New upgrades

[Squiddley]

I changed some things around,I added a hub sprocket adapter with a six bolt that takes the stock 9 bolt sprocket.

I put the mountain bike wheel on and tried to put the shifter and derailleur,that ended up in disaster,when I started pedaling the master link hung up in the derailleur and ripped the crap out of it, total loss, so I took it off and just put in 2nd gear, it works fine there, easier pedaling especially starting off and going up hill.

The chain tensioner would not work any more due to having to stretch out the rear of the frame due to the 7 speed hub being wider, so deleted the tensioner.

I added the back rack, that turned out to be a pain in the butt, had to re-engineer the whole thing to make it work, not really designed for my old frame.

Next up is to weld on some back brakes, lost my emergency coaster brake, probably a good thing.

I really like that sprocket hub adapter, made here in the USA and wider than the other one I looked at, it also has a 6 bolt mount that should be sturdier than the 3 bolt ones, found it on ebay.

 

[Sidewinder Jerry]

You can put on a rear rim brake.

 

[Squiddley]

That is what I am planning, I need to take it to a friends house to weld on a mounting bracket.

 

[Squiddley]

Need to get back out in the garage and finish working on my fishing boat motor and get it ready to go fishing.

 

[Sidewinder Jerry]

That is what I am planning,need to take it to a friends house to weld on a mounting bracket.

Stopping is always more important than going fast.

 

[Squiddley]

Yep I have never felt like I have too much brakes on any vehicle 2 or 4 wheels.

 

[GW's Motorized]

If you want to use the original single speed, there are ways to convert it to a freewheel. I did that with my bike to get rid of the coaster brakes.

 

[Squiddley]

It has a 7 speed mt. bike rim on it now, putting rim brakes on it and maybe a disc set up down the road on the front.

 

[darwin]

Any issues getting the sprocket holes lined up with the 2 hub adapters not mating flush?

 

[Squiddley]

It fit perfect,the hardest part was torquing the allen head bolts down inside the spokes.