The Horror: Junk Build, High-End-Hatchet job, Frankenbike Challenge Extravaganza
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Time to crank it up!
If you're squinting at the chainring bolts in the first picture above and wondering...yeah, I did that.
And since I needed something from Spain, I went with a Zeus left crank arm.
So, just for the crank and bottom bracket, I've got parts Sugino, Shimano, RaceFace, Campagnolo, Zeus, Stronglight, and whover made the crank fixing bolts, covering Japan, Canada, Italy, Spain, France, and probably Taiwan.
In my last picture above you can also see my lovely Minoura bottle cage clamp on adapter, and the front derailleur. I had intended to use the Shimano Thunder Bird front derailleur that came with my shifters, but it turns out that has a 25.4 mm clamp diameter! I guess I'll have to save it for my Huffy Aerowind project.
If you're squinting at the chainring bolts in the first picture above and wondering...yeah, I did that.
And since I needed something from Spain, I went with a Zeus left crank arm.
So, just for the crank and bottom bracket, I've got parts Sugino, Shimano, RaceFace, Campagnolo, Zeus, Stronglight, and whover made the crank fixing bolts, covering Japan, Canada, Italy, Spain, France, and probably Taiwan.
In my last picture above you can also see my lovely Minoura bottle cage clamp on adapter, and the front derailleur. I had intended to use the Shimano Thunder Bird front derailleur that came with my shifters, but it turns out that has a 25.4 mm clamp diameter! I guess I'll have to save it for my Huffy Aerowind project.
Also, I have no hope at all in being competitive in the 'multiple countries' aspect of the competition, since some people's stash constitutes an entire bike shop or two, so I'm just going to keep concentrating on the 'most horrifically ugly, ever' aspect of the build. It's where my gifting lies.
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Also, I have no hope at all in being competitive in the 'multiple countries' aspect of the competition, since some people's stash constitutes an entire bike shop or two, so I'm just going to keep concentrating on the 'most horrifically ugly, ever' aspect of the build. It's where my gifting lies.
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Time to crank it up!
If you're squinting at the chainring bolts in the first picture above and wondering...yeah, I did that.
And since I needed something from Spain, I went with a Zeus left crank arm.
So, just for the crank and bottom bracket, I've got parts Sugino, Shimano, RaceFace, Campagnolo, Zeus, Stronglight, and whover made the crank fixing bolts, covering Japan, Canada, Italy, Spain, France, and probably Taiwan.
In my last picture above you can also see my lovely Minoura bottle cage clamp on adapter, and the front derailleur. I had intended to use the Shimano Thunder Bird front derailleur that came with my shifters, but it turns out that has a 25.4 mm clamp diameter! I guess I'll have to save it for my Huffy Aerowind project.
If you're squinting at the chainring bolts in the first picture above and wondering...yeah, I did that.
And since I needed something from Spain, I went with a Zeus left crank arm.
So, just for the crank and bottom bracket, I've got parts Sugino, Shimano, RaceFace, Campagnolo, Zeus, Stronglight, and whover made the crank fixing bolts, covering Japan, Canada, Italy, Spain, France, and probably Taiwan.
In my last picture above you can also see my lovely Minoura bottle cage clamp on adapter, and the front derailleur. I had intended to use the Shimano Thunder Bird front derailleur that came with my shifters, but it turns out that has a 25.4 mm clamp diameter! I guess I'll have to save it for my Huffy Aerowind project.
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I have the frame ready for the special touch-ups and I finished building up the front wheel an hour or so ago. Altenburger high-flange hub (sans dust covers 
), 27" Mistral rim, Trois Etoiles spokes. I'm contemplating going with a tubular wheel for the rear - just because - but only because the other wheel I was looking at has unmarked spokes. Still a long way to go and decisions to be made and undoubtedly some substitutions along the way to up the points total, but I am un-stuck and moving.
), 27" Mistral rim, Trois Etoiles spokes. I'm contemplating going with a tubular wheel for the rear - just because - but only because the other wheel I was looking at has unmarked spokes. Still a long way to go and decisions to be made and undoubtedly some substitutions along the way to up the points total, but I am un-stuck and moving.
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I have the frame ready for the special touch-ups and I finished building up the front wheel an hour or so ago. Altenburger high-flange hub (sans dust covers ), 27" Mistral rim, Trois Etoiles spokes. I'm contemplating going with a tubular wheel for the rear - just because - but only because the other wheel I was looking at has unmarked spokes. Still a long way to go and decisions to be made and undoubtedly some substitutions along the way to up the points total, but I am un-stuck and moving.
), 27" Mistral rim, Trois Etoiles spokes. I'm contemplating going with a tubular wheel for the rear - just because - but only because the other wheel I was looking at has unmarked spokes. Still a long way to go and decisions to be made and undoubtedly some substitutions along the way to up the points total, but I am un-stuck and moving.
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I'm truly enjoying Amateur Hour in the Huffente thread, but back to the matter at hand.
I was today years old when I realized that painting bicycles is much more fun when perfection is out of the equation. Paint is such an overemphasized aspect of bicycle culture these days, No longer can one simply dip the frame in a vat of black stove enamel three or four times and call it a done deal. However, the importance of preservation of the metal and stopping the bleed-through of paint-pen adornments cannot be denied - something that can be easily addressed with a quick go-over with gloss clearcoat.
This afternoon, the atmospherics were aligned, and between work calls and tasks, I made it out to the big paint booth behind my work shed and sealed the deal. The fork was child's play, but the frame required dynamic application of trigonometric and physics equations. The frame was then left to dry so that it could be handled without mishap, and brought inside. This evening ceremonies will be held as I join the headset to the head tube in holy matrimony. The rest will hopefully follow in rapid succession.
In the process, Leon got promoted.
and to ensure that my work doesn't get confused with some imposter, I have taken measures. The purple marker could use some steroids, alas.
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I was today years old when I realized that painting bicycles is much more fun when perfection is out of the equation. Paint is such an overemphasized aspect of bicycle culture these days, No longer can one simply dip the frame in a vat of black stove enamel three or four times and call it a done deal. However, the importance of preservation of the metal and stopping the bleed-through of paint-pen adornments cannot be denied - something that can be easily addressed with a quick go-over with gloss clearcoat.
This afternoon, the atmospherics were aligned, and between work calls and tasks, I made it out to the big paint booth behind my work shed and sealed the deal. The fork was child's play, but the frame required dynamic application of trigonometric and physics equations. The frame was then left to dry so that it could be handled without mishap, and brought inside. This evening ceremonies will be held as I join the headset to the head tube in holy matrimony. The rest will hopefully follow in rapid succession.
In the process, Leon got promoted.
and to ensure that my work doesn't get confused with some imposter, I have taken measures. The purple marker could use some steroids, alas.
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I'm truly enjoying Amateur Hour in the Huffente thread, but back to the matter at hand.
I was today years old when I realized that painting bicycles is much more fun when perfection is out of the equation. Paint is such an overemphasized aspect of bicycle culture these days, No longer can one simply dip the frame in a vat of black stove enamel three or four times and call it a done deal. However, the importance of preservation of the metal and stopping the bleed-through of paint-pen adornments cannot be denied - something that can be easily addressed with a quick go-over with gloss clearcoat.
This afternoon, the atmospherics were aligned, and between work calls and tasks, I made it out to the big paint booth behind my work shed and sealed the deal. The fork was child's play, but the frame required dynamic application of trigonometric and physics equations. The frame was then left to dry so that it could be handled without mishap, and brought inside. This evening ceremonies will be held as I join the headset to the head tube in holy matrimony. The rest will hopefully follow in rapid succession.
In the process, Leon got promoted.
and to ensure that my work doesn't get confused with some imposter, I have taken measures. The purple marker could use some steroids, alas.
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I was today years old when I realized that painting bicycles is much more fun when perfection is out of the equation. Paint is such an overemphasized aspect of bicycle culture these days, No longer can one simply dip the frame in a vat of black stove enamel three or four times and call it a done deal. However, the importance of preservation of the metal and stopping the bleed-through of paint-pen adornments cannot be denied - something that can be easily addressed with a quick go-over with gloss clearcoat.
This afternoon, the atmospherics were aligned, and between work calls and tasks, I made it out to the big paint booth behind my work shed and sealed the deal. The fork was child's play, but the frame required dynamic application of trigonometric and physics equations. The frame was then left to dry so that it could be handled without mishap, and brought inside. This evening ceremonies will be held as I join the headset to the head tube in holy matrimony. The rest will hopefully follow in rapid succession.
In the process, Leon got promoted.
and to ensure that my work doesn't get confused with some imposter, I have taken measures. The purple marker could use some steroids, alas.
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You say 'when perfection is not part of the equation' - I'm inclined to disagree! Lovely work!
Oh, and the Huffy thread is complete garbage...of the best kind! I was so tempted to invite him into this thread for more of that performance art. Gotta admit, he's got some chops. But how can I get upset at that? That's basically exactly what I wanted in the Huffy thread all along lol
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Nice top tube signature just like some of the fancier bikes who wear the builders signage in a similar fashion. A plus for points adding up as an unusual feature. Plus some extra credit for turning Leo into a tiger a very subtle change that is hard to notice at first glance. Smiles, Dave # 3
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Got bit of work on the second not so horrific bike the Fuji SS coaster it actually rides and looks pretty good for a upright coaster brake SS pretty much a light cruiser. I will still consider it a Framkienbike junk build since it's nearly all salvage free parts and is now something completely different than what it started out as a nice small light touring bike with a really nice frame set. Should snow later this week so I can get some snow pics with fall aspen's and Halloween stuff for color on this one and the Jeunet Zombie bike even ordered some stuff to get a nicer camera working for the snow pics. Don't think I will top some of the other builds there just too horrible so on both bikes I thought I would go a bit of different way with a theme for each most dead defunct companies and country diversity on the Jeunet and just radically different from original but good riding on the Fuji.
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I actually in my younger days during the Fixie SS boom unironically built and yuck sold several bikes for pretty good money that are worse looking back than most of the entrants here. Most of the buyers that thought they were great and road them with smiles a couple even came back and brought other horror's from me.
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It feels good to be taking two steps forward and one step back, rather than one forward and two back. Starting to see signs that this might work. Fortunately/unfortunately, I learned why PIVO stems should not be used. The bolt that clamps the bars in position is made out of pot metal. With relatively modest torque, the head of the bolt separated from the rest of it. The stem is about the same color as the bolt, so tomorrow it's getting replaced with a GB. I spent about an hour trying to sort the brakes (I'm already using a MAFAC part, so I'm not going to just clean up and throw back on the calipers that came with this), and was starting to sweat until I saw the mixte on the trainer has something that will work (another task for tomorrow). I'm going to duck back under the radar for a bit until I'm actually able to ride it, but I wanted to give fair warning to other contestants about the sort of deranged mind that is at work here in Hardy, VA.
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It feels good to be taking two steps forward and one step back, rather than one forward and two back. Starting to see signs that this might work. Fortunately/unfortunately, I learned why PIVO stems should not be used. The bolt that clamps the bars in position is made out of pot metal. With relatively modest torque, the head of the bolt separated from the rest of it. The stem is about the same color as the bolt, so tomorrow it's getting replaced with a GB. I spent about an hour trying to sort the brakes (I'm already using a MAFAC part, so I'm not going to just clean up and throw back on the calipers that came with this), and was starting to sweat until I saw the mixte on the trainer has something that will work (another task for tomorrow). I'm going to duck back under the radar for a bit until I'm actually able to ride it, but I wanted to give fair warning to other contestants about the sort of deranged mind that is at work here in Hardy, VA.
Those bars seal the deal. It is truly a creation of mad genius.
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With all due respect to my fellow Frankenbikisti, that's a pretty low bar. I've sold an ugly fixie or two back in the day myself, and the Smella is much worse than those.
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I've been trying to wait until the Smella was finished to show any pictures of the entire bike, but I just can't hold it back anymore. With a front tire that @gugie was kind enough to give me, it's almost done. I still need to run cables for the brakes and maybe some lug lining. I'll save the full guided tour of atrocities until then, but for now here it is.
I'm a big fan of Google Lens, and I was curious whether GL would even be able to identify this as a bike. Fittingly, perhaps, one of the top matches it offered (and, to my eye, the best visual match) was the "before" picture of a Gitane that @Narhay rescued a couple of years ago: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-dropouts.html
I'm a big fan of Google Lens, and I was curious whether GL would even be able to identify this as a bike. Fittingly, perhaps, one of the top matches it offered (and, to my eye, the best visual match) was the "before" picture of a Gitane that @Narhay rescued a couple of years ago: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-dropouts.html
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I've been trying to wait until the Smella was finished to show any pictures of the entire bike, but I just can't hold it back anymore. With a front tire that @gugie was kind enough to give me, it's almost done. I still need to run cables for the brakes and maybe some lug lining. I'll save the full guided tour of atrocities until then, but for now here it is.
I'm a big fan of Google Lens, and I was curious whether GL would even be able to identify this as a bike. Fittingly, perhaps, one of the top matches it offered (and, to my eye, the best visual match) was the "before" picture of a Gitane that @Narhay rescued a couple of years ago: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-dropouts.html
I'm a big fan of Google Lens, and I was curious whether GL would even be able to identify this as a bike. Fittingly, perhaps, one of the top matches it offered (and, to my eye, the best visual match) was the "before" picture of a Gitane that @Narhay rescued a couple of years ago: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-dropouts.html
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I've been trying to wait until the Smella was finished to show any pictures of the entire bike, but I just can't hold it back anymore. With a front tire that @gugie was kind enough to give me, it's almost done. I still need to run cables for the brakes and maybe some lug lining. I'll save the full guided tour of atrocities until then, but for now here it is.
I'm a big fan of Google Lens, and I was curious whether GL would even be able to identify this as a bike. Fittingly, perhaps, one of the top matches it offered (and, to my eye, the best visual match) was the "before" picture of a Gitane that @Narhay rescued a couple of years ago: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-dropouts.html
I'm a big fan of Google Lens, and I was curious whether GL would even be able to identify this as a bike. Fittingly, perhaps, one of the top matches it offered (and, to my eye, the best visual match) was the "before" picture of a Gitane that @Narhay rescued a couple of years ago: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-dropouts.html
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I've been trying to wait until the Smella was finished to show any pictures of the entire bike, but I just can't hold it back anymore. With a front tire that @gugie was kind enough to give me, it's almost done. I still need to run cables for the brakes and maybe some lug lining. I'll save the full guided tour of atrocities until then, but for now here it is...
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10-12-23, 10:02 AM
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The downtube decals are from lettering.com. The rest, of course, are original to the bike,
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Do you remember the brief time when companies were selling mountain bikes with one 29" wheel and on 26" wheel? I think by the terminology of that time this would be a ninety-seven-and-a-halfer.
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