Re: A Father-Daughter Build Thread
Actually, seriously -is it a fixie? If it is you need to watch Mathilda like a hawk, or get her to understand not to touch it. Lot's of opportunity for little fingertips to accidentally become separated! A freewheel is less cool but way safer where curious kids are involved...
Re: A Father-Daughter Build Thread
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Originally Posted by
Colinmclelland
Actually, seriously -is it a fixie? If it is you need to watch Mathilda like a hawk, or get her to understand not to touch it. Lot's of opportunity for little fingertips to accidentally become separated! A freewheel is less cool but way safer where curious kids are involved...
My bike is fixed, yes, though not the first she's been around. I can appreciate the concern! She's well aware. (More worried about getting grease on her fingers than losing a finger, but in any case keeps her distance.) She had a run in with one of my other two-wheeled object's hot exhaust pipes a while back, and has distrusted pretty much all of my belongings ever since.
(Her bike is, obviously, a freewheel!)
Thanks for the compliments!
-Chris
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Matthew Strongin
Still my favorite thread.
Chris, Mathilda’s bike is fantastic!
Chris,
I’ll echo what Matt said. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Mike
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cblandford
Finally, while Mathilda’s bike was at paint, I managed to get the adult-sized version built as well.
WHAT!? For all of the understated, amazing work in this thread, this line of text might be my favorite...
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mnoble485
Chris,
I’ll echo what Matt said. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Mike
Absolutely - thanks for following along. It was really enjoyable to build something and be held accountable for photos and descriptions... Not something this hobby typically provides.
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oneonethreefour
WHAT!? For all of the understated, amazing work in this thread, this line of text might be my favorite...
Ha. It was 7ish weeks, a portion of which was during stay home orders. Even someone inexperienced can get a bike made pretty quickly, when they know exactly what they're building. Most of the time spent on Mathilda's bike was of the confused-staring-until-a-solution-presents-itself sort... None of that on a more familiar bike. Just hacking, brazing, and filing.
-Chris
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Re: A Father-Daughter Build Thread
I'm loving the daughter bike, but I agree it really needs a chainguard, even if it's not a fixie.
Most of the kids bikes I build are in fact fixies, at least to start, but I make 3D-printed chainguards for them. They can either mount to braze-ons or clamp around the frame tubes. If you don't have 3D-printing capability, you might want to look into it because it's not so expensive anymore. I got into 3D printing specifically to make chainguards, but now I also use it for things like bar-ends, certain spacers. I'm working on fenders too. I attached some chainguard pictures.
cheers.
Charles Miller
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hackdyne
... Most of the kids bikes I build are in fact fixies, at least to start, but I make 3D-printed chainguards for them...
Charles - That's really cool! Thanks for sharing. I'd probably be more inclined to buy some flat sheet and figure out how to cut and and bend it to form a chainguard, but the 3D printing stuff is really neat to see. I'd be really curious to see fenders!
-Chris
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Before I got a 3D printer, I made chain guards out of polycarbonate angle from McMaster. They worked more or less satisfactorily, just not as cool looking and less coverage possibility. I attached picture of an older model with the polycarbonate chain guard. Also a prototype fender still printing.