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Offline Laan-daan

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Make your own parts...
« on: June 24, 2008, 02:27:16 PM »

Has anyone else tried this?

I'm a welder & just getting into Flatland.
Bought a second hand bike off Gumtree with an Ares frame,
but the rest of it was set up for riding Dirt?!?

Decided to draw up a prototype based of a mix of a few designs
I liked a long time ago (one of my first posts)
& finally got around to making it.
What do you think?

Width is 23" Height is 7.5" Offset is about 1", maybe a little over.
Can't see from the photo but I finished the stem off with some old
bolts from a set of brake pads & the grips are old inner tubes cut
into strips with a scalpel.










Offline *Fo*

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2008, 02:35:23 PM »
oO nice work man!!! looks like veeeery pretty!!!

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2008, 02:44:02 PM »
so, you made some londons with a crossbar too low to let a stem get in there?

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2008, 02:49:59 PM »
so, you made some londons with a crossbar too low to let a stem get in there?

Its a bar stem combo. Same offset as biz n brickhouse.

Not bad Laan-daan, are the welds secure? Its dificult to get perfect welds around tubing, but I spy a small hole.

Looks good though. Sorta like londons.

Offline Laan-daan

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2008, 04:08:06 PM »

Yeah I liked the style of the Londons & the Quamen bars,
but the eight piece design was a bit too complicated.
Too many welds to go wrong & too much to cut/miter,
then ages to file it (by hand) to meet & chamfer.

I might try something like the Inertia bars next time if I can
get somewhere near an electronic pipe bender
(hand/hydraulic is really hit & miss to get two bends the same).

Yeah you're right, the stem clamp is welded to the bars.
It was tight getting in there, but I used a long stick-out on the
TIG welder to get right inside. Next time I'll weld each tube
to the stem individually before I add the arms, should make
it easier to get in & around them.

Anyone else had an idea for a part/design I could try?

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2008, 04:19:56 PM »
Anyone else had an idea for a part/design I could try?

A bar stem combo with the bolts between the bar and stem.

Offline Lokalazeros

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2008, 04:23:12 PM »

Has anyone else tried this?

I'm a welder & just getting into Flatland.

I am in the same boat. I've designed some bars but didn't had time/ressources to make it happen. I guess I should start by buying some steel tubing ^_^
as for idea, you could also try and design a frame if you feel it  ;D
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Offline Laan-daan

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2008, 04:30:10 PM »


Not bad Laan-daan, are the welds secure? Its dificult to get perfect welds around tubing, but I spy a small hole.

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Oh that's not a hole on the left grip, it's just a patch I didn't grind down.
The pipe was black & I just sanded off the coating & surface rust.

I saw the ABadThing bars & they have their bolts at the front, looks better.
Might try putting a fillet on the steering tube of my fork to slot into the gap on my stem.
Then I could get rid of the bolts altogether & the top bolt from the headset would be
all I needed to keep it all attached.

Cheers for the feedback.

Offline Suelo sam

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2008, 04:46:52 PM »
looks like a decent job you done there :)

wish i had the skills and know how to make my own parts cos i can imagine it being really fun

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2008, 05:23:48 PM »
 :ph34r:if you have the patience.........................................you could look for a free program on google called googlesketchup and learn to draw you designs in 3d..........

i'm a AutoCad (Computer Aided Drafting)drafting technician.

i sent a handle i designed to mountaintop fabrication a few days ago for a quotation to build a prototype.....here in trinidad its a little stressful & expensive to get chromoly,so i'm hoping they honestly don't steal my design and answer me................but respect to you for that attempt man.
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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2008, 06:00:18 PM »
i love it!, praps next on the agenda could be a custom frame?
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Offline flatlandfan

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2008, 06:17:16 PM »
Well done!
I dig the bars!  :beer:

Offline misterpola

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2008, 06:21:38 PM »

Bars and frame, Home-made by one friend (Antonio)
Stem, Back pegs and fork made by another friend (Vaiko)
and they work quiet well..

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2008, 02:19:15 AM »
I actually made my own bars before zero up and back sweep with a low crossbar and a high rise i just didn't take into acount of harding the metal again i recommend that if anyone makes their own parts to harden the metal first
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Offline Laan-daan

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Re: Make your own parts...
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2008, 10:42:49 PM »

I'm going to skip designing a frame for now, as I've only ever even seen two flatland frames in the flesh!
Might make a start on some forks though.

Drilled out some street pegs I had lying around, much lighter now.
Also got given a busted up saddle last week & re-upholstered it today.
Unlike some people I actually ride my BMX places & need somewhere padded to sit my ass!

Hope everyone has good luck with their own projects.