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One of the tutors at the welding class looked at my mock up photo from more of an engineers viewpoint than I had been and pointed out a few things (shock still going to rip itself apart under braking, braking would stop the fork compressing, travel path less than ideal) and suggested a few others like flipping the swingarm around and running the shock under the downtube but I think to make it work I'd have to increase the a2c such that it wouldn't fit the frame and it wouldn't be as attractive.
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One of the tutors at the welding class looked at my mock up photo from more of an engineers viewpoint than I had been and pointed out a few things (shock still going to rip itself apart under braking, braking would stop the fork compressing, travel path less than ideal) and suggested a few others like flipping the swingarm around and running the shock under the downtube but I think to make it work I'd have to increase the a2c such that it wouldn't fit the frame and it wouldn't be as attractive.
Plus I put that awesome Orange F8 fork back on and it looks boss.
Going to start tigging this week at the class, I've prepared a few practice joints and then have this,
To move onto if I get on well enough.
I haven't cut the front mitres yet, will do that once I get the 2 'stem' pieces attached to the steerer clamp.
Think the mitres I have cut look pretty good for being completely done with manual hand tools.
Also going to see if I can weld a sliding disc mount to the rear of the Hummus and do away with the sharkfin.
I have one of this type to work with,