well.. after a long period of no progress, the project continues. (i've taken a welding course and have been going to an old framebuilder's shop to learn as much as possible)
this builder gave us a damaged frame to practice on - we've changed the rear triangle a bit: cut the seatstays, added track dropouts, repositioned the brake and chainstay bridges. it looks promising (will turn into a rat single speed) - already has a better geo than the original touring frame (you can see where the tyre was intended to go on the inside of the chainstays)
well.. after a long period of no progress, the project continues. (i've taken a welding course and have been going to an old framebuilder's shop to learn as much as possible)
this builder gave us a damaged frame to practice on - we've changed the rear triangle a bit: cut the seatstays, added track dropouts, repositioned the brake and chainstay bridges. it looks promising (will turn into a rat single speed) - already has a better geo than the original touring frame (you can see where the tyre was intended to go on the inside of the chainstays)