Department Store Bike Recipe

[brentb]

Take one of these...

[brentb]

Get the fork removed, strip that nasty green paint and cut the legs in half.

Mix in 3 ft of 1-3/8"x0.058" 4130 by adding it in 18" segments.

[brentb]

Add a 16" front wheel. Trued with adequate tread.

[brentb]

Then add a rear old school job, with coaster brake.

[brentb]

Weld the fork at 2000-2200 def F. Extend seatpost way past the "MIN" line for knee clearance, and sprinkle other ghetto parts to taste. Pump up tires.

[Harorider]

Originally posted by vizor
Weld the fork at 2000-2200 def F. Extend seatpost way past the "MIN" line for knee clearance, and sprinkle other ghetto parts to taste. Pump up tires.


ummm...those bars are a little "chicago"...may wanna pull em back some...haha:D

[J]

thats a bad mother fucker.

that yours?

[brentb]

Originally posted by 853
thats a bad mother fucker.

that yours?

Yep it is. I finished it last night and went lurking around the neighborhood on it at 11. 1 hour to strip the paint off and grind the forks, and 4 hours of construction/assembly.

"Chicago?" Well, all I know is, it's a blast to ride and that's the whole point. :D

So Jay, if we pull this near-Hallow's Eve cruze together, I'll bring this ride.

[Harorider]

Originally posted by vizor
Yep it is. I finished it last night and went lurking around the neighborhood on it at 11. 1 hour to strip the paint off and grind the forks, and 4 hours of construction/assembly.

"Chicago?" Well, all I know is, it's a blast to ride and that's the whole point. :D

So Jay, if we pull this near-Hallow's Eve cruze together, I'll bring this ride.


it was a bmx joke... chicago is when your bars are forward... bmers run them even with the fork angle pretty much...

sweet ride though

[brentb]

Originally posted by Harorider
it was a bmx joke... chicago is when your bars are forward... bmers run them even with the fork angle pretty much...

sweet ride though

Thank ya. I don't remember that term at all...

[brentb]

Ha ha, the chicago bars help me in the turns on this thing.

See? Chicago style (http://www.bmxbasics.org/new/bmx0498.html)

[Scary Mc]

Very, very nice!

[chasten]

some guys in my old neighborhood would probably pay a lot of money for one of those... even more if it was chrome, or gold plated.

wait. nevermind. they wouldn't actually pay a lot of money for it... but they'd still love to have it. stay away from riverside, mang.

[dburatti]

Dat's cool mang.

Hey Chasten, how's things?

[brentb]

Thanks guys.

I prepped the new fork and painted it glossy black, and the frame is in the process of getting stripped to the underlying chrome. It's looking sharp.

[brentb]

The forks may eventually get a flame job up about half their length, but that'll bump up the already exorbitant $26 I've spent on this thing by about another $10. But a springer seat is needed to finish this off.

And Weaver, the chicago bars is the only position that is comfortable.... :D

[musicman1370]

if i gave u some money could u do that to my fork ive wanted to do it for a wile but dont have a welder .

[brentb]

Originally posted by musicman1370
if i gave u some money could u do that to my fork ive wanted to do it for a wile but dont have a welder .

Non-tapered BMX forks, right?

You do realize that the forks could snap at anytime and impale you while cruising? :eek:

If you want to do this, I'll only charge the cost of materials: 3 ft. of chromoly in typical fork sizes costs about $15 including shipping. It takes about an hour to cut + weld.

I am about to order more tubing to finish another bike project, and if I don't already have tubing to fit your fork, I'll have to order it.

Measure the diameter of one fork leg either by measuring the diameter at the end of the leg near the dropout, or wrap a string around a leg and measure that length. Most BMX legs seem to be 1.25" (or string length just under 4 inches).

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