work today - fun)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2821571426_b5552f7de3_o.jpg


Heres my "Alt" bike, all it is a Old Kent beach crusier painted, front fender moved to the rear and obviously the handle bars turned. I'd like to get some new handle bars on it, but I got 2 months left in Korea and then it goes to the orphanage.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r127/brownspictures/Picture339.jpg?t=1187179809


not really an "alt" bike but this is my daily.
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u156/basscadetz/IMAG0108-1.jpg

Is there a name for this style: cruiser with low handle bars?

I'm too tempted to pick up the $20 cruiser of CL and flip the bars, and cruise around the neighborhood.

JL

Is there a name for this style: cruiser with low handle bars?

I'm too tempted to pick up the $20 cruiser of CL and flip the bars, and cruise around the neighborhood.

JL

They're called "Boardtrackers".......A tribute to motorcycles that raced on Speedways made from wood, circa 1920's..............Check some out here http://ratrodbikes.com/

We've been crankin' a couple of bikes a month out of my back yard lately, here are the two newest with their owner/builders:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3428/3192176858_f3e65bfe18.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/3192176860_52431c69f0.jpg

Here's mine, added a bottle opener to the steer tube:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3192176852_0ff6b4c33b_o.jpg

Here's a few of my bikes;

1936 Silver King..Not quite stock:)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/001-18.jpg


It looks SO RIGHT!


1936 Monarch (did for my son)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/002-5.jpg[/quote]


Fabulous.



I'm still building:D


Old iron is the sweetest.

haven't posted this here yet, but this is one of my other custom SpaceLiners,
a 24" version that I turned into a muscle bike with a 3-Speed S/A coaster hub.
This is an old photo, I had just finished putting it together, hadn't hooked up the shifter yet.:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/2582822968_b3eae6d96e_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2581995613_72bd530369_b.jpg

Future plans include wiring up LEDs in the light-hole. I have a lens for it too.

Here's a couple I've been hacking...

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb60/gerald_g/spin/Bike_2wheel_resized_02.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb60/gerald_g/spin/bike_build_04.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb60/gerald_g/spin/bike_build_04.jpg

Looks a lot like "The Danger Cart" I built last year. It was unridable since the steering would highside the bike in every turn. Cool to look at though...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/HandsomeRyan/DC1.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/HandsomeRyan/DC3.jpg

Yes mine does the same. I intend to rebuild with linked steering like a car has when it warms up enough to work in the unheated garage. I saw pics of this style and thought it must work due to the fact that some were in use. Turns out it's not true.

Yes mine does the same. I intend to rebuild with linked steering like a car has when it warms up enough to work in the unheated garage. I saw pics of this style and thought it must work due to the fact that some were in use. Turns out it's not true.

I was talking to my brilliant brother about my sofabike idea, and he gave me a lecture on Ackerman steering. Maybe that's what's needed here?

Mine. All I have left is the chopper.

86488

86489

Both of those bikes look really good, but I'm lusting over that chopper.