Oh mighty Org, be my Muse?

Rug-muncher's Rickshaw

Originally Posted by Jayneflakes

Other names I have thought about are "Spinning Jenny" because with wheels and sprockets in odd places it frankly looks Lethal!

Almost dedicated to one of your best friends too then xxxx

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Rug-muncher's Rickshaw

lol....Lozzo, you never fail to disappoint, Jayne its actually quite a good idea, you could have a piece of carpet at the back with a 'bite' cut out of it!

Frankenstein or Frankenbike

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by rictus01

"Inspired Madness" springs to mind
Cheers Mark.

I do like this, thank you.

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

The Death Trap ?

paint it black, but get some of the 3M refelective sheet/tape and get lots of skulls/grim reaper silhouettes cut in it, using the play on words of Trap as in Pony Trap to signify a means of transport rather than a fatality waiting to happen.

Or maybe my humour is a touch too dark...

Hmm, not bad. Like the thinking. Currently there is a Saracen Mountain Bike that is black with white skulls and flowers on it. Sounds crass, but is actually quite a beautiful finish. Shame they wont be doing that again.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Rug-muncher's Rickshaw

You always find a way don't you! Very funny though, although not sure what work will say when I turn up on such a thing, especially as they kindly donated the steel tubes I needed.

Originally Posted by Von Teese

Almost dedicated to one of your best friends too then xxxx

Ha ha ha, I had not thought of that.

Originally Posted by Von Teese

Jayne its actually quite a good idea, you could have a piece of carpet at the back with a 'bite' cut out of it!

I could use a tatty bit of carpet as a mud flap over both wheels, but fear that our lovely Lozzo could make a dirty joke about that too!

Some inspired ideas there folks. I knew it was worth while asking you all for help in this rather silly, but exciting adventure.

[Jayneflakes]

I have now cut the tubes along with the mitres in the ends and the bike is almost ready to be welded. I have a twenty inch from wheel and a twenty six inch rear wheel, so this thing should fly along pretty well.



playing with a grinder was great fun.



I also finally settled on the name for my creation.



Cheers for that Soulkiss, as you can see I have mocked up the graphic in marker pen on the old paint.

I have to make up the seat for it next, which will require a bit of foam, a lump of ply and a pretty, water proof cover. I have still to work the steering out, but am pretty sure I am now going to use a folding stem and have high bars. I have a set of Road STI's that I would love to use, I just have to sort how I want them.

So far I have used three frames rescued from a skip to build this bike and have not yet had to pay for a thing. I love building new bikes out of scrap, it is so Scrapheap Challenge! I just wish I could weld, for that though I will have to see my mate Wayne and persuade him with a beer or three to weld it up soon.

Oh, just in case you think I look a bit rough in the picture, I was recovering from Piggy Flu.

the "bootle bumtrinket"

[Jayneflakes]

My mate Wayne (he of amazing ZX10, soon to be turbo'ed, ownership ) is welding the frame for me and I am now working on the bench seat.
I have a friend at work who is well in LARP and has a load of spare leather left over from costume making, that he is going to dig out for me to sow into a seat cover. That should be nice and hard wearing (especially on my fingers! ) when I get my first rides and crash a lot. For those of you in the know I will be using a set of Time Attaks, (similar to SPD's) so will be locked to my pedals!

So far this bike has been made from scrap, bike frames that were unwanted and now some Ply wood from our local builder who was going to chuck it in a skip. Anyway, have a look at the Video that Carol took of us marking the frame up for welding. It is all very exciting. Wonder if I can chop the SV like this, although I think a BMX wheel on the front may not be strong enough!

[Jayneflakes]

So I pulled three bikes out of a skip, my very good friend Wayne welded them together for me and amazingly, given that I cut and shaped the tubes, got the frame straight. Once back home it was given a lovely coat of dark green Hamerite that Carol found in the garden shed and once the paint had dried I starting bashing bits onto it.



Now there would not be a lot of point in building a prototype and making it stunning to look at if it rode like a pig with rabies, so this whole process is about development and the rough and ready rat bike on the pic is now about to enter stage two and thus become Death Trap Mark two.

Cheers to Soulkiss for the name, you can't see the front tube on the bike, but lovingly drawn on in black marker pen it reads "Death Trap" and has a picture of the Grim Reaper with a scythe. The whole drawing took me minutes...

Anyway, as projects go, this one has been a lot of fun and still has a long way to go until it is in a full ridable condition. I am still to work out how to run the chain, sort the steering mechanism (not sure if I want under seat steering or over seat steering), fix the back rest, remove the useless shock and replace with a steel bar, sort out the front dérailleur and repair the stripped bottom bracket threads. All of this I can do, but not in one afternoon while drinking Stella!



The initial test ride showed me that the head angle was too steep and so by dropping it back we could make the steering less twitchy and more stable in turns. Making Carol run along pushing me (with a fag in her mouth!) while I worked out the adjustable head angle was a laugh a minute for her, but she is a patient soul with me. Loves you Babes .

Anyway, a huge thanks to my mate Wayne for welding it up for me and doing an absolutely first rate job on tubes rescued from a skip. Plus thanks to Carol for photos and letting me turn the sitting room into a workshop.