My second chopper. Built from a venerable example of 1970's bike-boom mediocrity, the Raleigh Grand Prix. With the help of a 20" front wheel and fork from a $5 yard-sale bike and a thick steel pipe suitable for accepting a steer tube inside it, I chopped it.
Chopping alone was not enough to bring out this bike's inner light. So
I took apart the cassette (a Suntour 5-spd) and welded it together to make
it a fixed-gear, and welded a single cog in place. I haven't seen another
fixed-gear chopper but I can't imagine this is the first. It rides quite
nicely.
Thruster | 27"x1.125" |
Navigational Thruster | 20"x1.25" |
Navigational Linkage | fork-pipe-fork |
Hull Self-destruct Lever Arm | 47" hull-to-hub |
Wheelbase | 63" |
Drive | Fixed gear, 50x21 |
Retro | Rear center-pull caliper in addition to fixed gear |
Christened | 31 May 2003 |