so after the first bike



....Which now rides on black rims and a 3 speed rear hub, which I built a suicide shifter behind my leg

boobs

my roommate had to have one so I came up with this....it is 2" longer at the neck since he is taller

How do you do those nice, smooth, large-radius bends? Doesn't looked discolored from a torch. Perhaps some sort of special bending apparatus? Do tell.

-tom

btw- Those are fawking awesome!

special rolling machine at work.....gonna make 10 and see how it goes...getting upper neck and crank tubes machined and working on a deal to get some chromed...my next personal frame is gonna be polished alum, kinda going for total shine with a tan seat..

so...how much you asking for one?? i might be interested in picking up one similar to the first with the 3 speed and suicide shifter. man...those are SWEET!!!

let me know when you have a non welded frame kit together and I will buy one, serious

i hope nobody sees these and runs out and steals your idea and starts cranking them out in mass pro. but then again, it wouldn't be the same as a one dude-made custom like these.

sweet rigs. :D

You need something like these for frame gussets...
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1994727

I'm doing a bike for a tatoo shop owner that has an iron cross gusset and rear tire mount...

Lets see a picture of you riding it..

Looks very sweet.

-Wayne

Here's what Dallas made for his first bike.. Hes making a pink cadillac one for his GF, and he's gonna make another one for himself... I gotta get him to make me one... This one kicks ass!

http://www.stinkyfab.com/images/web/chopper1.jpg
I'd rather have different forks on mine, but he was using what he had left of another bike to build it, so it wasn't too expensive.. This one doesnt have brakes...
Scott

Originally posted by ToyFamily
special rolling machine at work.....gonna make 10 and see how it goes...getting upper neck and crank tubes machined and working on a deal to get some chromed...my next personal frame is gonna be polished alum, kinda going for total shine with a tan seat..


Are you are using something like this for the bends?
http://www.ercolina-usa.com/images/machines/artce53.jpg

Originally posted by jasonmt



Are you are using something like this for the bends?
http://www.ercolina-usa.com/images/machines/artce53.jpg

I used to use that wxact machine at my old work. very nice machine and you can do some pretty cool shit between that and a bender.

-Scott

I remember seeing a sand rail where the entire upper structure was a nice slow radius. Man that looked great.

-Wayne

That's bitchin'!!!:D

Hell yeah man, that looks sweet. I actually just started on 2 more bikes today, one to replace the red one scott posted above, and one for my friend that works at HARO and gets me all the head tubes and bottom brackets. Next ones are gonna be saweet, but those long sweeping bends can be a BITCH without the right tools. I'm actually looking for a manual rolling machine, but dont know where to look or what they are actually called. We had one in my HS shop, and it could do some pretty cool stuff.

Dallas

that's the machine...StinkBug, if you find a manual one let me know the info, I'd like to have one personally.....and I do like the second one a little better, I took more time into it....that is until I put the jockey shift and black rims on mine...now they're even.....now that a couple shops will be selling them I had to come up with a name so what do you guys think of "IMFAMOUS PEDDLERS"

I wish i knew who made that roller at my school. It was super simple, just 3 rollers with a big ass wheel on the side and an adjustment knob to push the top roller down between the other 2. Hell if I cant find one, I may just draw up the pieces needed in auto cad and build one myself.

BTW, I like the name.

Dallas

Pexto makes a nice three disc roller.

Originally posted by ToyFamily
that's the machine...StinkBug, if you find a manual one let me know the info, I'd like to have one personally.....and I do like the second one a little better, I took more time into it....that is until I put the jockey shift and black rims on mine...now they're even.....now that a couple shops will be selling them I had to come up with a name so what do you guys think of "IMFAMOUS PEDDLERS"

Spelling check: Infamous Peddlers.





those bikes are saweet!

thanks for the spell check, it was a little late....

about the roller... if you ever watch American Chopper they have a manual roller , paul used it to make the spider web fenders out of cold roll...it looked pretty simple just gotta watch again and take note

Price check please?:cool:

i got way bored...and though of some sweet things to do to these bikes if it's possible. anyone know the diameter of a MTN Bike rear rim?? just curious.

those ones are 26"...my mtn bike rims are also 26"

Actually nick i was at sac raceway the other weekend and i saw 2 bikes that were stretched about 10" more than yours and had full suspention like a mountain bike i did not get a good look at them but they were the nicest i have ever seen and not ghetto like the lowrider bikes.

Originally posted by tommybronco
Actually nick i was at sac raceway the other weekend and i saw 2 bikes that were stretched about 10" more than yours and had full suspention like a mountain bike i did not get a good look at them but they were the nicest i have ever seen and not ghetto like the lowrider bikes.

You talkin' shit? Ghetto is in son, don't hate the player, hate the game

the reason i was asking about rim size was because i got to thinking last night about a rear disk brake and maybe like an 8 speed cassette. i've found the rear hub that will allow both the 8 speed and hydrolic rear disk, but it's money. and that's not counting the rim and spokes. but...it'd be sick. ad far as the shifter, i really got to thinking, but i'm not sure that idea is possible.

by no means was i saying nicks shit is ghetto. I have been bugging hime to lend me a hand in chopifying my cruiser for a while now.

The actual tire makes a little bit of a difference. I'm running a 24" rim in the rear, but because of the HUGE tire they actually measure out to 25.5". BTW when they say its a 20, 24, or 26" wheel, thats actually the tire diameter, not the rim, which IMHO really doesn't make sense. The rims are always the same size no matter what the tire, but whatever, I didn't make the rules. :flipoff2:

Dallas

ok...but like for example...Dallas, you said your rear end could do a 26" tire/rim thingy. so...i'm just wondering if that's the same as a mtn bike, so i could use the disk brake ready rear hub. now...i just need to find a hydro brake lever without the built in shifter. i've got another SICK idea for that. just have to take one apart, and see if the like shifter itself can be remade and adapted to aa shift lever, maybe suicide position, with a little rat fink skull shift knob. daym, i've got to much time on my hands.

I'll get a pic of my suicide shifter and maybe a ride pic ...

I've been seeing these kinds of bikes all over now that I work downtown. Odd that I just started seeing them after your first post.

Originally posted by tommybronco
by no means was i saying nicks shit is ghetto. I have been bugging hime to lend me a hand in chopifying my cruiser for a while now.

I was just giving you a hard time baby bear:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Cobb
ok...but like for example...Dallas, you said your rear end could do a 26" tire/rim thingy. so...i'm just wondering if that's the same as a mtn bike, so i could use the disk brake ready rear hub. now...i just need to find a hydro brake lever without the built in shifter. i've got another SICK idea for that. just have to take one apart, and see if the like shifter itself can be remade and adapted to aa shift lever, maybe suicide position, with a little rat fink skull shift knob. daym, i've got to much time on my hands.

I don't see why you couldn't use that cassette, but I think Nick could fab something up for a disc brake out of some parts he's very familiar with....hint... hint ;)

How much for the girl? :D

Originally posted by Dieselmh
How much for the girl? :D

Dude, I'm pretty sure that's his little sister and she's......not legal :mad:

Nick, it'd be sick to find some fat ass tire for the back and a little bit bigger rim (dia) for the front with a skinny ass tire, like a chopper.

Originally posted by Wilson


Dude, I'm pretty sure that's his little sister and she's......not legal :mad:

So, I just needed someone to take care of my dogs while I'm out of town and wash my truck, you sick perv! :mad: :flipoff2:

Originally posted by Dieselmh


So, I just needed someone to take care of my dogs while I'm out of town and wash my truck, you sick perv! :mad: :flipoff2:

ahhhh-good one, what else was I to expect from this forum:D

Originally posted by Wilson


ahhhh-good one, what else was I to expect from this forum:D

You should expect this: "I'd like to take her home with me where I can keep her barefoot and pregnant her whole life so that she and I can start our own master civilization of Bacon worshipping, Everclear drinking, slightly foul-smelling humanoids! :D

Originally posted by Wilson


I don't see why you couldn't use that cassette, but I think Nick could fab something up for a disc brake out of some parts he's very familiar with....hint... hint ;)

yeah...i know i could just use a rear hub with povisions for a cassette, but this one is shimano's special rear disk brake hub. so no need for brackets, their brake rotor just slides on and locks in place.

the curent hub I have for the 3 speed is shamano, I like the way this 3 speed shit is inside the hub....(ain't been around this bike stuff for a long time) it was an easy change from one speed to three, just change the rim and bolt on the shifter...

and that is my little sister, she's way not legal.... only driving soon....but you can see her compete at the womens rockcrawling comps this year in a rock equipment razor!!!! just keep yer distance or I'll wrap the spotter strap around your neck :flipoff2:

oh...so there is no derailure setup, it's all just in the hub? that's cool. the setup that i'm looking at will require a derailure and a little bit of fabrication.

yea, the internal gears were cool but the seller was that it also had a coaster brake...so I didn't even have to set up brakes...I'll get pics when I borrow my friends digi

Originally posted by ToyFamily
thanks for the spell check, it was a little late....

about the roller... if you ever watch American Chopper they have a manual roller , paul used it to make the spider web fenders out of cold roll...it looked pretty simple just gotta watch again and take note

HF has one with a crank instead of a wheel for $49, same principle though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/36700-36799/36790.gif

Hell, use it once with the crank to roll out a wheel and you're set!:D

Nick, did you buy it new, or used? if new, that might be a selling point if you could make it an option.

bought it new but...it was discounted b/c it wasn't selling and was hard for them to get anyway...?

DANGIT!!! that is NOT what i wanted to hear there nick!!

I'll see what I can do

also...was it jsut the hub portion and you built a rim around it, or was it the entire wheel assembly?? it'd be cool to have that hub on a smaller rim similar to Dallas' frame and rear wheel. now i'm just being too picky!!:D :D

internal planetary gear hubs are still available new.

http://bike.shimano.com/comfort/Nexus/index.asp

instead of looking at shimano road and mtb equipment you have to look at the comfort bike stuff. about ten years ago shimano was trying out some planetary mtb hubs too, dont know what ever happened it to it?

cobb,

as far as the question about building up the hubs with different rims, it should be no problem. go to a reputable wheel builder and they'll build you almost anything you want. 20", 24", 26" or even 700c rims on (almost) any hub. 48spoke radial laced spokes would look pretty cool on some of those machines.

sweet bikes.

BTT...any updates??

Sweet bike, but you really need to buy my seat :D
$50

getting stuff machined for 10 bikes next week

UPDATES?????


It is the end of the week:rolleyes:

I'm only buying him(machinist at shop) lunch, you can't be a dick for a favor.... he hasn't had time to get to it yet...

here's the bike my bud and I put together. not a chopped but still fun to ride.

the best part...

OK..a little update..Well, since it's raining and they are not being ridden original two are taken apart and in the paint booth at work waiting to be hosed down (semi-gloss black on mine, peuter for the radius'd ).....and I am now putting a little pressure on the machinest...and working out the original bugs...you don't need to ride until its sunny anyway :flipoff2: ...sold the buggy so I am looking into a TIG in the rear future...so the next batch (of ten, 3 spoken for) MIGHT (am pretty sure but don't like to make false promises) be tig'd....working on the website...got some hotties to model the bikes....contact info:

infamouspeddlerbikes@hotmail.com

They had a chopper bike ride past in one of the shots on American Chopper last night. Did anyone else see it ?

Originally posted by flimmy
They had a chopper bike ride past in one of the shots on American Chopper last night. Did anyone else see it ?

yeah,i saw that. looked more like a modded beach cruiser though.

I saw it too.....it looked like the hacked beach cruisers like around here...

I didn't get a good look at it, it just kinda cruised by and caught me by surprize. But the first thing I thought about was ToyFamily :D

WERD>>>>So I'm FAMOUS :flipoff2: or is it "INFAMOUS" peddlers :p

I have pictures some place of the old Tandem that I had.

I turned a tandem into a single seat cruiser

It was long and low to the ground and a blast to ride.

I got a lot of funny looks though.

I machined the crank tubes tonight...the headset tubes hopefully tomorrow...still have to build a decent jig

headsets done today...got to get on the jig..

You have mail

as do you...

Gettin warmer outside now. Time to start lookin at spending my money on something new. Got a website lined out yet?

no site yet, some guy offered but I'm not interested in paying that much for this side chit I started for fun....but (pic)...and getting the tig back from the shop in a week or so...now looking into alum...I think 6160 is what they use for bike frames....does anyone know thickness?

http://www.schwinnstingray.com

http://www.schwinnstingray.com/desktops/stingray-embers-640x480.jpg

We took Nick's chopper bike with us to Mexico this weekend. I felt so pimp riding that thing around. Jeepmauler (owns a bike shop) needs to add these to his line up !!!

Funny thing is, I don't remember bringing it back :confused: