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Re: Technic mountain bikes
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 2 Sep 2003 14:16:34 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Tobbe Arnesson wrote:
> Here's the full BrickShelf folder:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=55466
Do'oh! I knew I forgot something! Thanks Tobbe!!! :)
> Being that I this Sunday spent over six hours in a XC Mountainbike race (112 km)
> I'll have to say that I'm fairly used to looking at bikes such as these (OK,
> maybe not so many DownHill bikes participating but still).
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> And your's are really good! The rear deraileur is a neat touch, the disc posing
> as disc brakes and the bar ends!
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> Like you've already mentioned, the scale is off but you can only do so much with
> the existing wheel sizes. Perhaps one can build a custom wheel? The Hailfire
> Droid has some nice rims, perhaps they can be spoked?
Yeah, the wheel size is a limitation, I will see if I can try to scale down the
frame and suspension, especially on the red downhill bike. The Hailfire wheels
are HUGE - the diameter is similar to the length of the whole bike!
However, it would be worth a try .... I need to get a Hailfire first :)
> The only complaint (apart from scale which I wont complain about) is the seats,
> the don't look like real bike seats IMHO. They should be more of a flat surfce
> on top of everything horizontal to the ground.
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> Although, your's look much more comfy then the real deal and a certain bodypart
> of mine would be eager to test them out :)
Yes, I agree with you about the seats.... but for some reason flat straight
seats just didn't look right! Again, improvements for version 2.
> Also, bar ends are not that common on downhill bikes since they rarely use them
> up-hill :) But surley there are some bikes equiped that way.
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> The suspension looks great on both bikes!
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> Perhaps you can figure out a way to add minifig levers as brake levers on the
> handle bar?
I think I got carried away with the bar ends on the red downhill bike....
I liked the handle bar design, so I carried it over to the 2nd bike. Oops.
I like the minifig lever idea as brake levers... I will try that out..
Thanks for the praise and ideas Tobbe!!!
build well
John
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| (...) We're all humans, except those that are a cross breed of Technic and Fabuland, of course. (...) I like the seats by Lars: (URL) I think I got carried away with the bar ends on the red downhill bike.... I got another idea for bar ends, what (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Technic mountain bikes
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| (...) Another idea (needs work): synthetize the bicycle wheels using 1x2 liftarms. Not very nice looking though... and a real parts hog! (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| Here's the full BrickShelf folder: (URL) that I this Sunday spent over six hours in a XC Mountainbike race (112 km) I'll have to say that I'm fairly used to looking at bikes such as these (OK, maybe not so many DownHill bikes participating but (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.technic)
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