Big Poppa Wheelie Poppa

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So I blew out my tire in the rear, and decided to replace the whole wheel with a smaller one to lower the center of gravity a bit [I accidentally revved a little to high when crossing the road and popped a huge wheelie throwing myself off the bike]... Heres a before picture to give you an idea:
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Got a 20" BMX wheel with a lotta spokes and started riggin it up, only thing was with so many spokes I had a hard time gettin all the bolts through.. Would it be super dangerous to not have a few bolts in? I couldnt fit 3.
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Then I replaced the little 16" wheel up front with a 26" and thats when things started getting interesting... Since I was a little too lazy to adjust the banana seat, the new setup was even worse than the previous setup because it was reclined WAYYYYY back..
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Now to top things off I put my larger sprocket, 44 tooth maybe ?? Is there something over 50 teeth?? Anyways, The sprocket is huge for that wheel and I was thinking it would have some mad torque or something.
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I took it for a test drive down the block, and as I started motoring I noticed it felt awfully weird steering it... I look down and realize why: The front wheel wasnt touching the ground, I had been doing a wheelie the whole time! lol
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^^ And thats why ^^ :)
 
Hey guys thanks for all the compliments! I just inherited 3-4 more bikes and am trying to figure out what the new setup will be like.. Lately have been working fulltime and going to summer classes on my days off so I havent had a chance to even ride my bike this summer, but once im done with class and actually have free time I'm gonna start on the next Frankensteiner..

Any ideas or suggestions for the new one?? Some diagrams would be cool. It has to be intresting though.. I have three adult mountain bikes and a kids bike to work with.. Maybe a limo-trike?
 
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