sunshine apathy
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as the title reads im looking for ideas/comments/experience with putting in a kind of floorboard type deal ...
floor board
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SimpleSimon
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Got some pics of your bike?
sunshine apathy
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DougC
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If you put a floorboard in, how will you ever turn the pedals?....
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SimpleSimon
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Yeah. I don't see any way to realistically accomplish your goal on that frame. A crank forward cruiser frame with a wide crank could be made to work, probably, but that frame mount engine is an issue as well. There's a reason that mopeds typically have horizontal bore engines and small wheels, and at least in part accomodating a footrest floorboard is why.
sunshine apathy
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you dont think it would work it if i did a wooden kinda oblong oval coming down on the down tube with a hole fit for the exhaust ... and kinda tapering or indenting at the pedals then extending back out on the chain stay...
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really im just lookin for ways to improve the bike cosmetically so if anyone has ideas just lemme know... is a sidecar feasible.
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really im just lookin for ways to improve the bike cosmetically so if anyone has ideas just lemme know... is a sidecar feasible.
bluegoatwoods
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The floor board would have the advantage of protecting you from road splash. but after indenting from pedals, which would seem to be necessary, you'd lose a lot of that.
And it would be pretty heavy, I suppose. but I imagine it could be done.
If you want it at all, then I'd give it a try. You might come up with something neat.
And a side-car is possible. There's someone in this forum who made one. I'm afraid I don't remember who, but you ought to be able to find him by searching.
And it would be pretty heavy, I suppose. but I imagine it could be done.
If you want it at all, then I'd give it a try. You might come up with something neat.
And a side-car is possible. There's someone in this forum who made one. I'm afraid I don't remember who, but you ought to be able to find him by searching.
sunshine apathy
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yeah ... theres a few of them .. pretty impressive ...
about the weight ... if i was to try it ... what do you think would be the best way to keep weight down ...
maybe a cedar?
about the weight ... if i was to try it ... what do you think would be the best way to keep weight down ...
maybe a cedar?
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SimpleSimon
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Aluminum skin torsion box put together with a good epoxy. Done right, its as stiff as a board of the same thickness but weighs about 1/4 as much, or less.. If you don't go with an extra-wide crankset, or bend your crank arms outward, the maximum useful width will be the distance between the crank arms at the bottom bracket.
