The Chopper Compendium

My deepest condolances.

Yes, thats the idea. Glad it made sense to someone.

Don't forget to keep the girder links level for set-up,

As you may have gathered, thats not an easy place to start. Do you know what frame it was supposed to fit? Start with a front tire, block the assembled front end at the height you want your neck. Measure the rake and trail, figure out what to do from there. Thats a pretty crude way to do things, but...

So sorry to hear that. Deepest sympathies.

No biggie, I figured it was something like that. I did the same thing, took me a minute to realize the Sugarbear wasn't the set up in question.

I said offset, not rake.

Looks like some offset to the trees. Run a center line down the steering head, (not the rear leg) to the ground. Run a verticle line from ground through axle center. The distance between these points is your trail measurement. If the tire center is ahead of the steering center then it is negative tr...

Mine too.

I used to drive a '72 nova that was almost that yellow. Love the music, ELP is awesome.

I second the mock-up. Wood and mdf work great and are fairly inexpensive. You can address a lot of questions and issues that way on the cheap.

If you put this together, you can pick me up in San Antonio.

Interesting. I would enjoy that ride.

I got an oif along with a bike that had been very nicely hardtailed, but it was still chunky looking.

I vote for build. That way you get exactly what you want without having fitment issues.