home made frame. Still have to do some MAJOR trimming on bolt on alluminum parts such as shock shuttles and those two huge nasty looking triangle things, major weight reduction going to happen there. Also have to drill/tap derailure hanger and find shorter shock hardware but other than that she's good to go.
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jonbikes
(May 19, 2010 at 14:20)
haha, those monstrosities are supporting the entire frame more or less. Without those there is nothing connecting the TT to the DT and I would collapse the frame just by sitting on it.
Those beasties will be trimmed down and prettied up BIG time in the next couple days, just got a little exited to get out and ride the thing.
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You've come this far I'm sure its doable. I would angle the seat tube (and shorten the TT to have the same effective reach). And then connect the seat tube where the lower bolt is holding the plate. If you look at the morewood in particular the "hole" is quite large. I'm pretty sure it could accommodate for any shock movement. Alternatively you could solve it like Sunn have on their Radical. Move the shock a little further up and use a push rod. You should look into it. My guess it that it would be lighter, stiffer and more aesthetically pleasing.
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The push rod was a thought that passed through my mind breifely however I decided for this go it would be better to keep it simple. I do however, have enough material left to make two more frames so lots more time to do such things.
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Dude, you might want to change your design, other wise you might be getting heard from one of our biek companies in NZ....
katipobikes.pinkbike.com/album/Katipo-bikes
You copied the design.
katipobikes.pinkbike.com/album/Katipo-bikes
You copied the design.
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I talked to those guys before I even started designing. I've likely still got the PM where they gave me full and complete permission to base this thing from their design. Even still, they aren't the only ones using the design so legally if I sold one there's nothing they could do. And on top of that, say I did start producing and selling, it wouldn't cut into their market what so ever.
All in all, its fine with them and not a big deal anyway.
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I was actually thinking along the same lines as my m8's at shred-nz-media,but now you've cleared that up,sound as a pound.But why not just get around the aluminium plate monstrosity as you called it by just doing what Katipo did to get round the same problem,i think as long as any bike as a different axle path,and certain things slightly located differentley,everything is good TM wise,just look at some of the blatant,(on the surface),copies that Dave Weagle has incorporated into a lot of his designs.Though i do think the new Devinci Wilson has promise,originality,and more importantly,a patent.
Anyway for a home made jobby,PROPS to ya Jon.All i will say,given the fact that this pic is early days,is try and shorten the back end as much as you can,be it 1ml or half inch.And don't let the BB go any lower than 13.6".Cos this working proto does look a tad long.
With all your excess material,get the jig back out,and go for the low,long and loose approach,length is good but not too much.
Gringo.
Anyway for a home made jobby,PROPS to ya Jon.All i will say,given the fact that this pic is early days,is try and shorten the back end as much as you can,be it 1ml or half inch.And don't let the BB go any lower than 13.6".Cos this working proto does look a tad long.
With all your excess material,get the jig back out,and go for the low,long and loose approach,length is good but not too much.
Gringo.