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diff_lock2 03-14-07 02:01 PM

SS in the works.
 
I have posted this frame before. Very little to no love for it over here. I was running a freewheel until it fell apart. Now i got a new rear wheel (have had it for a few months now). Today i got the rear cog (which is a little loose for my tastes) and a BB cause the last one was horrible.

I will be ordering one of those beefy surly cogs but first i need to find the right ratio. So i got a 6eu 20t cog.

Everything is in place, other than pvc pipe (spacers), and a BB tool. (yes they are bad, phone-pics)

Bit loose
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/Image023.jpg

Ghetto cranks and chain ring
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/Image021.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/Image017.jpg

Look at the left side (right side of pic) of the BB it doesn't go all the way in, i think its just to long, gotta cut a few mm off.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/Image020.jpg

10eu of used cranks
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/Image000.jpg

dirtyphotons 03-14-07 02:15 PM

what part of the bb are you planning to cut?

i'd try having a shop chase the threads before i started cutting stuff.

diff_lock2 03-14-07 02:23 PM


Originally Posted by dirtyphotons
what part of the bb are you planning to cut?

i'd try having a shop chase the threads before i started cutting stuff.


The plastic screw thing...

jet sanchEz 03-14-07 02:30 PM

I did the same thing with a rear wheel that I found in the dumpster. Works really well but I used the cassette that was on the wheel. I popped it off and it was an old worn out Shimano cassette but the 12t cog was fine so I used that. Here is how it ended up:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...Ez/Work004.jpg

diff_lock2 03-14-07 02:40 PM

Looks like some tough ratios. Nice bike though. I might try painting the frame, the cheap way. Just clean it and sand it down, cause i can find aircraft paint striper, and norm paint striper doesn't work. i tried it on the fork, looks ok.

Grand Bois 03-14-07 02:44 PM

Is that a 73mm mountain bb in a 68mm shell?

diff_lock2 03-14-07 03:02 PM


Originally Posted by Dirtdrop
Is that a 73mm mountain bb in a 68mm shell?

is that possible?

I might explain that plastic thing... right?

Now what?!

dirtyphotons 03-14-07 03:07 PM

check the bb itself, it should have a 68 or a 73 on it.

diff_lock2 03-14-07 03:39 PM

its 68, just checked.

dekalbSTEEL 03-14-07 06:32 PM


Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
I did the same thing with a rear wheel that I found in the dumpster. Works really well but I used the cassette that was on the wheel. I popped it off and it was an old worn out Shimano cassette but the 12t cog was fine so I used that. Here is how it ended up:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...Ez/Work004.jpg

You found a Shimano 540 wheel in the dumpster????

Cool, now I can tell everyone I have dumpster wheels on my SS.....:)

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6...76smallsv2.jpg

jet sanchEz 03-15-07 10:32 AM


Originally Posted by dekalbSTEEL
You found a Shimano 540 wheel in the dumpster????

Cool, now I can tell everyone I have dumpster wheels on my SS.....:)

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6...76smallsv2.jpg

It's a 535 but yeah, I couldn't believe it either. Two spokes were borked but that was it. Nice bike, I wish I'd found the front as well ;)

diff_lock2 03-15-07 01:12 PM

I got a used cassette from this other lbs, it looks like they specify in offroad and "COOL" biking, for free!

So now spacing is not a problem, who needs PVC (well actually i couldn't find any!).

I have a feeling the chain isn't perfectly strait, is that a problem? also how tight should the chain be... at high rpm (pedaling, cascade or what ever) the chain flops... Its also cause it has some really sticky grease (factory).
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...S/Image018.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...S/Image009.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...S/Image007.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...S/Image003.jpg

blickblocks 03-15-07 01:29 PM

I've got a name for your bike...SuperCog. :D

squeakywheel 03-15-07 02:00 PM

That is the coolest unicycle I've seen in a long time.

diff_lock2 03-15-07 02:13 PM


Originally Posted by squeakywheel
That is the coolest unicycle I've seen in a long time.

If only it were fixed.

i need new bearings for the head set (fork), and gotta get some grease too.

Oh and a BB tool.

moe sizlack 03-15-07 02:18 PM

snap ring pliers.

diff_lock2 03-15-07 02:29 PM


Originally Posted by moe sizlack
snap ring pliers.

FOR....? i could get some, but why?

squeakywheel 03-15-07 02:32 PM


Originally Posted by diff_lock2
If only it were fixed.

i need new bearings for the head set (fork), and gotta get some grease too.

Oh and a BB tool.

:roflmao:

Oh yeah...Guess a freewheeling unicycle would be hard to balance.

diff_lock2 03-16-07 07:05 AM

uh, SS is not exactly cheap. This bike is using the cheapest ***** ever (cheap parts), and it looks like crap. and its costing me over 100eu!

Rear wheel was 45eu (with a 7sp cassette)
A new front is going to be 30eu (but im going to the used bike place to find a cheaper front)
Cranks were 10
Chain was 12
cog was 6 (i want a surly one for 27eu)
BB was 27
tires are going to be around 40 (both)
saddle and seat post are going to reach 20eu
bearings...

i need to find used bars and stems, even a fork! (cause i don't like mine)

This isn't cheap at all... and the crank is not ideal, i'm sure i will have clearance issues under pressure.

oh AND THE TOOLS...

fordfasterr 03-16-07 07:18 AM

it would have been cheeper if you just found something used on ebay or locally ... then just modded a few little bits here and there...

I have a similar problem with a spare frame that I tore down a few months ago, I just can't see myself spending $ 200 + to rebuild it !!!


http://velocide.com/images_old/bicyc...port_ofc_1.jpg


She now hangs in my garage completely bare of almost every component...

blickblocks 03-16-07 07:46 AM


Originally Posted by diff_lock2
uh, SS is not exactly cheap.

Yes it is, you just didn't do it on a budget. Mine was cheap as free.

moe sizlack 03-16-07 11:12 AM


Originally Posted by diff_lock2
FOR....? i could get some, but why?

you can use them to remove the BB.

diff_lock2 03-16-07 04:36 PM


Originally Posted by moe sizlack
you can use them to remove the BB.

Yeah i thought so, thats why i went to check them out, they didn't open wide enough for the BB... im going to go to my closest lbs and let them tighten it up...

diff_lock2 03-16-07 04:37 PM


Originally Posted by blickblocks
Yes it is, you just didn't do it on a budget. Mine was cheap as free.

How did i not do it on a budget?

diff_lock2 03-16-07 04:40 PM


Originally Posted by fordfasterr
it would have been cheeper if you just found something used on ebay or locally ... then just modded a few little bits here and there...

Yeah, i guess i messed up...

Next build i should just get a used bike and strip it, and run SS or suicide(sp?) FG.


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