NEW LIME GREEN CUSTOM 36er

[leeman180]

Hello all! Its been a while since I've been here to check the forums!
Since I've been gone, well I finished building my custom coker frame
(designed after the GB4 frame) and pieced together a 36er. Building the
frame took me a very long time, as I only had a hack saw, and a grinder
to use. For a while I was riding around with a bare metal frame and it
began to rust rappidly, living on the coast of Maine. -Finally,- I
ordered a Powder Coating Do-It-Yourself kit from Eastwood Company, and
some powders of different colors to experiment with. The kit was very
cheap, only $100 and came with almost everything you need to start
powder coating your own metal! I chose lime green to coat the frame in,
and I was amazed by how easy everything was! The process of painting
the frame and drying took less than an hour, and delivered proffesional
results, as you can see in the pictures.

Lee's 36er Specs:
Airfoil Rim wheelset with unicycle.com hub
Qu-Ax 125mm alloy cranks
Coker Tire
Coker Tube
Wellgo Pedals
GB4 25.4mm seatpost
Odyssey Seatpost Clamp
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Miyata Plastic Seatbase
GB4 Stiffener Plate
Dogbone Airpillow
GB4 Handlebars
Cateye Cycle Computer
Gemcrest Leather Seat Cover

Yeah so I put a lot of money into this :)

Well, here are the pics I know you've all been dying to see:
First 2 Pics - before powdercoating


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[James_Potter]

sweeet, that is one AWESOME frame.
what kit did you use?


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[leeman180]

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And thats me! :)


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[forrestunifreak]

Looks professional all right!
Whats the reason for the slanted crown, besides it looking cool?

I'm not suprised about the color though... It matches your avatar.


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[siafirede]

That lime green is really nice!


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[abbabibble]

mmm... apple...

that is a NICE frame. a REALLY nice frame. And a good ripoff of the KH
frame too! What kind of tubing didja use for the seatpost, and what's
its inner diameter?


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[leeman180]

> what kit did you use?


This kit: http://tinyurl.com/cm7sx



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> Whats the reason for the slanted crown, besides it looking cool?



Reason #1 - Aerodynamics :p
Reason #2 - Looking Kool
Reason #3 - A place to rest your foot if you're riding 1 footed :eek:



> What kind of tubing didja use for the seatpost, and what's its inner
> diameter?



Oh yeah I forgot to mention that - METAL USED WAS 4130 CHROMOLY (STEEL)
- the inner diameter of the seatpost tube is a little more than 25.4mm
(1 inch) to fit the GB4 seat tube snug.

Many hours went into this frame because, first of all, it's the first
metal project I've ever done, and second, I didn't have the appropriate
tools - only a hack saw and power grinder on hand.

Lee


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[U-Turn]

Congratulations on a great project, Lee!


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[Brian MacKenzie]

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[One on one]

You did an amazing job. Good luck with it. It is one terrific looking
uni. Where did you bake the frame?
Sears now has a powder coating kit.


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[Unitik908]

me likey your uni

Chase


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[Skippii]

Beautiful!


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[unitic]

Man, thats a loud frame! It's awesome! :cool:


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[swarbrim]

Thats a sweet uni, the slanted crown and lime green frame are nice.


mike


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[underdog]

Man, that is really sweet. Great job. You musta been really careful
cutting the tubes to get 'em the same length so the axel would sit nice
and square. Where did you get the ovalized tubes for the fork? Did
you do your own welding? I just finished my own custom 29er (search my
name for the thread & photos). I found some 4130 steel tubes but
they're round. I would have loved to use ovalized tubes 'cuz they look
sleeker.


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[leeman180]

Thanks everyone! I love it too. :D



> Where did you bake the frame?



I bought a used, $25 electric oven and and baked it in there. It worked
just as good as an IR heat lamp.



> Where did you get the ovalized tubes for the fork?



I actually bought round 4130 tubes like you did, and brought them to a
friend at a metal shop. He was able to "squish" the tubes in a
hydraulic vice, and they came out perfect.



> Did you do your own welding?



No, the guy at the metal shop did the welding job for me. But, I'm
taking welding class now in my high school! So you can expect me to be
welding up my next frame.


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[KcTheAcy]

Shiggty Swah That is a sweet frame, Can you make me one?

Are you going to do your Summit?


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[litldude2]

Thats an awesome frame, i want a lime green uni!

leeman180 wrote:
> [image:
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> And thats me! :)


It even matches your jacket:D


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[loosejello]

abbabibble wrote:
> And a good ripoff of the KH frame too!



It's not a rip off of the KH frame, it's a copy of the GB4 frame.


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[jagur]

loosejello wrote:
> It's not a rip off of the KH frame, it's a copy of the GB4 frame.

WORD!

AquaBible holds no scripture.

also, the bearing holders are differant than shaft collar style GB4
holders.


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