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Monday, November 09, 2009 4:34 PM

Stainless Cycle Truck Rack

John Speare has my old Cycle Truck now (giving me room in the basement to make a new one). As part of the deal I wanted to make a new rack for that bike. The original rack is long and narrow (20" long, 16" wide) and after riding that bike a...
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Monday, November 10, 2008 4:41 AM

Cycle Truck Finished

I did some finish work on the Cycle Truck and sent it off to be powder coated a couple of weeks ago. It was coated by Seattle Powder Coat in Ballard. They did a nice job at a reasonable price and with a very quick turnaround. The paint is red to pay homage...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:45 PM

Made A Cycle Truck Rack

I had a little bonus free time on Friday so I built the rack for the Cycle Truck. It is 18 by 20 inches and made of 1/2 inch diameter cromoly tubing with a 0.035" wall thickness. The rack itself is very basic and didn't require much tricky work...
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Monday, July 07, 2008 3:51 AM

Realized

Imagined: Realized: Full photo set . Next steps -- Build it up (they knobby rear tire isn't staying) and ride it, then build a rack for it. Alistair helped me with alignment today and took a few photos too. The frame brazing is done except for a couple...
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Monday, June 30, 2008 4:38 AM

A little bit of progress on everything

I have nothing finished to show, but I have progress on the deck, cargo bike, and my bicycle jig. The deck is half done. We were hoping to finish it this weekend but the 90F weather kept us off of the roof. We're also waiting on 5 more boards to be...
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Friday, June 06, 2008 4:34 PM

My new bike project -- Cargo Bike

A year or two ago I drew up this design for a 20" front, 26" rear wheeled cargo bike and posted about it on this blog. This basic design is often called a cycletruck after the classic Schwinn sold around WW2. The idea is that a smaller front...
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