DIY thread
#28
DNPAIMFB
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From: Cowtown, AB
Bikes: Titus El Guapo, Misfit diSSent, Cervelo Soloist Carbon, Wabi Lightning, et al.
Originally Posted by Rattlebag
I'm still baffled that you have to be 21 to buy a drink in the states
#29
:)
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: duluth
Bikes: '07 Pista, '09 Fantom Cross Uno, '8? Miyata, '67 Stingray, '0? Zoo mod trials, Tallbike, Chopper, '73 Schwinn Collegiate, '67 Triumph Chopper, '69 CB350, '58 BSA Spitfire, '73 CB450
I used to make fixed wheels out of old (schwinn or whatever I could find at the dump) road wheels. I would dismantle and pull the whole freewheel assembly off the hub, remove all the cogs except one of the threaded ones that are used to hold the whole thing together, then I would put it back together and weld the internals, then the cog to the freewheel assembly, then rotofix it to the hub. Worked ok up until I started running ~85 gear inches, then I started bending axles on tough climbs. (couldn't re-dish the wheel because the assembly was the same size as a 5 speed). Finally have a proper track hub and can't belive the difference.
Also made a bunch of choppers and tallbikes from scrap.
Also made a bunch of choppers and tallbikes from scrap.
#30
Sheldon Brown's posse
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From: Oz-tray-lee-ah
Bikes: BMC SL01, XtC, Rhythm GX and a frankenstein avalanche 2.0

A fixed gear MTB wheel which I made using a front hub. Put in a rear axle, respaced it, drilled a cog with the exact same pattern as a disc rotor (damn that took ages), bolted it on, gave it a nice lacing pattern and got a very cheap fixie wheel.
#33
This thread is sweet, I'm friends with the girl from girlbikedog (https://www.girlbikedog.blogspot.com/)
Am I cool too???
Am I cool too???
Last edited by Hocam; 12-18-06 at 12:54 PM.
#36
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From: Van BC
Yesterday I DIY'd a rear-fender-to-chainstay-bridge spacer out of a ziptie and a 1.5cm segment cut from a small plastic flashlight body. It seems to work pretty well so far! No digicam, otherwise I'd post a picture.
#37
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From: New York
Bikes: Makino (have the parts; not yet built), EAI Barekuckle, Unknown Japanese fixed conversion, Centurion Dave Scott Ironman road bike (frame), Secret project bike, 2007 Trek Madone 5.2, Cannondale Caad3 mountain bike
Originally Posted by Hocam
Am I cool too???
#39
Gone, but not forgotten
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Toronto
Bikes: spicer fixie, Haro BMX, cyclops track, Soma Double Cross, KHS Flite 100
Originally Posted by keevohn
Action figures make great bike accessories:


#40
Originally Posted by pinkrobe
Apparently it's easier to get pot than to get booze here if you're under 18.
I could have an oz of headie buds in my hand in ten minutes, but I dont know anyone to get booze from.
#41
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From: Van BC
Originally Posted by thatcher
how strong is that?
If so:
It's good so far. The flashlight body piece (from a fake mini-maglite received as a stocking stuffer some years ago) is actually pretty strong over that short distance. It'd take a lot more force than the ziptie could dish out to do anything to it. The ziptie is definitely the weak link---over the 1.5cms it has a fair amount of room to stretch. If I take another half cm off the spacer the ziptie will probably be a little happier and also I'll have more clearance to take off my wheel.
If none of this works over the long haul, I'll consider drilling and tapping the chainstay bridge.
#42
Thread Starter
bike person
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Grand Haven, MI
Bikes: Schwinn 754 ( dead :( ), GT triple triangle, ross sport touring, old 1940's custom cruiser, Mercier Kilo TT
yeah, dude, all i can usually get is cigarettes, alchohol is hard, but weed is easy, depending on who you know.







