Nice! those fiberglass overlap mould seems like a good idea! Are you planning to postmachine holes for axels in chainstays or they will be moulded with some kind of inserts?
It's been an interesting couple weeks. As I was rebuilding the rear triangle, I kept staring at the front triangle in the jig. Everything pulled off, as naked as it could get. The idea of rebuilding the whole thing, only to blow it completely apart again when the weather get warmer for "real" paint was depressing. So, having rarely met a bad idea I didn't like, I decided I'm just gonna go ahead and paint. In the house. Because, why not? So I sanded the paint that wasn't 2 months old off, prepped and etch primed the whole thing and waited for the wife to go to work....
I taped out a little "paint booth" not a kill room. I promise.
I put a base coat of John Deere Blitz Black (my favorite satin black) 3 coats of Painthuffer metal flake called "Purple Drank" that's 1/2 dark purple, half black flake and 2 coats of clear.
Turns out, I couldn't see worth a shit in there and completely missed the bottom of just about every tube with color and flake, somehow got clear on them though, go figure.
I touched up the bottoms of the tubes with the tractor paint and did the entire bottom of the down tube in black stone guard like some kinda fancy BMW owner or something...
I swapped the cranks to aluminum, the clevises to aluminum and the main pivot bolt and hardware to aluminum. I also made a slightly lighter, straighter shock link. Painted the rear triangle black and got in "back together" masking tape and all.
Sorted the cables out a little better and we're testing.
a little "framebuilder" "humor"
I'm liking it so far, considering this is the first full suspension I've ever owned, I don't have a lot to compare it to. Seems to do bike stuff pretty well. Now that I can ride it again, I'm looking forward to putting some more miles on it and seeing what happens. At the very least, It's purple and sparkly, I'm gonna call that a win.
It's been an interesting couple weeks. As I was rebuilding the rear triangle, I kept staring at the front triangle in the jig. Everything pulled off, as naked as it could get. The idea of rebuilding the whole thing, only to blow it completely apart again when the weather get warmer for "real" paint was depressing. So, having rarely met a bad idea I didn't like, I decided I'm just gonna go ahead and paint. In the house. Because, why not? So I sanded the paint that wasn't 2 months old off, prepped and etch primed the whole thing and waited for the wife to go to work....
I taped out a little "paint booth" not a kill room. I promise.
I put a base coat of John Deere Blitz Black (my favorite satin black) 3 coats of Painthuffer metal flake called "Purple Drank" that's 1/2 dark purple, half black flake and 2 coats of clear.
Turns out, I couldn't see worth a shit in there and completely missed the bottom of just about every tube with color and flake, somehow got clear on them though, go figure.
I touched up the bottoms of the tubes with the tractor paint and did the entire bottom of the down tube in black stone guard like some kinda fancy BMW owner or something...
I swapped the cranks to aluminum, the clevises to aluminum and the main pivot bolt and hardware to aluminum. I also made a slightly lighter, straighter shock link. Painted the rear triangle black and got in "back together" masking tape and all.
Sorted the cables out a little better and we're testing.
a little "framebuilder" "humor"
I'm liking it so far, considering this is the first full suspension I've ever owned, I don't have a lot to compare it to. Seems to do bike stuff pretty well. Now that I can ride it again, I'm looking forward to putting some more miles on it and seeing what happens. At the very least, It's purple and sparkly, I'm gonna call that a win.
man this bike looks so good! makes me reconsider my choice of color...
made some progress myself. Had some hiccups on the way with an exploding bladder and some wrestling during demoulding with the DS seat stay, but I'm super happy with the result so far:
This purple bike looks amazing ! Quick question on my side. I'm currently designing my first full suspension enduro bike. I think that I'll use 853 Reynolds tubes. On my current design, Top tube and down tube are done from a BX3038L : 38.1 x1.15/.9/.6/.9x740. Do you think this tube will be strong enough for this kind of bike ? I can also use straight 25CrMo4/4130 CrMo tubes. I found a supplier here in France selling 38.1x1.35mm tube. But it will add almost 1kg on the frame.... Any feedback on this Reynolds reference ? Thanks for your help
This purple bike looks amazing ! Quick question on my side. I'm currently designing my first full suspension enduro bike. I think that I'll use 853 Reynolds tubes. On my current design, Top tube and down tube are done from a BX3038L : 38.1 x1.15/.9/.6/.9x740. Do you think this tube will be strong enough for this kind of bike ? I can also use straight 25CrMo4/4130 CrMo tubes. I found a supplier here in France selling 38.1x1.35mm tube. But it will add almost 1kg on the frame.... Any feedback on this Reynolds reference ? Thanks for your help
It depends on your design and fabrication quality, and the weight of the intended rider. How do you plan to mount the shock?
This purple bike looks amazing ! Quick question on my side. I'm currently designing my first full suspension enduro bike. I think that I'll use 853 Reynolds tubes. On my current design, Top tube and down tube are done from a BX3038L : 38.1 x1.15/.9/.6/.9x740. Do you think this tube will be strong enough for this kind of bike ? I can also use straight 25CrMo4/4130 CrMo tubes. I found a supplier here in France selling 38.1x1.35mm tube. But it will add almost 1kg on the frame.... Any feedback on this Reynolds reference ? Thanks for your help
It depends on your design and fabrication quality, and the weight of the intended rider. How do you plan to mount the shock?
Thanks for your feedback. No shock interface on this tube. Here is a picture of my front triangle :
At at glance, it feels like it should be possible to remove the shortest tube segment above the BB shell and the cut-out above the shock mount, which would simplify manufacturing.
At at glance, it feels like it should be possible to remove the shortest tube segment above the BB shell and the cut-out above the shock mount, which would simplify manufacturing.
At at glance, it feels like it should be possible to remove the shortest tube segment above the BB shell and the cut-out above the shock mount, which would simplify manufacturing.
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