The Great Frankenbike DIY Competition

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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    ooohhhh . . . 30 quid though .. . .

    http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HBOOSNOR/on-one-snorky-handlebar

    HBOOSNOR-HPS-42-318_P1.jpg



    argggggghhhhh

    Swept back or thrown forward?

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    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Greg T wrote:
    ooohhhh . . . 30 quid though .. . .

    http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HBOOSNOR/on-one-snorky-handlebar

    HBOOSNOR-HPS-42-318_P1.jpg



    argggggghhhhh

    Swept back or thrown forward?

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    comb over?
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  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    What are you trying to achieve exactly? :roll:


    Are you trying to build:

    A bike?
    An ugly bike?
    A cheap as possible bike?
    A good bike as cheap as possible?
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    A Frankenbike...

    We never got round to defining "good" so I'm running a set of contradictory and mutually exclusive requirements . . .

    1. Cheap
    2. Excellent
    3. Obviously home made
    4. Cool
    5. Non lethal
    6. Cool
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    /patent

    6 bottle wooden wine case secured at lunchtime today (not including the vino), to be mounted on rear rack. Frankenbike meets cargo bike.

    /patent
  • smithaay
    smithaay Posts: 114
    just found this but too big :x :cry:

    not really a franken bike tho...

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Retro-Vintage ... 500wt_1156[url][/url]
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    smithaay wrote:
    just found this but too big :x :cry:

    not really a franken bike tho...

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Retro-Vintage ... 500wt_1156[url][/url]

    ohh i like that!!
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    I still don't know how to post pictures, but finished the Puch last night. Looks a wierd/cool/wierd retro meets modern amalgamation. It will now get used by a colleague for a charity London-Paris ride, before getting mounted on a turbo for Mrs G.

    Second project involves an old Dawes city bike thing, that will be a true Frankenbike. Am thinking BMX handlebars in place of existing sweepback ones, phat tyres and patented winebox on the back. Trying to figure out how to change existing Sturmy Archer (seized) hub for a freewheel or fixed. Will certainly involve swearing and bloodied knuckles.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Greg T wrote:
    A Frankenbike...

    We never got round to defining "good" so I'm running a set of contradictory and mutually exclusive requirements . . .

    1. Cheap
    2. Excellent
    3. Obviously home made
    4. Cool
    5. Non lethal
    6. Cool

    Wait, wait, wait... Non-lethal? Back to the drawing board.
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  • smithaay
    smithaay Posts: 114
    again too big...

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Puch-clublead ... 500wt_1156[url][/url]
    Eat.Ride.Sleep.
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    mudcow007 wrote:
    smithaay wrote:
    just found this but too big :x :cry:

    not really a franken bike tho...

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Retro-Vintage ... 500wt_1156[url][/url]

    ohh i like that!!

    That is cool . . . .

    Gus,

    You need to find a home on another piece of interweb for you images and then you can use the URL in the (img] thing . . .

    I think flickr do free accts for a limited number of piccies a month or something . . .
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Right ho - off to investigate this Flickr thing
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    franken-fixie or franken-ss?!
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    So so tempted

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bike-frames-a ... 2c5ec34f67
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,894
    Greg T wrote:
    A Frankenbike...

    We never got round to defining "good" so I'm running a set of contradictory and mutually exclusive requirements . . .

    1. Cheap
    2. Excellent
    3. Obviously home made
    4. Cool
    5. Non lethal
    6. Cool

    My criteria are broadly similar. It's going to be a mountain bike I can share with my 12 year old son. Might go rigid for simplicity. Non-lethal is good so I don't get in trouble with the EPO for bumping off the boy.
    I too must get a photo hosting account thingy. Might start a thread for which is best.
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  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    Greg T wrote:
    A Frankenbike...

    We never got round to defining "good" so I'm running a set of contradictory and mutually exclusive requirements . . .

    1. Cheap
    2. Excellent
    3. Obviously home made
    4. Cool
    5. Non lethal
    6. Cool

    That was the plan I had when I made this...

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    I wanted to build it for under £200 (ex postage)

    Started off well, Wheels for £80 (but Ebay seller copied and pasted the description from the Kona website so I thought I was getting tyres...and didn't) so wheels for £80 so far so good. £60 for the frame with BB and seat post. So £140 so far. BB was the wrong size for a SS and chainline.

    Initially I thought I could take the bit off the green Marin ^^^ up there....But couldn't and it started to go a bit tits up from there :roll:

    Then on commute I had to brake hard to avoid a ped and decided I didn't want to take my chances with brakes so spent £60 on them...(they were black though). But I still needed to buy a crank and chain and inner tubes, then saw some cheap brake levers and thought £11, they are black why not? Then I saw a nice black Cinelli Stem on Ebay £20

    And it became a rapidly loosing game of Looks Vs Cheapness.

    Looks won :oops:
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,891
    Sketchley wrote:
    So so tempted

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bike-frames-a ... 2c5ec34f67

    Worth it for the road frame alone I'd say.
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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    rjsterry wrote:
    Sketchley wrote:
    So so tempted

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bike-frames-a ... 2c5ec34f67

    Worth it for the road frame alone I'd say.

    Originally I only noticed the chopper frame........ There 6 frame in that lot a couple of them have rear suspension (i guess front too).
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    PuchBefore.jpg

    Let's see if this works. PUCH as picked up - both tyres flat and wheels buckled, suicide levers, frozen brakes and ripped bar tape.

    This is how it ended up, with new front wheel (donated by neighbour), new bar tape, serviced brakes, new pads, new seat, new levers and new tyres and tubes. 27 1/4 rear wheel and 700x23c front. Got rid of all the brackets, mudguards and so forth. Will tackle the seatpost another time.....

    PuchAfter.jpg
  • marchant
    marchant Posts: 362
    Here's my 20 year-old Raleigh Aztec MTB, with an eclectic mix of used and new parts. Full spec on the commuter bike pictures thread


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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    @snooks - very nice job on that Pug

    @marchant - liking the spinny gears; looks like a polo bike
  • jzed
    jzed Posts: 2,926
    Raleign Team Banana anyone £18

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-Team-Banana-Steel-Frame-and-Forks-/330603384570?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item4cf97f4efa

    My attempt at a new steed from spare parts is no Frankenbike - but is proving far more expensive than the original £200 budget. Different headset and forks required, wheels not in stock so went for better ones. :roll:
  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    Gussio wrote:
    @snooks - very nice job on that Pug

    Thanks, nothing to do with me of course, but when I got the frame and saw it was like new, I felt it deserved better :)
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  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    rjsterry wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I have a broken steel frame which I plan on "mending" with carbon-fibre and bamboo. I reckon that'll make a lovely TT bike. :shock:
    GregT wrote:
    There are some freaky big frames on ebay - honestly who rides 60cm . . . .

    The Orbea is a 61 cm, Hobbit boy.

    Even my Giant is a 58cm and I'm only 5'9". Horizontal top tube frames do 'appear' to be larger than they actually are, I think.
    I'm rocking a 60cm Giant, horizontal bar. It's to big for me to use in anger on anything more than a red grade MTB trail but on the road its about right.

    I've been thinking of adding drop bars and a carbon fork, maybe 29" wheel up front, the frame's scratched so maybe a subtle almost black purple powder coat or home brew anodized finish. This might just be the thread to push that project from 'stupid ideas' to reality.

    Trouble is it's my only bike and I can't be without it (n+1) first maybe.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Gussio wrote:

    PuchAfter.jpg

    now this I am liking . . . .
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    JZed wrote:
    My attempt at a new steed from spare parts is no Frankenbike - but is proving far more expensive than the original £200 budget. Different headset and forks required, wheels not in stock so went for better ones. :roll:

    Well . . . .

    You can get dogmatic about these things . . . . .
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  • moonio
    moonio Posts: 802
    edited August 2011
    I may be tempted to offer my electric bike to the Frankenbike project....the only problem being that the batteries are very expensive...

    It looks a bit like this

    Wisper%20905se%20city%20500.jpg

    and before anyone else says it....yes it does already look like a frankenbike :twisted:
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    The game is afoot!

    Take one snapped steel Orbea frame:

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    Chop slightly with an angle-grinder:

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    Cut a replacement tube out of the finest bamboo (kindly donated ages ago by the forum member markp2:

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    And strap with a mixture of carbon-fibre and epoxy:

    dcf3c808.jpg

    I may do other tubes when this one is dry and solid.
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  • jzed
    jzed Posts: 2,926
    To aid somebodies Frankenbike project I have a pair of Bianchi XL Levitation wheels - circa 2000, carbon hubs, 16 spokes on front, 24 on the rear. Black semi-aero rims. Couple of replaced spokes. They are Campag wheels.

    Haven't been ridden more that 15 miles in 10 years. Free to good home. Collection from city or Morperth.
  • moonio
    moonio Posts: 802
    I also have various other bike bits that I want to get rid of, we could have a frankenbike meet at the morpeth? :D

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