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This is an instructable on how to build a chopper bike on a budget. The main inspiration for this came from AtomicZombie and Koolkat's instructables....
So... what have we got? My sister's 25-year-old Raleigh Wisp. I've wanted to build a chopper for a while, but surely we can't do anything with this Wi...
First thing - get the forks right. The look of the bike is defined by the forks. First things first: 1. Dismantle the front end of the bike - remove ...
Right now, our forks are just two tubes. There's no way of attaching them to a wheel, so we need to make some drop-outs. Pic 1 shows what we want to ...
Ok, we have our two tubes and we've welded drop-outs onto them. My plan is to be able to bolt a steel plate to the tops of the forks, so we'll need t...
To recap - at this stage we have two tubes. Each tube has a drop-out on one end and a threaded nut at the other end. Next step: Build the forks Cut ...
OK, now we have our two fork tubes which are welded to the steerer tube / crown. Next we need to make a top plate which will clamp everything togethe...
Think long and hard about what you're going to do with the frame. It took a lot of thinking to make sure that my frame chop was going to work. In the ...
The frame needs some more strengthening. The next step is to join a new piece of steel tube from the bottom bracket shell to the top tubes. This will...
I'm going to take full advantage of the twin top tubes, and mount a seat on top of the tubes. The seat is going to be a simple construction of scrap ...
Next step is to fit the handlebars. You have three choice with the handlebars 1. Use the existing handlebars. In my case, they're racing drop-handle...
If you use the same wheels that came with the bike, you won't have to bother with this step. I wasn't happy with the 27 inch wheels thats the bike ca...
Build the bike back up, and give it a test ride. I decided not to use the existing gears and derailleur, I thought I'd convert it to a single speed. ...
Dismantle the bike.Use a grinder and a disk to neaten the welds and get rid of any spatter and blobs.Spray paint the frame and forks. Be careful to sh...
I got a bit bored with the bike, so I decided to make some modifications.I dismantled the bike and cut the back end off.
I picked up a back-end of a small mountain bike.It was from a full-suspension bike, so I used my angle grinder to grind away the tabs of the new back ...
I cut two tubes and welded them to extend the old frame and the new frame back-end.
I welded two more extension tubes to the top, then painted and reassembled the bike.The rear wheel is now a coaster brake so I do not need the rear br...
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