.Welcome to the group- i am also a newbie to bent, but have built a total of four road bikes from scratch. I,m sure all of us on this group are mentally...
Hi Steve! With Cro-Mo tubing you can get away with a thinner wall than mild steel and have the same strength. I have not yet seen the plans yet, so I can't...
Hi Guys, I'm very pleased to be a member of your Bentech group. Thanks to Psi Clarke for putting it together. Initially I wasn't sure if it would fly due to...
Hi every-one I am really new to the home building arena and I saw this as a great opportunity to start. however being as new as I am I was thinking that I...
Hi, Dom. I'm the one who started the "Get Bent..." thread. Your reply is music to my ears. I've continued to have no luck getting my chainstay tubes bent. My...
Hi-has anyone tried using unicrown front fork tubes, cut from a headset and straightened, as chainstays?. As an alternative, has anyone used a bottom...
Hello Steve I did the idea you have for chainstays. I took the back end of an old ten speed and welded it to the end of the main tube. I used a 2" exhaust pipe...
... <dprocyshen@y...> wrote: Dave-thanks-plan to fillet braze the joint-any thought on strength? Or will i be tooling merrily along and and have, literally,...
Do you have a URL to see these photos? ... ===== Regards, Craig Leslie 312-699-1537 craigmleslie@... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
Hi Steve I have been riding the bent for 3 weeks now on road and on bike paths, so not the smoothest places and I have not found a crack in the tig welds but I...
Hi Craig I do not have a url for the pics besides the ones on our group site. You should be able to view the from the Bentech/yahoo group site, but I could...
Hi All, You were surprised Dom. I'd expected to be here alone or at best with 2 or 3 others but never 54 members. (Just goes to show that there are at least 54...
Hi Glennafin From what I've been told as I'm not a welder, that Tig is a better weld and you can do more finer welds, Mig welding is still good but you can not...
Hello to all ! I got the plans the other day and I must say the drawings are first class. I work to drawings every day in my business so I'm a pretty good...
I think using stuff right off a canibalized bike would work great. Its easier than double checking for compatibility all the time, 7-8 or 9speed and what sram...
Yes, I'm from Battle Creek area of Michigan. Just started, have most of the raw parts & jig ½ done. I was inspired by a neighbor who has a completed bentech...
Hi ya I am from Mi. currently building the long easy in Benton Harbor Mi. and I attend collage at WMU in Kalamazoo Mi, Marty ... Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL...
I understand that the hole in the mainframe for the idler bracket gets tapped to take a 5/16" bolt. The blue print also says to drill a 5/16" hole. If I...
... drill ... tap ... the ... You may be able to "save" this by using a HELICOIL type of repair. Usually this a stainless steel insert that needs a larger hole...
Is this a mistake in the directions/blue print? Should the hole be drilled a smaller size then tapped or am I misunderstanding the directions? ... anyway...
5/16" diameter is the hole size for a 3/8"-16 thread. Just tap it out to that size and cheat with the mating part.I don't have the plans at my disposal right...
To all Builders, Before you start welding double check the treads on your bottom bracket shell. One side is right hand treads. My shell was marked incorrect...
I think I'm just going to weld a nut between the frame and the idler bracket. the heli-thingy required that the hole already be threaded and the tool was over...
To All: Well, I've received all of the tubing from Dillsburg yesterday and the bike stuff(seat fabric, bottom brackets, head tubes, etc.) today from Power-On...
Buying a low end bike is a good idea. Make sure the front derailleur clamp is the correct size. Most MTBs use 1 1/8" headtubes too so check it all out before...
... derailuer ... Bob, This happened to me as well, I didn't find the problem until I was miles from home and the bottom bracket began to unscrew it's self. ...
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