joe mosely
05-17-2014, 04:34 PM
I'm 39, not very athletic, and I'm tired every day when I get home from work. Wife told me I needed a new bike so that I could actually spend a bit of time with my four children when work doesn't interfere.
This is what I came up with. Its an Electra single speed, I bought it cause it was cheap (old model covered in dust at the bike shop) and cause it was kinda cool with the green and black paint.
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0531.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0531.jpg.html)
After I got it and tooled around a bit, I was sitting in the shop with a bottle of whisky and decided it needed some work. Wife always pulls the two little kids around in a trailer behind her bike, but I wanted to keep it real with something a bit more impractical haha.
This is the hack I built for it. It handles great, its dangerous as Hell, and the kids love it.
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0560.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0560.jpg.html)
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0570.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0570.jpg.html)
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0573.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0573.jpg.html)
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0594.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0594.jpg.html)
New brown saddle to sort of match the seat in the side car:
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0609.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0609.jpg.html)
My first attempt at building a seat, not perfect but it works.
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0613.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0613.jpg.html)
I'm not an engineer, and certainly not a very good welder. I lucked out when it was done, it tracked straight, the hack didn't pull the bike to the right, and it all held together!
I built a mount/pivot using some sacrificial kickstands from a local sporting goods store. It allows a bit of lean in big sweeping high speed turns haha and keeps everyone aboard from getting rattled to pieces when hitting bumps.
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_1477.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_1477.jpg.html)
This is what I came up with. Its an Electra single speed, I bought it cause it was cheap (old model covered in dust at the bike shop) and cause it was kinda cool with the green and black paint.
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0531.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0531.jpg.html)
After I got it and tooled around a bit, I was sitting in the shop with a bottle of whisky and decided it needed some work. Wife always pulls the two little kids around in a trailer behind her bike, but I wanted to keep it real with something a bit more impractical haha.
This is the hack I built for it. It handles great, its dangerous as Hell, and the kids love it.
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0560.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0560.jpg.html)
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0570.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0570.jpg.html)
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0573.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0573.jpg.html)
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0594.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0594.jpg.html)
New brown saddle to sort of match the seat in the side car:
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0609.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0609.jpg.html)
My first attempt at building a seat, not perfect but it works.
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_0613.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_0613.jpg.html)
I'm not an engineer, and certainly not a very good welder. I lucked out when it was done, it tracked straight, the hack didn't pull the bike to the right, and it all held together!
I built a mount/pivot using some sacrificial kickstands from a local sporting goods store. It allows a bit of lean in big sweeping high speed turns haha and keeps everyone aboard from getting rattled to pieces when hitting bumps.
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae318/nolequiring/IMG_1477.jpg (http://s983.photobucket.com/user/nolequiring/media/IMG_1477.jpg.html)