The walking bike. Help.

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  • So I need to build a "walking" bike.
    It's for a photoshoot we're doing where each shoe will be a nice new trainer.

    The idea is to find an old frame, some steel rods and a workshop.

    I saw Max (glow) earlier, and he said he had the frame, the workshop, the desire to help... all we need is some steel and a bit of advice: do we need a real hub? Since we're going to widen the forks, chainstays and seatstay to allow for the shoes to pass, the width will become too much for a normal hub, right? I want the bike to function, so we need the wheels to turn...

    here is how it should look:

    this is funny but too flimsy:

  • Actually I realised that the guy above used a real hub, he tightened the forks again at the bottom.. question is, how do we weld steel to an alum hub?

  • use a steel hub??? wouldn't the dude next to andy/odge be able to help, he did that pedal car right!?!

  • Yeah we spoke to him (Benedict Radcliffe) but he's super busy...

  • Ahh Koston 2's

  • that guy's Crocs are dope.

  • Crocs suck hairy man balls. And they're Koston 1s...

  • surely all you need would be a steel bearing that would be the right width, something cheap off a piece of machinery, then a small piece of pipe which you could solder the 'legs' to then slot the bearings in and viola. think like a skate wheel but metal, I'm guessing it doesnt have to be ridden 100's of miles

  • that looks wicked....

  • splatbucket surely all you need would be a steel bearing that would be the right width, something cheap off a piece of machinery, then a small piece of pipe which you could solder the 'legs' to then slot the bearings in and viola. think like a skate wheel but metal, I'm guessing it doesnt have to be ridden 100's of miles

    Actually even a skate wheel forced into a steel tube of the right diameter would do the trick.

    Going even further, if this is for a photo shoot would the wheels/bearings/bike even have to be functional ?

  • le car I want the bike to function, so we need the wheels to turn...

  • aidan [quote]le car I want the bike to function, so we need the wheels to turn...
    [/quote]

    ! cheers ! !!- missed that !!

  • sorry to bring this up again, but where can i find an image of the final thing? i remember seeing it i'm sure, had a blue backdrop i believe...? thanks.

  • google max knight.

  • how do we weld steel to an alum hub?

    You don't but you can braze it

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The walking bike. Help.

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