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

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  3. [image:
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    And thats me! 🙂

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  4. 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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  5. That lime green is really nice!

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  6. 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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  7. Quoted message said:

    what kit did you use?

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

    Quoted message said:


    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:

    Quoted message said:

    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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  8. Congratulations on a great project, Lee!

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  9. Goose! Iceman! Tell Maverick we found his glasses!

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  10. 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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  11. me likey your uni

    Chase

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  12. Beautiful!

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  13. Man, thats a loud frame! It's awesome! 😎

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

    mike

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  15. 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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  16. Thanks everyone! I love it too. 😄

    Quoted message said:

    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.

    Quoted message said:

    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.

    Quoted message said:

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

    Are you going to do your Summit?

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

    leeman180 said:

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    And thats me! 🙂

    It even matches your jacket😄

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  19. abbabibble said:

    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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  20. loosejello said:

    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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