Alt Bike Culture - Connecting the rear dropouts of one bike to the bottom bracket of another

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Luser
12-10-08, 03:24 PM
Hello, I took two bikes and made them into one.

I cut an old specialized mountain bike just behind the head tube on the toptube and downtube.

I fit this into the rear end of (:)) another mountain bike frame.

To make this permanent I bent the stays in and fastened the stays to the splined bottom bracket with the bolts that usually hold on the crank.

I'm looking for a better way, perhaps an adapter that I can install in the bottom bracket shell, to do this should my current system fail under load. Is there anything out there?


StephenH
12-10-08, 05:58 PM
I'm not sure I understand exactly what you did, but no matter. There's the Xtra-cycle in its homemade varieties. And Sheldon Brown has some info on home-made tandems using two frames hooked together. Look them up if you haven't.

los buenos
12-10-08, 08:00 PM
pics would also help, i think


JonathanGennick
12-11-08, 08:56 AM
I've no advice to offer, but I too would love to see a photo.

Luser
12-13-08, 10:16 AM
you'll need a snapfish account:

http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=257168274/PictureID=6505382935/t_=155951633