I love the lines of the Huffy Jesse James West Coast Chopper kids bikes.
With a low slung fat tube frame, 1 1/2" triple tree forks, huge wheel clearance, and spider web gussets they just look right to me.
They are also a 20" kids bike and i am ~six feet tall. something of a conflict for actually riding the thing
also, gasoline is not allowed on the commuter train, but batteries are - so this is likely to wind up electric...
a first for me
so first photo shows a relatively un-molested frame i forgot to do a " before" picture but they are everywhere
this frame is unusual in that it is triangluar and missing the seat tube
i made three cuts- because i can make a triangle bigger by stretching all the sides (different amounts) but keep the same angles
1) top tube- i chose right behind the hole, between the tank and the seat so the tank covers one seam
2) down tube - i chose about 2" above the bottom bracket - i may wish i had left a little more
3) botom tube - there is a small but usable "straight" section. i chose the middle of that
With a low slung fat tube frame, 1 1/2" triple tree forks, huge wheel clearance, and spider web gussets they just look right to me.
They are also a 20" kids bike and i am ~six feet tall. something of a conflict for actually riding the thing
also, gasoline is not allowed on the commuter train, but batteries are - so this is likely to wind up electric...
a first for me
so first photo shows a relatively un-molested frame i forgot to do a " before" picture but they are everywhere
this frame is unusual in that it is triangluar and missing the seat tube
i made three cuts- because i can make a triangle bigger by stretching all the sides (different amounts) but keep the same angles
1) top tube- i chose right behind the hole, between the tank and the seat so the tank covers one seam
2) down tube - i chose about 2" above the bottom bracket - i may wish i had left a little more
3) botom tube - there is a small but usable "straight" section. i chose the middle of that