Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
I started on this bad idea today. It’s raining but warm so I could use my shop. The springer fork I‘m trying to use has cups that are too big for the frame and the head tube on the frame is way too short for my springer. I tacked on some head tube pieces I hacked off one of the frames in my frame fence. These pieces have the right diameter for the fork cups and this added the right length. I still have to ream and face the extensions. Perhaps I’ll do that tomorrow. Almost all my bikes, even the nice looking ones, are Frankenbikes. I like to buy old frames, collect old parts I like from vintage bikes and make something. I like this site because almost all the bikes are beautiful restorations. For some reason I seldom restore a bicycle, especially if I can make a better rider out of it. This project will be my winter entertainment.
Here is the fork I’m trying to fit to the jury rigged head tube.
The cardboard box contains the parts I’ve been finding in my junk. Eight months of finding and tossing. My method is to get an idea and when I find something that will work I toss it in this box. There is a lot of junk in this box that I won’t use, but at the time it seemed like that was where I was going. I have more donor frame pieces to hack off. The rims and tires are in my attic. I’ll probably have to buy spokes as the rims are 650c and the tires are oversized. Like a fool, I tossed out the stuff I figured I’d never use and that included a lot of used spokes. I‘m not sure I can fit these rims and tires in the springer, with the shorty mudguard, which is from a 26 inch balloon tired bicycle. I may have to lace up a 26 x 1.5 inch wheel for the front. I have the rim and probably several 1.5 tires as well. They used mudguards on a lot of 1950s trackers.
Here is the fork I’m trying to fit to the jury rigged head tube.
The cardboard box contains the parts I’ve been finding in my junk. Eight months of finding and tossing. My method is to get an idea and when I find something that will work I toss it in this box. There is a lot of junk in this box that I won’t use, but at the time it seemed like that was where I was going. I have more donor frame pieces to hack off. The rims and tires are in my attic. I’ll probably have to buy spokes as the rims are 650c and the tires are oversized. Like a fool, I tossed out the stuff I figured I’d never use and that included a lot of used spokes. I‘m not sure I can fit these rims and tires in the springer, with the shorty mudguard, which is from a 26 inch balloon tired bicycle. I may have to lace up a 26 x 1.5 inch wheel for the front. I have the rim and probably several 1.5 tires as well. They used mudguards on a lot of 1950s trackers.
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