Remember, the straighter the surface, the better the join will be. Pic 4 Use the grinder to make the edges neat. I aligned the drop-outs in a clamp and used the grinder to get their edges identical. Angle grinding is never exact, so the drop-outs were not exactly the same. Use an angle grinder to cut out two pieces from the steel to form the drop-outs. This will give an indication of the size and shape of the piece to cut out. Overlay one of the existing fork's drop-outs onto the steel to be cut. I used some scrap steel plate, about 3mm thick. There's no way of attaching them to a wheel, so we need to make some drop-outs. Above all, enjoy building and don't give up! Read on for instructions on how I did it, and the mistakes I made along the way. *Access to a pipe bender - you may need this if your angles change significantly and you don't want to cut the extension tubes at an angle. *New chains - if you're extending the frame significantly, the chain length will also increase. I had some 1.4mm thick sheet steel which is perfect for the plates I made. Butt welding tubes of the same diameter is more difficult and will not be as strong unless your an expert welder (and I'm not!). The diameter of this tubing should be either slightly smaller than the existing frame tubing (to fit inside the cut tubes) or slightly bigger (to fit over the tubing). *Steel tubing to extend the frame after chopping. These need to be quite heavy gauge as the forces involved will tend to bend the tubes. *Welder (I used a gasless MIG welder - a Clarke 105EN) *Steel tube(s) for the forks. I took a 25 year old Raleigh Wisp ladies racing bike and converted it to something a bit out of the ordinary. I've recycled as many parts as possible, and used scrap materials when I could. The main inspiration for this came from AtomicZombie and Koolkat's instructables. Thank you again for all your support over the years.This is an instructable on how to build a chopper bike on a budget. Please visit our Instagram page for our History (in photos) from Start to Finish trips down Memory Lane are free and always bring smiles for miles. You're a part of this story as much as we are and for that, we are extremely grateful. Whether we built you a bike or you barely bought a bell, it doesn't matter. Thank each and every one of you who ever stopped in, said hey, or chose to support by any means possible. We will be finishing out a few remaining projects left over from our retail location, and will be slow-rolling off into the Sunset as Summer comes to an end, no longer seeking to create Customs or Cruisers. It's been a pleasure serving our local community, creating Relationships in addition to badass Bicycles.ĭue to numerous factors, we have decided to shut down our Online Store, and have already liquidated our remaining inventory. But things we previously complained about, in reflection, we took for granted.and would take back in a heartbeat now if it meant we could once again have our store in the Heart of Old Town Folsom. Over the course of the last 9 years there have been plenty of ups and downs anyone with Entrepreneur experience knows these trials and tribulations all too well. The most growth we have ever experienced as an individual has always come from pretty much the worst or most difficult times in our life. The funny thing about life is that you really need to learn how to embrace the suck.
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