the nerd Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Exactly what I thought of, nerd I guess when you always on the internet and always checking out bikes, there isn't much you haven't seen.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 I guess when you always on the internet and always checking out bikes, there isn't much you haven't seen. LOL. Especially if it's biased to one or 2 disciplines / areas of knowledge!
Burner Posted April 1, 2016 Author Posted April 1, 2016 I'm just soooooo glad and excited that there are so many like minded individuals not afraid to get their hands dirty and try something new that goes against what so many people debate about all day. Put your money where your mouth is and get a moonbag for those big balls
jimmy hardtail Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Ya so my frame is made of two old cromoly frames, but the top and down tube are 32mm x 1,6mm mild steel. 50 bucks for a two meter lenght. Its a lot cheaper to practice on than importing cromo tubesets but because the wall thickness is double a cromo tube its strong enough for most riding. Just twice as heavy, and twice as stiff. But its fine for practice frames. When I have a final design then I will do one from double butted true temper or reynolds 653 tubing. Ultimately would love to build a stainless steel one from reynolds 935 but at R1000 for a down tube(!) that will have to wait a bit
Burner Posted April 5, 2016 Author Posted April 5, 2016 I've been busy on the 3D model and simplified the front and rear sections a bit. I think I will still add the mid reinforcement on the front triangle in order to stiffen up the cockpit to BB section in order to sharpen the feel of the steering. I struggled to get the rear design that I was working on to clear the chain, so I went with VPP as a start. I will still continue to fit my own suspension design as I think it should be very responsive.....but vpp will do in the meantime. The reach is about 580mm long so it should feel quite roomy up front. The head angle is at an extreme 64 degrees and the wheelbase is 1250. I forgot to measure the rear stays but they are as short as I can make them. II took photos of my screen so the image quality might suck a bit.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted April 5, 2016 Posted April 5, 2016 Awesome! Btw - you know reach is measured horizontally from the bb to the head tube, right?
popcorn_skollie Posted April 5, 2016 Posted April 5, 2016 Here's the suspension in motion.I'm not sure if he changed it since he showed me this https://youtu.be/QsjFE09m-IY
Burner Posted April 5, 2016 Author Posted April 5, 2016 Awesome! Btw - you know reach is measured horizontally from the bb to the head tube, right? yes I do...... Here's the suspension in motion.I'm not sure if he changed it since he showed me this https://youtu.be/QsjFE09m-IYthat was a simulation of a Santa Cruz's Vpp i did. I might go with an altered version of that if I struggle too much clearing the chain on my design
nolipoli Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Nearly done... 150mm Front / 107mm Rear travel Head Angle 64.5deg Seat Angle 75deg Chainstay 425mm Wheelbase 1215mm BB Height 330mm Top Tube 619mm
Burner Posted April 12, 2016 Author Posted April 12, 2016 thats amazing work Nolipoli!!!!!!! Well done That looks so balance even with the big difference in suspension travel. That nice long top tube looks comfortable as well. Are you running 26" wheels?
Flowta Posted April 12, 2016 Posted April 12, 2016 thats amazing work Nolipoli!!!!!!! Well done That looks so balance even with the big difference in suspension travel. That nice long top tube looks comfortable as well. Are you running 26" wheels? Those are 650Bs in there. I like the sliding dropouts. 26", 650B, 650b+ even?
nolipoli Posted April 12, 2016 Posted April 12, 2016 Those are 650Bs in there. I like the sliding dropouts. 26", 650B, 650b+ even?It is designed for 650B at full 425mm CS length, but will take a 26" with a normal (2.2ish) tyre at 410mm CS length. It will take any fork between a 120 and 150, although BB would be too low if you ran a 120 with 26" wheels.
Mongooser Posted May 5, 2016 Posted May 5, 2016 Here's the suspension in motion.I'm not sure if he changed it since he showed me this https://youtu.be/QsjFE09m-IYwhat software is that?
Slingers Posted May 5, 2016 Posted May 5, 2016 Nolipoli, well done!More photos!!!Very keen to hear how she rides.
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