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I live for the CABE
I scored a Super Frame from @Freqman1 recently. Today I began a little mock-up to visualize the project.
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The bottom bracket on these bikes is a joy to behold. I don't have a photo of one, but the girl's frame might even be sexier.
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This frame is the collared version. Perhaps the paint color should be collard green.
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Thinking of a Musselman hub front..
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...and rear. I've got a finned version around here somewhere.
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I found some Torrington #18s NOS wartime blackouts.
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Big Springs for sure.
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Thanks Scott for the nickel plated mistakes. Nice bars.
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I haven't given any thought to the chainguard. Aluminum plain or possibly raingutters. Ixnay on an Anktay. And then there's the stand. Wouldn't you know, I sold a flat-bar flutterby a few months ago because I had no use for it!!!
 
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I scored a Super Frame from @Freqman1 recently. Today I began a little mock-up to visualize the project.
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The bottom bracket on these bikes is a joy to behold. I don't have a photo of one, but the girl's frame might even be sexier.View attachment 835380
This frame is the collared version. Perhaps the paint color should be collard green.View attachment 835363
Thinking of a Musselman hub front..
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...and rear. I've got a finned version around here somewhere.View attachment 835361
I found some Torrington #18s NOS wartime blackouts.
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Big Springs for sure.
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Thanks Scott for the nickel plated mistakes. Nice bars.
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I haven't given any thought to the chainguard. Aluminum plain or possibly raingutters. Ixnay on an Anktay. And then there's the stand. Wouldn't you know, I sold a flat-bar flutterby a few months ago because I had no use for it!!!
Wow,what style these bicycle's have,at least no two look alike,real craftsmanship with care and devotion.I can't wait to see what else you have in-store.Once again a beautiful bicycle.
 
Broken, wrong curve, and it's the good one.
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The hardware store had some 3/8" aluminum tubing that I bent around a piece of wood cut to shape.
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After fitting the top ends, I tapped the tube and bolted 'er up.
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The excess at the bottom then got cut and threaded. Next I'm going to find a hunk o' rubber for the pencil and I'll be in business.
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Broken, wrong curve, and it's the good one. View attachment 839183
The hardware store had some 3/8" aluminum tubing that I bent around a piece of wood cut to shape.
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After fitting the top ends, I tapped the tube and bolted 'er
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The excess at the bottom then got cut and threaded. Next I'm going to find a hunk o' rubber for the pencil and I'll be in business.
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Nice job, outside the box thinking....
 
Hey Mike you might have already done so, but for the rubber bushing go to Lowe's hardware aisle where they have the drawers with rubber stoppers for lab equipment or the rubber grommets. That's where I found some, looking good by the way man.
 
Hey Mike you might have already done so, but for the rubber bushing go to Lowe's hardware aisle where they have the drawers with rubber stoppers for lab equipment or the rubber grommets. That's where I found some, looking good by the way man.


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Good idea Sean, thanks. I went by Greg's High Wheel bike business, Rideable Replicas when in the Bay Area last weekend. He has tire rubber in different sizes. He donated a couple of cutoffs toward the project. I enlarged the inner hole, and cut a piece on the table saw. It looks like the real deal.
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Not too sure about the nut though. I think it is supposed to be an acorn with a fender washer.
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Not too much new, mostly dialing things in.
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@rustjunkie came up with a seatpost shim, thanks.
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I've put the 44 tooth aluminum on backwards for better overall clearance. Might even get a reverse gear as an extra! The #18 Torringtons are sweet.
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22 teeth in the back give me hill climbing abilities to maybe keep up with @tripple3.
I also did a little welding and filing to dial in the dropouts. These babies are dead-on parallel. And for fun I threw in a half-link. It keeps the axle in the mid-range.
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Also laced in a Musselman finned rear hub. Looks good.
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Lots of massaging and this pencil fork is springing like an artesian.
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I've come to believe the Torrington stem is British. The only bolt I could find to fit is Whitworth. Actually, it is CEI, 26tpi.
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Once I get a seat post, I'm going to start riding. Still looking for a badge. If nothing turns up, I'm gonna rivet in a license plate.
Anybody got the Monark safety tab washers?
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