Utility Cycling - DIY Longtail Walkthrough and ideas.

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HSean
02-28-09, 10:21 PM
So, I figured I'd post some handy dandy ideas, The first thing is A longtail, to make a basic longtail, in the

picture below you can see a basic longtail, basicly a rear triangle attached via bottom bracket to Rear
wheel brackets.

Thus useing a pair of handle bars to brace the bike, a nut and bold with washers if needed can be used to make the handle bar not more, brace by bottom bracket, Caution! be sure you cut the bars to the right lenght.

to short will mean peddle rubbing on pavement or whatnot, more info wanted? tell me, i'll get close up pictures, heres a basic longtail.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0111.jpg

SO you got your basic longtail now right?, Now you need to dress her up, theres all kinds of things, but I know where theres good stuff, Ikea is one place, the as is place in there has handy things, also garbage day, i'll post pictures of my bikes here, now, heres a basic dressed longtail.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0138.jpg
Some recycled racks on it, the bike does job. If you have ideas and wanna share, welcome to post em, i'll post my rides down here, you will see theres many ways to dress one up. heres some by me
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0186.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0185.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0188.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0173.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0159.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0160.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0155.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0121.jpg

HSean
02-28-09, 10:22 PM
More.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0123.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0184.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0253.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0292.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0294.jpg
badmother
03-01-09, 12:42 PM
So, I figured I'd post some handy dandy ideas, The first thing is A longtail, to make a basic longtail, in the picture below you can see a basic longtail, basicly a rear triangle attached via bottom bracket to Rear
wheel brackets.

Thus useing a pair of handle bars to brace the bike, a nut and bold with washers if needed can be used to make the handle bar not more, brace by bottom bracket, Caution! be sure you cut the bars to the right lenght.

to short will mean peddle rubbing on pavement or whatnot, more info wanted? tell me, i'll get close up pictures, heres a basic longtail.

Some recycled racks on it, the bike does job. If you have ideas and wanna share, welcome to post em, i'll post my rides down here, you will see theres many ways to dress one up. heres some by me
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/demonic_inu/100_0186.jpg

If I managed to do this right this picture is the one I think is the best one to show the bikes construction. I think this type of triangle is the most common to use and also the fact that the handle bar from the rear triangle is going down to behind the BB area instead of up to the seat clamp.

HSean
03-01-09, 11:01 PM
Yeah, I put the wrong picture when I did this, my bad lol