Joe - nice work -- the security chain is the most elegant that I've seen. You're fortunate that you have that bridge there since the more rapscallion version is the inner tube wrapped chain style to a seat stay.

Hey Schloe mo
We got cut off yesterday - sorry. As far as the bike goes - it just needs a beer holder OR trailer hitch to haul a cooler around.

easy livin'

yeah i was on the interstate with the windows down, so i couldn't hear **** anyway.

actually, i was trying to think of a creative use for the frame-pump braze-ons.
a beverage holder perhaps?? suggestions welcome.

thanks for the props absntr!

That thing is so sweet. I love it.

one more view of the "yeah-i-have-a-brake-so-what-are-you-gonna-do-about-it" NOS Weinmann lever.
so named by a friend of mine.

http://static.flickr.com/64/157513252_e6c01504ed_o.jpg

Any chance of a picture from the back of the bike? I'm curious to see how you connected that.

aw gee! lock it parallel to the curb. that front wheel looks like it almost got hit by that cop car!

the carlton kills it

yes, that thing is killin me.

The Carlton is rad - it needs a frame pump/something interesting to fit in the bracket and then it's perfect.

that carlton is so f.uc.k off .

Man, that Carlton really would inspire me to find a nice chrome frame to convert. Ahem.

Cogsci and I put together his SlingShot tonight.

http://static.flickr.com/61/157672740_a823b2adc7_o.jpg

Couple other shots here.

It's nice that you were able to get rims that match your eyes.... gives it that personal touch.:D

Dogbait

WTF?

Dope, huh? 650c Aeroheads w/ Formula hubs, Colnago fork, Izumi gold chain.

The downtube/cable, meant to absorb and return energy normally lost from bumps, does seem to do...something.

Awesome. That is the best worst conversion ever. I bet it's fast as hell.

Wow! I have exactly the same frame but in black and a little bit bigger. Bought it back in 92 I think but now the seattube has a crack down by the bb and I want to fix it and repaint the beauty. Problem is I just can't get the darn glass-fiber-flexy-thing off to separate the two parts. Anyone have an idea on how to do it?

Come on now... someone has to say it. You're killing me!

Slingshots make my aesthetic bone hurt.

no worries, some inspired young wrench beat you to it... comes with some serious bling to boot.

seriously, I've been trying to think of something to fit in there. if someone could make me a flask roughly the same dimension as a frame pump, that would awesome.

yes, the slingshot seems fast

650c x 48t x 13t = 90.3
@ 120 rpm = 32.2mph

Are slingshots allowed on tracks? This isn't a snide remark but a question out of curiosity. Assuming that the bike had track ends and met all the component requirements, would a slingshot frame be allowed on a track?

No, they don't met UCI regulations

this may be true (they may not be legal)
however, when I spoke to the guy who picks up the phone at Slingshot he said that they did at one point make a few track frames.

what happened to the real track frame cogsci? still at the shop?