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- Aug 30, 2019
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Hi,
I've actually started building a Tomawhawk, you can see my rear fork here. While building it I realized that my donor bikes had crappy and possibly non standard parts, and I just didn't want to commit to welding a chassis around crappy non standard parts I wouldn't be able to replace.
So I asked around and managed to score a mint condition donor bike with great parts all around, and I'm contemplating trying to build the entire recumbent around this bike, but there are obviously a few snags:
-Leav
I've actually started building a Tomawhawk, you can see my rear fork here. While building it I realized that my donor bikes had crappy and possibly non standard parts, and I just didn't want to commit to welding a chassis around crappy non standard parts I wouldn't be able to replace.
So I asked around and managed to score a mint condition donor bike with great parts all around, and I'm contemplating trying to build the entire recumbent around this bike, but there are obviously a few snags:
- The front wheel and front fork are 26", and as discussed earlier, This can be very problematic for a Tomahawk. I was wondering if there is any way I can swing it with me being 1.9m (~6'4"). what do you think?
- Realistically, I'll probably have to change the design towards a high roller or the frontrunner. Which do you recommend? are there videos of the front runner in action? pros and cons? (paging @Radical Brad )
- Another issue I'm having is finding the steel tubes for the bottom bracket shell and the steering tube (as the donor is aluminum framed)
- 3.1 It looks like my steering tube is larger than the typical steel tubes and is flared to accept the bearings. any chance of finding a steel steering tube like this, or should I give up?
- 3.2 a bottom bracket shell seems easier to find (source-A , source-B , source-C) and I guess I'll be able to find this on a donor steel frame as well, right?
-Leav