tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661576087747887572024-03-13T00:12:57.277-07:00The DIY Bicycle BlogGoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-51665150615346647412014-09-21T05:00:00.002-07:002014-09-22T04:57:31.386-07:00Using my homemade bike trailer for moving across town.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my homemade trailer. I got it since 5 years, and hardly used it before. Now that I am moving together with my GF, I have to move my stuff about 5 kilometers to our new apartment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First a new desk. The challenge was the big plate. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I rode to pick up the chair, I cornered with speed and made the trailer run on one wheel. I should be more carefull.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A janitor, gave me some abandoned bikes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was asked to bring a ghostbike to a fatal accident location.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally starting to move. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My commuter bike was stolen, so I had to use my roadbike. The glass desk was heavy, so I took extra care.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not enough care. No idea how the desk survived.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shaft of the trailer broke, so I had to replace it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good thing I had this part of a failed diy recumbend bike project at home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It works out fine.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time for more stuff.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also had to redo my old appartment, so went to the hardware store.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kind of tricky to load paint.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another load, taken with the camera mounted on the rear rack.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damn! I had to brake hard with the empty trailer. The fork gave up, and the wheel made contact with the frame. I was thrown over my bike.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a useless hospital visit, I collected the trailer with the broken bike. The bag is my girlfriend's, not mine. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now I had to use the shitty bike from my girlfriend. No way I would park my other bikes on the street.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had to use my keychain to attach the trailer.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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This is my bike trailer. I made it with nearly zero budget, since I don't need it very often. It is very robust, A person can sit on it without problems. The couping device is just an u-bolt. I secure the trailer with rope for safety, but never lost the trailer so far. I'd recommend a different coupling if you cover long distances. </div>
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I bought a used bike to repair and resell and noticed, that the frame had a crack. I decided to build up a rigid mountain bike for myself and repair the frame. </div>
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The bike was a Pinarello Treviso Mountainbike, a very rare bike from 1990 or 1991. Aluminium frames were pretty rare at that time, however the weight of the frame is only 1.6 kg. Quite obvious that it broke. </div>
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If you look at the dropout, you notice, that it is welded the rear tube, which got squashed. An obvious design flaw. Since I can't weld aluminum, and always wanted to repair a cracked frame with fiberglass and resin, I repaired the frame this way:</div>
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At first, I brazed a steel base layer, which distributes the force from the dropout better to the brittle aluminum frame. <br />
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With a lot of good glue and some fibres, I glued the steelframe to the aluminium frame.<br />
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I covered everything with resin and added fiberglass. I used an old bicycle tube to apply pressure to the fiberglass. With this technique you can use a lot more fibers and less resin which makes the frame stronger. <br />
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After a few layers, I finished it. <br />
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As a test ride, I took the bike to the most difficult trail in my area and rode it hard. It is interesting what you can do with a rigid bike, if you have tires with a lot of grip. I always thought before, that I would need my Enduro to ride that trail. <br />
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I know I mixed up the components from two decades. I can already feel the retro bike enthusiasts cringing. <br />
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The repaired part of the frame:<br />
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-29267470578539175592013-10-07T05:33:00.000-07:002013-10-07T05:37:33.834-07:00My diy steel-fullsuspension bike is completed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After about 3 months of testing, my bike is finally ready:<br />
I used an old hardtail frame as a base and modifed the geometry, installed a bearing and made a rear swing.<br />
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Here is some data:</h3>
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<li>Material: Frame from an old Giant bike, rear swing from steelpipes from a building supply store</li>
<li>Costs: around 550 Euro, all parts were bought used in mint condition.</li>
<li>Travel: 160/160mm</li>
<li>Thrust in my own welding: I still check for cracks regulary</li>
<li>Weight: 16 kg</li>
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Here are the links to the blogentries about how I built it:</h3>
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<a href="http://weldandbraze.blogspot.co.at/2012/10/building-full-suspension-mountainbike.html">About the concept</a><br />
<a href="http://weldandbraze.blogspot.co.at/2012/10/making-bearing-out-of-front-hub.html">How I made the bearing for the rear suspension</a><br />
<a href="http://weldandbraze.blogspot.co.at/2013/03/progress-pictures-of-my-homemade-steel.html">Early progress pictures</a><br />
<a href="http://weldandbraze.blogspot.co.at/2013/04/progress-on-full-suspension-frame.html">The frame</a><br />
<a href="http://weldandbraze.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/it-works.html">An overview about the project</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=defT4baMbUo">And some video</a><br />
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-50834976709027970952013-07-02T06:52:00.004-07:002013-07-02T06:58:04.332-07:00It works!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
During the last months, I welded a custom steel Enduro bike. I used an old Giant hardtail frame and welded / brazed the rest.<br />
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The bike has 160/160mm travel and weights 16kg.<br />
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Last week, I finally got the chance to make a longer ride. Here is the video of riding it on my local trails:<br />
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I can tell you, I works very well. To create something new, I chose the wheel distance very short, and the fork angle rather flat. I expect to get great riding performance on slow steep and difficult descents.<br />
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Here are some pictures of the frame building process:<br />
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I have to say although everything looks improvised, I spent a long time figuring out how to build it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made the bearing for the rear suspension out of an hold front hub. Used a stationary drilling machine and an angle-grinder as lathe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bearing in my "jig" - Ready to get brazed into the frame</td></tr>
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I want to thank the <a href="http://combinesch.com/index.php?title=FAK:Home">Fahrradküche Graz</a>, a local self service workshop to let me use their facility.<br />
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-68413484208669987552013-04-23T07:23:00.000-07:002013-04-23T13:49:08.001-07:00My bikepacking setup<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My bikepacking setup is finally complete. This is the setup for my next 2-month Kyrgyzstan trip.<br />
The trip is going to be a offroad most of the time, including a lot of unrideable stuff. My intension is to carry a setup as light as possible. I need a <a href="http://weldandbraze.blogspot.co.at/2013/02/my-hobo-stove.html" target="_blank">hobo stove</a> , and a lot of space to carry food for many days on that trip though. I also need a big sleeping bag, since temperatures at nights can be below 0 degree Celsius.<br />
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In the front are my jacket, the sleeping pad and the tarptent. They are mounted on my front bar rack.</div>
On top, there is a light waterproof bag, originally made as a seatbag. <a href="http://dx.com/p/roswheel-13613-f-bike-bicycle-waterproof-saddle-bag-yellow-black-166479?Utm_rid=99606250&Utm_source=affiliate" target="_blank">It's this one.</a><br />
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On the frame is my waterbottle, the hobo stove, a framebag for my tools, and a tennis ball container. The container will carry my precooked food for the day. It might also carry additional water on the end of the day, since I always consume a lot over the night. On the rear rack, there is a light backpack, which I am going to carry on my back when descending on trails. Depending on the steepness, I will move the stuff from the front to the rear rack.<br />
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Here is a closeup of the front rack:<br />
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It weights about 250gram, is made some brake levers, aluminium and pvc pipes, fiberglass and resin. The joints of all pipes are filled with resin, to prevent the screws from getting loose.<br />
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I am not sure about the weight of the bike and the gear, but the combined weight it will be definitely under 20kg.<br />
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-72961168724039151572013-04-22T05:49:00.000-07:002013-04-22T05:49:16.060-07:00Similiar Projects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was just wondering, how many people have built their own full-suspension bikes. I found two interesting projects:<br />
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The first one is a electric bike conversion, which is not my thing, but it's done very professionally:<br />
<a href="http://www.electricbike.com/specialized-super-charged/" target="_blank">Link to the Specialized Big Hit Mod</a><br />
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The second one is on Instructables.com and it's a Tension Link suspension bike:<br />
<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-I-built-a-suspension-mountain-bike/" target="_blank">Link to the Instructable</a></div>
GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-15828451811676419052013-04-20T05:28:00.000-07:002013-04-20T05:29:56.512-07:00Progress on the full suspension Frame<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The weight including the rear shock is going to be 4.6 kg, which is acceptable for me. The travel is 160/160mm, but could be as well 180/180 with some modifications.<br />
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As previously mentioned, this is not going to be used for high speeds or jumps. I "designed" it specifically for very difficult alpine trails. Hence the flat headset angle and the short wheel distance.<br />
I just need to add some brake sockets, order some parts do some welding. After some time, I will shorten the seat tube, and remove the top tube and place it much lower. This enables me to lean back as much as possible during steep trail segments.</div>
GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-19557524060543315142013-04-16T13:05:00.001-07:002013-04-16T13:22:20.157-07:00Light and minimalistic USB Flashlight / Bikelight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last afternoon, I had some time and wanted to craft something. I decided, that I need a light flashlight. Since I have to carry a powerbank to my bikepacking trips, I made an USB flashlight:<br />
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It is made just from a 1 Watt PowerLED, a LM317 Voltage regulator, some resistors and an old usb cable. These parts are available in nearly every electronics store. If you want to build your own, you can use this <a href="http://www.dieelektronikerseite.de/Tools/LM317.htm" target="_blank">link</a> to find out, how much resistance your circuit needs. Just enter the current your LED needs in mA, and you will get the resistance in Ohm. With an USB Port, you can at least run a 2.5 Watt LED. A powerbank should be able to provide a lot more though.<br />
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With this small powerbank, my lights shines over 5 hours. I've chosen a not so powerful LED, because I don't want to waste too much energy. 1 Watt is still powerful enough for walking or slowly riding a trail. It could help in incident, like tent damage, nights too cold for your sleeping bag, or if you have to move in the dark due to an emergency.<br />
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-24816411199272073182013-03-17T02:47:00.003-07:002013-03-17T02:47:58.736-07:00DIY Carbon Frame<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When I have the budget someday, I will build my own carbon frame.<br />
<br /><a href="http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=3987539;" target="_blank">Here is a good example</a><br /><br /></div>
GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-25042503124277165012013-03-07T15:22:00.001-08:002013-03-07T15:22:26.858-08:00Progress Picture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is the latest picture of my full-suspension frame project.</div>
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The main frame is from an old bike, which I modified. It's far from beeing ready, but you can see how it will look like.</div>
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-33518963003262511422013-03-02T01:58:00.001-08:002013-03-02T02:04:37.298-08:00Progress pictures of my homemade steel Enduro Frame<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My one pivot full suspension frame is making progress.<br />
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On this picture, I am checking the rear travel of the frame. I will aim for 160mm rear travel, with an option to mount the rear shock on different positions.<br />
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The next steps are the construction of the mounts for rear shock and to adapt the geometry of the main frame. </div>
GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-66739717845524359392013-02-05T10:51:00.001-08:002013-02-05T10:51:46.172-08:00My Hobo Stove<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For my next tour, I built myself a hobo stove. I used one can of tuna and one of white beans and brazed them together with brass.</div>
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It works, but still needs a bit of tuning. I will enlarge the holes on the bottom later.
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The whole stove weights about 80 Gramm, and gives you the advantage of not needing to carry any fuel. The drawbacks are that you won't find any burnable material during rainy days and that your pot will get very messy.</div>
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If you think you know anything about bike repair, check this out:<br />
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-1653877637225736902013-01-18T09:53:00.001-08:002013-01-18T09:53:07.411-08:00Reducing your multitool<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I just reduced another 100g of my equipment by doing a modification on my bicycle multitool:<br />
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-76987163735852579262013-01-14T01:05:00.001-08:002013-01-14T01:28:05.492-08:00Gross but warm - my ultralight waterindependant Jacket<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In this post I want to reveal my new "invention". A light jacket (about 350gram) which is wind and rain resistant and suitable for temperatures down to -2° Celsius (28° Farenheit).<br />
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There is one downside though: You will sweat a lot and it might be gross! But hey, who said that light bikepacking has to be comfortable?<br />
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This is the inner layer which does the insulation and was made by myself. </div>
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I made it from a <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002UXQZAE/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=6742&creativeASIN=B002UXQZAE&linkCode=as2&tag=juscycblo-21">Car windshield protection</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=juscycblo-21&l=as2&o=3&a=B002UXQZAE" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and duct tape. I folded the windshield once, cut a hole for my head into it and taped the sides together. It took me about 5 minutes and 5 Euro to make it.</div>
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The upper layer of clothing is just a basic low quality waterproof (250g) jacket, which provides no further insulation.<br />
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I tested this solution by dressing like I would dress on a summer tour. I wore my cycling shorts, this jacket in combination with the waterproof wind jacket, my <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B008VPHCVQ/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=6742&creativeASIN=B008VPHCVQ&linkCode=as2&tag=juscycblo-21">Polar Buff</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=juscycblo-21&l=as2&o=3&a=B008VPHCVQ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and some fleece gloves. In order to simulate a rainy day, I went under the shower and let a lot water flow on and into the jacket. Then I went outside for a bikeride. I rode about 30 minutes while the temperature was about -1° Celsius / 30° Fahrenheit. </div>
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It was not that bad. The uncovered legs got a bit cold until they went numb, and my non-insulated arms got a bit itchy, but my body kept warm and I could imagine to be the whole day outside like this.</div>
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-84604744483552467172013-01-05T03:30:00.003-08:002013-01-05T03:30:40.315-08:00A sophisticated paintjob<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Redditor mountainman470 posted an interesting gallery of a nicely done frame repainting.<br />
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<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/15ynhf/i_repainted_my_bike_while_my_knee_was_healing/" target="_blank">Link to the thread</a></div>
GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-20879493057442030342013-01-02T02:16:00.000-08:002013-01-02T02:16:05.227-08:00Making your own framebag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I just found this good tutorial on Youtube. It shows each step necessary for sewing a frame bag.<br />
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-67959010157432004872012-12-28T04:39:00.001-08:002012-12-28T04:39:17.318-08:00This is the history of my 1997 Gary Fisher bike<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So here is the deal:<br />
I wanted to bring my bike on a train and a ferry, which didn't allowed bikes. The train was the trans-siberian railway from Moscow to Vladiwostock. The ship was from Vladiwostock to Japan. I wanted to do 12 days of riding to lake Baikal, and another 40 days in Japan.<br />
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I had the idea of getting a 90ies full suspension bike, and detaching it completely and packing the bike into a bag. Luckily I found a used one for 130 Euro.<br />
I just needed a rear and front rack to carry my stuff when riding.<br />
So here is the bike with the racks ready to ride:<br />
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Here we are at lake Baikal , after some days of riding through the Russian forests. The full suspension was nice to have there, but the unpaved roads and forest tracks were still hard to ride.</div>
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Back at home, I modified the rack again, to be able to hold some waterproof Ortlieb rear panniers for doing multiple day trips in the alps. </div>
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This one did not hold too long, because I overstressed the bike too much. I had a new fork and a new rear shock attached, both with a lot more travel than originally. I rode this 90ies XC bike so hard on my local trails, that this happened over a year:</div>
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Now I am more into bike-packing than XC touring anyways, so I am over my loss.</div>
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-31935658323566146772012-12-09T08:45:00.000-08:002012-12-09T08:46:03.103-08:0036'' wheels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I just stumbled upon this <a href="http://forums.mtbr.com/29er-bikes/36-versus-29-a-381562.html">thread</a> of the MTBR board. I love this bike, for beeing that unusal. Beside the 36'' tires, the front hub was made from two hubs and a CNC connection piece. </div>
GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-64494811524347075952012-11-19T00:16:00.001-08:002012-11-25T08:18:51.085-08:00I just rendered my future bike<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is how I imagine the frame of the bike will look like, when I am building it. </div>
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Sorry for the shitty texturing, but I had to do this as an assignment to get an idea of 3D editing and the time ran out. It is also hard to texture it with all the primitives merged together.</div>
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-20342541178093878112012-11-03T01:49:00.000-07:002012-11-03T01:52:31.873-07:00How to remove a seatpost beeing stuck in the frame. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the next 3 months, I can not produce much original content, because I fractured my spine. <br />
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Redditor treopolis had a nice idea on removing a stuck seatpost from a frame.<br />
There are some cases were every other method fails and you need to throw the frame away. It happens almost everytime when a steel frame and an aluminum seatpost are connected without grease over a long time. Wet conditions and a lot of riding seems to support the process.<br />
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Here is the link to the gallery:<br />
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-54106335193563623042012-10-17T14:28:00.001-07:002012-10-17T14:28:17.793-07:00Building a Full Suspension Mountainbike Frame<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am going to build a Full Suspension mountainbikeframe by myself.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Why?</strong> </span>- Because building stuff is fun, and I will hopefully get my dream bike. It also saves a lot of money. There are also no comparable bikes on the market. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>What?</strong></span> - A Enduro Style MTB, but with a geometry which allows switching to a smaller fork and damper to do cross-country touring. As you may have seen in my <a href="http://alotofcycling.blogspot.com/">other blog</a>, I am into bicycle touring, especially in remote Asia. </div>
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<strong>How? - </strong>With brass brazing and MAG welding. The main part of the frame is based on an old MTB Steel frame. I will cut the frame on the edges and modify the geometry. The rear swing will be made by me. </div>
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GoAnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930591980851047258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566157608774788757.post-43174272403916504502012-10-15T01:30:00.001-07:002012-10-15T01:36:04.459-07:00Making a bearing out of a front hub<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For my mountainbike building projekt, I needed a reliable bearing for the rear suspension. After researching a lot, I came up to modify an old front hub. Front hubs can take a lot and are well sealed. </div>
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When I was approaching the correct diameter, I used a file tool for the last corrections. It took about 2 hours until the diameter was correct. After putting the hub into the freezer, I hammered it into the steel pipe. This pipe will later be brazed into the frame and hold the rear suspension.</div>
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I think it is a nice idea, how to make a reliable bearing without any advanced tools. There are several other applications I can think about, like making a wind turbine, or a connection for a self build bicycle trailer.</div>
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I always try to be as low budget as possible, so for the rear brake of my new MTB building project, I purchased the cheapest disk brake as possible.<br />
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