Connecting the rear dropouts of one bike to the bottom bracket of another
12-10-08, 03:24 PM
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Connecting the rear dropouts of one bike to the bottom bracket of another
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?
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?
12-10-08, 05:58 PM
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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.
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12-10-08, 08:00 PM
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pics would also help, i think
12-11-08, 08:56 AM
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I've no advice to offer, but I too would love to see a photo.
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