datzenmike Posted January 26, 2023 Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 It'll heal and chicks dig scars. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) I don't know Tim, after the hospital bed scandal I'm a bit skeptical... I'm thinking stage makeup? Could it be from a jousting injury back in '08? Are these Rosie O'Donnell's knees? Edited January 27, 2023 by paradime 2 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 58 minutes ago, paradime said: Are these Rosie O'Donnell's knees? Just wow.... talk about insult to injury!! 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted January 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Here's the story... I rode up the steep section of the road as usual and decided to go one block further than the last ride. When it came time to turn back though, "Jelly Legs" had set in. I wasn't moving fast enough for the turn and just... tumped over. I honestly think the scraped knees were from trying to crawl back up to a standing position when I literally couldn't feel anything. But take heart. Since the parts for the wheelie bar have arrived, I'm taking the bike back to the shop today to get to work on that! And before some wag suggests it, I do have an extra set of skateboard wheels, maybe I'll make some training wheels as well. /s Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Sorry if my joke landed wrong. I thought if I went completely over the top ridiculous, no one would take it serious. My bad.🙁 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Moderation in all things... ... specially moderation. 1 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 I can resist anything, except temptation. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted January 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) Paradime, I forgot that I "Cried Wolf" with the hospital picture actually. Sorry about that. Your joke landed perfectly, and was quite the amuse. But back to the bike! I forgot to take pictures of the bits before starting, but the wheelie bars came out pretty well... in my never very humble opinion. Made a "D" shaped plate to zook onto the short sissy bar I bought... Then zooked it onto the short sissy bar that I bought and drilled it for skateboard trucks... Then we flattened the ends of some conduit to make the braces... And bolted it all up... Then we blew it all apart again for paint... All we had was "High Temp" so the flat black is temporary until we buy some more Satan Black. I'll also add some pix of the skateboard truck and wheels Wednesday. Edited January 28, 2023 by dimlight65 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted January 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 I decided to go with another post (because I'm a post whore) rather than edit the last one with this clarification. After looking at the pictures, it occurs to me that you can't really tell how high off the road the wheelie bar wheels are. Basically, we set them up so that on the kickstand, leaning back on the rear tire (unlike the pictures where it is leaning on the front), the bar's wheels are just kissing the ground. This gives a maximum of about 6" of wheelie on the front tire. Remember though, this is a "safety" bar, not a "cheater*" bar. I want it to keep me from flipping over backwards and/or scaring the crap out of me by wheelie-ing too high. We can get a little more wheelie by moving these struts up to the seat mount holes on the sissy bar (and we might do that), or get a lot more by making some shorter struts. Stay tuned. *As in making wheelies easier, thus "cheating" Quote Link to comment
JackRT Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 5:14 AM, dimlight65 said: Paradime, I forgot that I "Cried Wolf" with the hospital picture actually. Sorry about that. Your joke landed perfectly, and was quite the amuse. But back to the bike! I forgot to take pictures of the bits before starting, but the wheelie bars came out pretty well... in my never very humble opinion. Made a "D" shaped plate to zook onto the short sissy bar I bought... Then zooked it onto the short sissy bar that I bought and drilled it for skateboard trucks... Then we flattened the ends of some conduit to make the braces... And bolted it all up... Then we blew it all apart again for paint... All we had was "High Temp" so the flat black is temporary until we buy some more Satan Black. I'll also add some pix of the skateboard truck and wheels Wednesday. Sweet bike! 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 17 hours ago, JackRT said: Sweet bike! Thanks, I'm rather proud of it. 1 Quote Link to comment
ratpatrol66 Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 2:35 PM, dimlight65 said: So, how can one tell if he's too old and fat to ride a bicycle? His knees suddenly look like this: Oh, the bike is fine! I repeat, the bike... is... fine! Seems like your pride might be hurt? Just be happy you're not one of my brothers. Any time one of us would crash when out MTBing it was a point and laugh fest. 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 12 hours ago, ratpatrol66 said: Seems like your pride might be hurt? Just be happy you're not one of my brothers. Any time one of us would crash when out MTBing it was a point and laugh fest. It was totally laugh worthy. There's no denying that! Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 As promised (albeit a few days late doo-doo the weather), here are pictures of the trucks and wheels I used to build the wheelie bar. Avengers! Assemble! And some shots of the rear wheel on the ground on the kickstand... Some shorter ape hangers are on the way to see if we can dial out some twitchiness. I'll have those pictures on Wednesday... or next Saturday. Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 So the shorter ape hangers turned out to be quite a bit narrower as well. I'm not 100% convinced they are going to dial out the twitchiness. I also got a new stem which I mounted as high as possible. It was too cold and wet to try them out last night, but I might give them a go on Saturday. We also did some modifications to the Smart Car's bike rack, but I forgot to take pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 Something that has bugged me forever on this bike is how the front spring is twisted and cocked at a weird angle... Today I tweaked the bracket on the stem to correct that... I also added a jam nut so I could soften the preload a little and get a bit more supple ride... And speaking of rides, I finally tried to upload some of my Faux-Pro (Chinese knockoff GoPro) footage to the YouTubes. Yes, it is a total crap-fest of a video, but it is MY total crap-fest of a video! 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 More crap video of me riding the bike. Not sure if seeing my face makes it better or worse, but at least the terrible audio is gone. Once I finger out some editing software, I'll put these to music... or something. 1 Quote Link to comment
EDM620 Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 Ever read the old CarToons comics? 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 19 hours ago, EDM620 said: Ever read the old CarToons comics? WOW! I have not thought about CarToons in a long time! Yes, I did read them when I could. Quote Link to comment
EDM620 Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 You guys make me think of Krass & Bernie! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted March 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 I brought the bike home again today. Then stood on the front porch for five minutes staring down at it... ... before deciding that I did NOT want to go for a ride after all. I unloaded it and put it in the garage. Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted March 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 Today I went for a ride... a very short ride! It was enough to get my fat-ass heart rate up and give me jelly legs. No audio (still haven't figured out editing software on a Chromebook) and terrible video ($30 Chinesium Faux-Pro) but... well, here 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted March 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 I cheated today. I walked the bike up the steep section of the hill and rode on the flat part. 2 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 When I was a kid, I would have killed for a bike like that. It's looking very 60's cool, and good on ya for riding it for a bit of exercise, too. 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted March 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 4:01 PM, dimlight65 said: I'm not 100% convinced they are going to dial out the twitchiness. I am now convinced that the shorter ape hangers dialed out some twitchiness. I still need to finger out some sort of editing software on a Chromebook though because my videos are embarrassingly crappy! Quote Link to comment
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