M Night Shamalayan

this is giving me big Stooge Cycles vibes - siiiiiiick!

19 hours ago, yoeddynz said:

 

A bridge ported 12A K11 with an IDA through the bonnet .....hmmmmmm

If there's anyone that can/will make this happen, it's you haha

Just now, yoeddynz said:

Definitely a shape that's growing on me (godammit!) but still not a patch on a k11 eh   I do like those wheels- are they 15" ?

 

Yep 15x6.5 +39   volk te37

It was a cool car, but very "modern" inside. Electronic power steer and throttle was kinda revolting. The k11 is far cooler.

Here's a shit internet pic of what the interiors should look like.

Actually, here's a picture of my old one.

They're kinda a weird thing. The arches are cut so high, so you get mega wheel gap, but the lip scrapes on heaps of shit so it's hard to make it any lower without it being stupid.

Annoyingly I can't find any interior pics

I've owned a 3 door 12sr. They're a great wee car. The recaro interior is OK. They kinda just seem like a factory retrimmed seat with a bit more side bolster. They're black with orange trim. The backs on them are plastic, and mine had cracked from memory. 

I wouldn't foam after the interior too much, but the motors are pretty cool. 

Went hard for what it was

Not sure if anyone posted this yet, but if you've got IG go have a look at this account curated to March/micra.

Full of froth

https://instagram.com/marchofthemicra?igshid=v1fbxo4l83i3

What the fuck hahahhahaha. 

Incredible

Chur. Might look into dental insurance too haha

Shortest stack top headset I can find on the internet is 16mm and $119 from wolftooth. So 4mm gain there.

And I'm finding it very difficult to find stack height on stems. But the shortest would be 30mm spank items. So gain 10mm there.

And once I've spent all that I'm half way to brand new soma/surly forks haha. 

I might just weld this fork and save for brand spankers ones if the bike actually rides ok. 

On 04/08/2020 at 11:25, Transom said:

Show us a pic of the setup - 

So, here's a pic of the set up for reference. Conveniently with this stem you can see where the steerer sits haha

Bottom cup headset stack height is 14mm

Top cup stack is 20mm

Stem stack height 40mm and steerer sits 20mm below the top of it

14 minutes ago, tortron said:

 

bike forums a full of speculations and parroted comments about how to do stuff. its pretty painful

This is exactly what I've run into in my research on other parts of the internet so far. 

20 minutes ago, Transom said:

A low stack height stem would get that on there - also lower stack headset 

if i can see the steerer above the top bolt of the stem it’s ok ( bit more for single bolt stem) 

some bmw stems are super low stack but only 7/8 handlebar 

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I'll get you a pic of it with the current stem on + the head set dust cap. The head set I can find would give me 4mm more than current, and I can't find low stack stems that aren't those stubby dh type ones. Be interested in a lead on some others that aren't Spank if you know of any.

Edit: I just clicked as to what you mean by bmw stem, I assume auto correct from bmx? 

What is the general reason behind people not wanting to weld something like this? I've seen the argument of "heat destroys integrity of the steel" but I then wonder what makes building a steel frame different. I'm by no means an engineer so id be Keen to know the theory behind it (in basic language)

20 minutes ago, tortron said:

you can get some questionable adapter like this

 

I've actually crafted one of these already but it just makes me a bit nervous hahahaha

Pic above is top of steerer. It needs about 20mm extra length, but I'll prob add an inch with a headset spacer on top if i do it

Basically, it's a steel rigid fork. 1 1/8" steel steerer, with a disc mount and an axle to crown height that matches a suspension fork. They're a reasonably rare breed now, and the closest thing I've found brand new is $330 from SOMA. So it would be great if I could make the current fork work.

Cost of welding is no issue - dad builds hotrods and custom motorcycles, so he's happy to do it for me - I just wanna make sure it'll not cave my face in.

Yo

I'm building a bicycle and unfortunately the forks ive sourced have a steerer tube that is about 20mm too short for the frame... 

It's a threadless 1 1/8" steel steerer. The stem can only clamp down on it with the bottom bolt at the moment, so I'm not too keen on running it that way.

Is it safe to weld an internally sleeved extension into the steerer tube? And if so, is there a particular way that would be best to do it?

Edit: bicycle used for cruising gravel pathways - no sweet hucks

Fuck I'm chuffed to see this still alive

Appropriate levels of cheese. 

Hisssssssssssssss 

This is just round the corner from my house lol.

I just had my permission slip signed by the Chief Executive Wife, and received  clearance to attend this meeting. I shall be there. 

Warmest regards, 

Shitbag.