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    Tellurider
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    I finished building my new coker frame Memorial day weekend and have
    temporarily painted it until I can get it powder coated probably this
    winter. I built the frame out of a Fisher mountain bike fork with a 1
    1/4" stem which will fit a 27.2mm seatpost. I heated and straitened the
    fork and then brazed on five inch extentions from another fork with a
    inner coupler. And I got the QR bearing holders from Jim_Rob which work
    great. The wheel was built by Jon Sapp with an airfoil rim, UDC wide hub
    and Tommi Miller spokes three cross. I used an Odyssey V brake instead
    of Maguras for simplicity and for easy wheel removal and an avid brake
    lever. I modified the GB handle by brazing on a brake lever mount in the
    middle and plan to extend the handle length of one or both of the
    handles by an inch so that the lever isn't the first thing to hit the
    ground.

    It rides like a dream compared to my stock coker, I am amazed at how
    much more nimble it feels. I am very pleased with how it turned out. It
    took a long time to get the parts together and get it built but it was
    worth it.🙂

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  2. Tellurider
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    Here's another pic.

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  3. tylercox
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    Wow, that looks cool! The saddle matches John Childs' favorite shorts!

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  4. Tellurider
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    Here's a close up of the QR bearing holders and the fork leg extensions.

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  5. Tellurider
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    And here's the GB handle.

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  6. One on one
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    Nice job. Enjoy it. How long did it take from start to finish?

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  7. wobbling bear
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    170MM cranks hey?

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  8. wobbling bear
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    170MM cranks hey?

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  9. Tellurider
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    One on one said:

    *Nice job. Enjoy it. How long did it take from start to finish? *

    Thanks, I started ordering in January the big hold up was the airfoil
    rim then there was about a month between having the wheel built and
    starting on the frame. It only took me about three days to build the
    frame and finish it after that. So early January to end of May, five
    months. I realy wasn't in a hurry because I had my stock coker to ride
    and there isn't much riding to do in the winter here. I would have liked
    to have compleated it earlier this spring but so it goes.

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  10. Tellurider
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    One on one said:

    *Nice job. Enjoy it. How long did it take from start to finish? *

    Thanks, I started ordering in January the big hold up was the airfoil
    rim then there was about a month between having the wheel built and
    starting on the frame. It only took me about three days to build the
    frame and finish it after that. So early January to end of May, five
    months. I realy wasn't in a hurry because I had my stock coker to ride
    and there isn't much riding to do in the winter here. I would have liked
    to have compleated it earlier this spring but so it goes.

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  11. Tellurider
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    wobbling bear said:

    *170MM cranks hey? *

    Yup, 170mm Kookas, the hills are steep around here.

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  12. Tellurider
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    *170MM cranks hey? *

    Yup, 170mm Kookas, the hills are steep around here.

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  13. Tellurider
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    *Wow, that looks cool! The saddle matches John Childs' favorite
    shorts! *

    Thanks, yea, it's a Roach seat cover but I didn't know about John 's
    shorts.

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  14. Tellurider
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    *Wow, that looks cool! The saddle matches John Childs' favorite
    shorts! *

    Thanks, yea, it's a Roach seat cover but I didn't know about John 's
    shorts.

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  15. nathan
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    Looks great Dan. Have a blast riding!

    ---Nathan

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  16. U-Turn
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    *Looks great Dan. Have a blast riding!

    ---Nathan *


    I agree... looks way cool!

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  17. Catboy
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    Is Jim_RoB manufacturing the QR frames/parts for orders or is he just
    doing you a small favor? I'm pretty interested if he's starting to take
    orders.

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  18. Tellurider
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    Catboy said:

    *Is Jim_RoB manufacturing the QR frames/parts for orders or is he just
    doing you a small favor? I'm pretty interested if he's starting to
    take orders. *

    Thanks Everybody, I am enjoying it, it is nice to have it together.

    Catboy Jim is planning on producing the QR bearing holders and I think
    frames as well. I got mine ahead of production but I think that they may
    be available by now. I think you can email him from the forum but if not
    you can get his email from the Moab Munifest website.

    The QR Bearing holders work great, with the V-brake I can remove the
    wheel in about thirty seconds, and it only takes about a minute to put
    it back together. Its nice because then it fits in the trunk of my car
    with ease. Without taking the wheel off it won't go in with the GB4
    handle, My stock coker would fit without taking it apart since I only
    had a miyata handle. It would be just as easy to have a QR seatpost
    clamp and remove the seat but I would still have to release the brake
    cable. But I think its cool to have a quick release wheel. 😄

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  19. onebyone
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    Thats a nice looking Coker errr 36"

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