Designed them tonight, drew out a template, and picked up the tubing already. Expect to see atleast the start of cutting, grinding, and maybe even some welding tomorrow!
You do realize that .063" steel tubing is not as strong as .063" chromoly tubing, right? To match the strength of .063" 4130 tubing you need to up-size the wall thickness of the mild steel.
Yeah, that's why mild steel or tri-moly bikes are so damn heavy. Cut one up and check out the wall thickness of the tubes they use. You could always make a "full sized model" out of steel and see how you like them. Learn the manufacturing procedures, etc. on cheap, heavy tubing. If you like the way they turn out, order some 4130 and build a real pair to ride.
This thread is kind of new, but I expected a lot more crap to be thrown at you by now! hahaHave fun, it should be a cool experience.
Quote from: Rick Macdonald on April 28, 2011, 10:08:08 PMThis thread is kind of new, but I expected a lot more crap to be thrown at you by now! hahaHave fun, it should be a cool experience.As did I haha. Made some good progress today. I think people are just waiting for pictures of fail or something to commence the sh*t slinging?