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Chris Murphy
@not-bob
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Joined: October 11, 2025 12:18 pm
Last seen: December 13, 2025 11:10 pm
Topics: 3 / Replies: 45
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RE: Up to you.

Well, not only is my tiny partner much smarter than me, She helps me react to situations properly, and helps me navigate reality (I have a couple scre...

8 hours ago
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RE: Up to you.

I went and checked with my much smarter spouse about which L had the injury, and yet again she is right, and I am wrong...L1. I do have awful taste in...

17 hours ago
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RE: Up to you.

Valid question, I first built this bike in 2006 when I was 47 and was asked the same question. I had other bikes in the garage, this was built for wee...

18 hours ago
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RE: Up to you.

This is great, sprung, un sprung, weight, weight bias, center of gravity, etc. All things I took into consideration when figuring out how to build thi...

21 hours ago
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RE: Up to you.

It looks like our weeks of wet fog may end soon, because rain is on the way. So I'm setting up to drill about 20 holes inside, each one takes some tim...

2 days ago
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RE: Up to you.

This part is important because it is where I will mount the 15+ lb. 6x6x8 inch hunk of steel that is the axle block. With much gratuitously added stee...

4 days ago
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RE: Up to you.

Finally some progress. We've been fogged in for weeks, which is keeping the temps in the low 40's so everything outside just stays wet. Plus some new ...

4 days ago
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RE: Up to you.

(@miles-ladue) Tungsten Carbide Tipped, no shower of sparks like an abrasive wheel, but puts out it's share of hot little chunks of metal. Loaned my c...

2 weeks ago
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Michael Lydon I don't have them do that for me, although Online Metals, where I sourced the steel, does offer custom cutting. I have this, which makes...

2 weeks ago
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(@scott-h) Setting them 90 degrees from each other as I did, in my mind, would allow up and down movement of the chassis for lean adjustments, but mak...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Up to you.

Some progress. Moved stuff around the garage to make room to build this, parked the bike in its spot and got it secured and level. Cleaned and inspect...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Is a sidecar right for me?

I really can't speak to the sidecar questions you have. But as to daily commuting, I can. I commuted 5-6 days a week to my last job for nearly 15 year...

3 weeks ago
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FlyingMonkeys Twenty miles from the end of the American in downtown Sac. Ten miles from the Sacramento river. I'm in the middle of millions of acres o...

3 weeks ago
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I'll build this the same way as the narrow chassis was. It will be heavy and rigid. The narrow chassis, fully welded, before ballast was added, weighe...

3 weeks ago
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My new chassis has arrived. Ordered everything before 9am Wednesday, the Summit Racing parts came Thursday, and the Online Metal parts came Friday. So...

3 weeks ago
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