White Whale Cycles 650B Frame/Build Project

4 hours later...

We dropped the ball with the rear fender eyelets. You can just barely clear a bolt with these hooded dropouts and there is 0 room for fender strut mounts. In this picture you may be able to spot that the rear fender is mounted inside the eyelets rather than out. This made it so I had to replace the 11t cog on my cassette with a spacer to clear the bolt head. After I left the shop I picked up some alum tubing that's got an inner diam. wide enough for the bolt, but an outer diam. that's slightly less than that of the bolt head. Using it like a long spacer, I think this will allow me to mount the fender struts just outside the hoods of the dropouts and reclaim that 11t cog. I'd be lying if I said it didn't stir a mini panic attack when I first tried the install.

Tomorrow is the mad-dash to get it finished. I'm cannibalizing the rest of the parts from my current and only bicycle. So I either finish tomorrow or I walk home.

Not sure about removing the paint on the headbadge now that I've got it back; kind of like it subdued.

Strong front fender plus mudguard game. Agreed with @Heldring that it looks very nice so far!

Thanks!

Look forward to seeing it finished!

It's done, but I'm pretty spent after today; will post better shots tomorrow.

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Looking good! Did you get to ride it home?

I did. Front brake is giving me grief.

BAW shots when your not tired :) looks great

This looks rad, Love the colour!

Looks great I'm jelly

Looks great I'm Jack

Unless you recently changed your name!

Detail shots.

I also made a pedalroom profile for the build.

Today was the first real ride, I really love it. Thanks for following!

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Awesome :)

Loverly

Looks great! The handlebars look very comfy. Why that tt protector?

And saddle angle..

tt protector?

This

Impressive. And great colour too. Maybe bright bikes are good for rainy places?

The wishbone detail looks great as does the rest of the bike. Nice work!

Thanks all!
edit: just realized I'm not logged in on this computer

The color was the closest I could find to US School Bus Yellow which yes, definitely stands out on the gray streets of Seattle.

The TT Protector was a gift from a friend and former coworker, it's been on the cross check for the last year or so and I just moved it over for reasons.

The saddle angle fits my gnads wonderfully; haven't been numb after a ride in years!

I'm glad I took photos yesterday; we got 4" of snow last night :

Absolutely love it. Looks right minty.

Slightly off topic, what ever happened to the Tangerine Pleasure Cruiser?

Glad you've got happy nads mate

This is bloody amazing. Love how you built it yourself and the HT badge is genious. This is something I'd aspire to making and riding and big respect for doing so. Enjoy! T

I cannibalized most of it to build this bike. Right now the Crosscheck frameset, with the headset, brakes, and wheelset is hanging in the shop. The plan is to buff everything up and hopefully get some money back.

Cheers!

Can't help feeling the white whale cycle logo ought to be a white whale!