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Guide to Long Wheel Base home built bike!!!
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Guide to Long Wheel Base home built bike!!!
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New and old BIKES BY OTHERS!!!!
| NEW BIKES ON Jan. 18, 2008!!! There is a way where there is a will! And there is almost no wrong way to make this bike! Some of these new pictures feature very exotic locales. Read on! I remain an imperfect record keeper. If I have mis-labeled or forgotten a credit below, please forgive first, and write me to correct it second.
(*Any way you can build it is the right way.)
Clint's bike, in sunny Florida (I am only guessing). His seat uses a sling back rest and a very pointed saddle seat. There are merits to having a saddle horn, I am told. But after years on an upright bike suffering a nether-be-mentioned pain, *I* have a decided preference for the sling seat that NEVER goes, uh, there. Clint gives us a great pose, though, and that bike looks like a veteran traveller! Clint also made a great rack for the back of his jeep - look at this -
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Two by James. He built the first one somewhat by the suggested formula, and now has attempted a second bike as a 26x26 wheel bike.
This is from James Neely - not the same James as above on the red bike. To me, that smile is the reward for the website. It's a great bike that does that!
John Regan built both this clone of a P38 bike, and the EZ Clone seen here in red. John says the blue bike is 'fast as hell'.
This is Karl's bike - with Karl aboard in development, now painted and called 'Grape Nehi', I think.
Larry shows this bike - he solved the tiller steering by added an offset headset. Larry likes how this handles - says a fairing will happen soon.
Michael M. built this snazzy EZ Clone - the red and yellow two tone job. His neighbor liked it so much they built the RWB one as well - he says they have been 'on parade'!
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works in progress.
That's this 'edition.' If you sent a picture and I missed it, write and let me know. If I missed your intent, or there is a better shot than above, send it in! I love seeing what others do as home builders, and I very much appreciate seeing where you go with your project. No finer payback for what is out here on the web than your responses to it. Keep the faith! Check out details by me and by others on the detailing page here. Detailing Check out a few new shots of my bikes here. New Page 2 |
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Barbara's
bike. I showed her bare frame last 'edition' of bikes by
others. She worked hard for this one - Barbara is not a welder but
worked with a local shop. They weren't as understanding as they
might be about what she was trying to do. We talked - eventually she let
me play with the frame a little just to clean things up for her. And
this is the result, Barbara's homebuilt bike.*
This
picture I just added on Jan. 26. Jose' from Rio de Janeiro
sent me a picture of his 'Ezmeralda' - a beautiful EZ Clone, with an
unusual seat. 
Bill's bike - alone and 'in action'. Not sure where he got that big
handlebar, and notice the different, padded seat. 
From Bob
Bakos. To me it is always interesting to see variations on the
'theme'. Different here from my bikes, again with the padded seat,
and a new approach to a handlebar. 
Dan shared this adventure in new frame geometry - you can see the front end AND
the back end of a Mongoose mountain bike in this new arrangement. Dan is I
think trying to make a 26x26 wheel bike. I didn't hear how it turned
out. Yet.
Fred
Spain showed me this sleek frame - very unusual front donor bike to come up with
this shape, but pretty. His commetary - "I
started with a thirty year old 10 speed and a twenty year old 15 speed moutain
bike. I also used the head off a girls bike frame with the head flipped to
get the pedals up out of the way so I could use a big front wheel. It's
been fun so far. Looks like I'll get it built for the cost of two tires
and tubes, 4 sticks of conduit, a yard of phifertex for the seat, and a few cans
of spray paint, about $70."
This is Jim Dowd's bike. Jim's way towards building a bike included
a frame from me, as well as a USS bike he made himself. 
Joey
Wallace made this short wheelbase bike - we should always honor alternative
designs, and you might like it. I think that's a boat seat on the
top. And the frame started life as a lady's frame, I
think. 
This work in progress, Dec. 1, is from Kent. Classic EZ Clone!
Self captioned, nice bike!
Something
completely different. Les is an innovator! Calls this a
'poor man's pickup' - there are two in the works, one for a paper delivery
person and another for a alu. can collector. 
I LOVE exotic scenery! This bike is from Miltinho in
Brazil! For a more bike detailing shot, look below.
Phil Craft, and 
R.D. Zink
showed us these
This picture came in Yesterday, WHILE I was putting together this
page. Matti Ridell built this bike in Finland. His comment - "Maybe
the very first one here in Finland!Goes like a train.. thanks for the drawings !"
And this is my 'latest', just
to say I still keep my hand in. This lovely new yellowbike awaits
shipment to Richard in Arizona. At least he can ride right now
(though it will take some persuading to get me out to the toy shop to pack it up
- -1 degrees out right now - time for a warm dinner!).