motorhedfred
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Again I'm not quite sure where to put this so in GD it goes....
After looking and looking at exsisting bicycle frame designs new and old, I've come to the conclusion that there must not be an available frame out there that looks convincingly like an old board tracker. If you mix in enough visual cues, you can get close....perhaps at casual glance passable, but not really.
I'm considering building a frame from scratch and I wondering if anyone here has any hands on experience with EMT (electrical metal tubing) i.e. conduit.
It seems fairly heavy gauge, relatively easy to bend, inexpensive and readily availible. I know it's not very good on a strength to weight ratio compared to CroMo and well design aluminum, but without the proper tools to bend, shape and weld those kind of materials, EMT might be a good alternative for home builders.
Here's a couple of links I turned up....
http://forum.atomiczombie.com/forumdisplay.php?f=110
http://www.ihpva.org/Projects/DBEconBent/index.html
The second link is for a recumbent bike that actually uses exhaust tubing for the main backbone.
MHF
After looking and looking at exsisting bicycle frame designs new and old, I've come to the conclusion that there must not be an available frame out there that looks convincingly like an old board tracker. If you mix in enough visual cues, you can get close....perhaps at casual glance passable, but not really.
I'm considering building a frame from scratch and I wondering if anyone here has any hands on experience with EMT (electrical metal tubing) i.e. conduit.
It seems fairly heavy gauge, relatively easy to bend, inexpensive and readily availible. I know it's not very good on a strength to weight ratio compared to CroMo and well design aluminum, but without the proper tools to bend, shape and weld those kind of materials, EMT might be a good alternative for home builders.
Here's a couple of links I turned up....
http://forum.atomiczombie.com/forumdisplay.php?f=110
http://www.ihpva.org/Projects/DBEconBent/index.html
The second link is for a recumbent bike that actually uses exhaust tubing for the main backbone.
MHF