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Chris Murphy
@not-bob
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Joined: October 11, 2025 1:18 pm
Last seen: May 12, 2026 4:10 pm
Topics: 5 / Replies: 129
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RE: Up to you.

Another item about the new front strut. I'm using spherical rod ends for the struts which allow for misalignment at the mounting points. This keeps th...

5 hours ago
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Always have a plan B (situational awareness). The plan was to have a third tube triangulate the new front strut, but the new notcher won't do somethin...

20 hours ago
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Before building this I found that info on building a tubless rigid hack for a rigid framed bike is scarce. The first place I looked was the giant coll...

1 day ago
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Welded the nuts to the threaded rods, after a soak in cleaning vinegar to remove the zinc coating first. Installed the locking flange nuts on the oppo...

2 days ago
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I have gotten used to the size of this one. The bike is actually pretty small, so the 40 inch track width seems to have worked out. Even though with...

1 week ago
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Back on solid ground. The alignment is very neutral to start out with, .2 degrees of + camber at the side wheel, .1 degree of lean out, toe is set the...

1 week ago
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More work. Dusty motorcycle.

2 weeks ago
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RE: Sidecar Social Media?

I've been off FB and IG for ten months now. If you are looking for exposure with a younger audience, IG is the place. I focused mainly on the throngs ...

2 weeks ago
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I had about 10-15 different PTs and OTs during a 4 year period, some good, some bad, but the 5 great ones helped the most. Getting that shovel sound...

2 weeks ago
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A couple things here. This is in 22', the bike wasn't finished, but it was time to put a surrogate battery on it to do a function check, and also star...

2 weeks ago
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Thank you. I hadn't realized this was at 12 pages now. When I was building the latest version of the bike, I was on Instagram, and updated the progres...

3 weeks ago
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These are all mock up fasteners, including the distorted thread flange nuts I ran a tap through to kill the locking feature. I am far from final assem...

3 weeks ago
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Moment of truth time. Slid everything back to the rear most lead position on the chassis to find out how much more clearance I needed to make. Zero, a...

3 weeks ago
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While I am still whittling these parts down, here is why this brace is built this way. Axle access, the wheel needs to be off to make alignment or lea...

3 weeks ago
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