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Post by vonpotter on Sept 19, 2014 15:16:35 GMT -5
Hey everyone, I'm Vonpotter. I've been dinking around with bikes most of my life. I can usually be found over at UGV, but I figured I'd pop in here too. I am the Club president of Back Alley Bike Club, out of Eastern South Dakota. We have semi-monthly rides that usually contain at least one freak, kustom, or homemade bike of some sort. Here's a few of my bikes These two hang out at work, so we can screw around during lunch My UGV Buildoff entry from last year. Yes.....the Fork is made entirely out of plastic I found this horribly welded chopper on Craigslist. It was barely safe enough to ride My old Daily Cruiser. Yep. that's an airhorn made from a fire extinguisher A minivelo I made up last year to screw around on My Tallbike A trike I am currently working on for the UGV buildoff And Warhead: My first made from scratch bike. I recently bought my own welder, and had to celebrate by making a decent riding stretch
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Post by dracothered on Sept 19, 2014 16:37:55 GMT -5
Nice bikes you have there... Built a Mini Velo also similar to yours...
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Post by vonpotter on Sept 19, 2014 18:02:52 GMT -5
Nice! After I finish the 400 projects I'm working on right now, I'm going to revamp mine. I plan on shortening the chain stays to fit longer cranks. Ive got an old Schwinn exerciser crankset I wanna put on it.
Right now it kinda rides like crap, so I want to make it more gooder
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Post by dracothered on Sept 19, 2014 18:46:54 GMT -5
As you can see from this angle I welded on another BB so I could install the original 7" crank that came on the Schwinn Varsity I used to build this bike from... I didn't have a large chainring like those on an exerciser so I made the next best thing I could to it with a 53T chainring (also from the Varsity) welded to a 31T chainring.
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Post by vonpotter on Sept 19, 2014 19:20:00 GMT -5
That works
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Post by awesomecycles on Sept 22, 2014 20:50:01 GMT -5
i have a small kids bike with 12" wheels on it in my garage, you just gave me some ideas. i also seen that trike somewhere else, i have an axle and wheels in my garage, i may do something with as well.
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Post by "Chainsaw" Jim Johnson on Sept 24, 2014 19:55:18 GMT -5
Glad you found us! That's a great group of bikes. Good variation of styles.
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kranzor
Pedaling On My Own!
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Post by kranzor on Oct 1, 2014 19:13:50 GMT -5
Its chicken pounding time!!
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Post by "Chainsaw" Jim Johnson on Oct 2, 2014 12:27:56 GMT -5
Pounding or choking?
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Post by vonpotter on Oct 2, 2014 13:50:53 GMT -5
Popping
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