GIANT PENNY are you ready LA?
Thread started by
Yetiman at 05.21.09 - 7:26 pm
Here is a quick snap I got of my new project. Good times, as you can see the 700c Velocity DeepV in the rear is a perfect match for my custom 72 inch wheel I made for the front.
HOLD ON LA, FUCK YEA its time to ride
She will be done by the end of the weekend and so will 2 cubes of Pabst
I think i am going to be building it live on the web cam this weekend from my skunkworks shop in DTLA ( top secret - address not given )
reply
Yetiman, you are a madman . . . and I mean that in the best possible way!
mr rollers05.21.09 - 8:23 pm
reply
YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!! HOLY CRAP YES!!!!!!!!!
richtotheie05.21.09 - 8:47 pm
reply
fucka web cam
lets see a hi-res time lapse!
trickmilla responding to a
comment by richtotheie
05.21.09 - 8:55 pm
reply
+1 hi res time lapse!
This is gonna be sick!
Gizzard responding to a
comment by trickmilla
05.21.09 - 9:02 pm
reply
How will you be putting rubber on the front wheel???
richtotheie05.21.09 - 11:51 pm
reply
I have a bad feeling about this.
funanu05.21.09 - 11:54 pm
reply
haha jeff i want to come hang out. put that tractor seat on it!
tinycities05.22.09 - 12:25 am
reply
are you serious?
i think this may be the best idea ever.
*applause*
Frozen Fingersss05.22.09 - 12:27 am
reply
how will you ride it? are you going to have running gear to the 700c? there is no way your riding it big wheel style unless you are bigfoot.
larsenf05.22.09 - 12:45 am
reply
I, too, am quite curious as to how that whole front wheel is going to come together.
I am quite interested to see the finished product.
la duderina responding to a
comment by richtotheie
05.22.09 - 12:47 am
reply
i wonder if he thought about that part. ajhaha
tinycities responding to a
comment by larsenf
05.22.09 - 12:48 am
reply
That's what I was thinking. The only way it can be ridden old school is if he was Shaq. The other way is with levers and crap that sounds like a pain.
Should be interesting! :-)
User1 responding to a
comment by larsenf
05.22.09 - 12:53 am
reply
how do you power it? how do you find tires/tubes for it? how do you find spokes/hub strong/long enough?
larsenf05.22.09 - 12:54 am
reply
also what about a brake! i cant imagine how useless just a rear brake would be. that front wheel is alot to stop.
larsenf05.22.09 - 12:56 am
reply
Or, what I would do, mount to chain rings (with one crank each) on both forks. Essentially having two drive trains. Gear them correctly and they will still work in sync.
SPOOK responding to a
comment by User1
05.22.09 - 12:59 am
reply
it would be pretty hilarious though if he totally forgot about that hahaha
richtotheie05.22.09 - 1:04 am
reply
serious question - has anyone ever seen a pennyfarthing with a chain?
ruinedbyidiots05.22.09 - 1:07 am
reply
I've seen quite a few in my day. None with a chain.
la duderina responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
05.22.09 - 1:14 am
reply
The safety pennyfarthing?
User1 responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
05.22.09 - 1:23 am
reply
you have a mind for engineering my man.
larsenf responding to a
comment by SPOOK
05.22.09 - 1:26 am
reply
If only I had the facility!
SPOOK responding to a
comment by larsenf
05.22.09 - 1:30 am
reply
i know! but also if he did do that he would have an awkwardly wide pedal stance
larsenf responding to a
comment by SPOOK
05.22.09 - 1:31 am
reply
Unusual for a regular bike, yes, but certainly not uncomfortable. If you did it the quick and easy way of welding a bottom bracket to each side of the fork, I imagine you would have about 9-12 inches between the pedals. If a person was to use their noodle and figure an easier way to mount a chain ring to their fork, sans BB, you might be able to cut it down to 6-8 inches. ÂżComprende?
SPOOK05.22.09 - 1:38 am
reply
now i want to make a MASSIVE big wheel. two 700s in the back monster up front.
larsenf responding to a
comment by SPOOK
05.22.09 - 1:46 am
reply
daaaaayyum
Candy Cane
05.21.09 - 10:40 pm
coldcut05.22.09 - 2:05 am
reply
SPOOK wins !
Its a really simple idea of running a set of bottom brackets on both fork legs, its not a big deal as some builders did this back in the late 1800s when the racing started getting very competitive. The bigger the rider the bigger the wheel the faster you went, BUT it hit a point when the wheels became bigger then the inseam so new ways of using the bigger wheel was needed. With that, the guys building the really fast bikes started using chain drive with bottom brackets on both fork legs.
HERES the reason you don't see many of them - When you CRASH it hurts twice as much!!!
O yea, it was also the idea of having more junk that made a very simple machine more complex so most builders just sponsored racers with very large inseams and gave up on masive wheel concept bikes.
Yetiman responding to a
comment by SPOOK
05.22.09 - 6:58 am
reply
PLUS I would like to add ----
I think we should all ask Brass Knuckles Dan about the Idea of asking BIKE GOD for advice....
Ha Ha
sorry
I think Dan's phone mail box and caller ID is always filled with that dude calling, just wanting to hang out and be Dan's friend. Maybe thats why he didn't show up to the " I hate Dan B Ride"
Stage 5 Clinger !!!
Yetiman05.22.09 - 7:04 am
reply
get ready for ridge way cam streaming once again on location this weekend.
brassknuckle05.22.09 - 8:44 am
reply
no one is going to be able to keep up with you on this thing!
la duderina responding to a
comment by Yetiman
05.22.09 - 8:50 am
reply
"two cubes of pabst"
is yetiman from minnesota?
KiMS105.22.09 - 12:55 pm
reply
what about tires? are you going oldschool and doing solid rubber?
larsenf05.22.09 - 1:37 pm
reply
I tire doesn't have air in it, as almost every penny runs a non pnumatic tires. With my big wheel I will be putting a thick rubber jacket around it, it will be like a cut in half masive rubber garden hose and it will be attached with some classy copper rivets on the side of the rim to stoke out the ladies and match the Brooks.
Yetiman05.22.09 - 1:47 pm
reply
sorry half my post got deleted for some reason.
Yetiman05.22.09 - 1:48 pm
reply
holyshitawesome!
SPOOK responding to a
comment by Candy Cane
05.22.09 - 1:48 pm
reply
Which is probably why I ride much better down there.
bentstrider responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
05.22.09 - 3:50 pm
reply
Hey Yeti, are your bikes going to be ready for Choppercabras?
I hope so.
the reverend dak05.22.09 - 4:01 pm
reply
i cant wait to see this thing
larsenf responding to a
comment by Yetiman
05.22.09 - 4:08 pm
reply
tune in to the Ridge Way live web cam for a LIVE web cast of the building, its on the Ridgeway live forum topic
Yetiman05.23.09 - 3:46 pm
reply
ALMOST done!!!
It took 5 hours to True the 6 and a half foot wheel .
GET READY
Yetiman05.26.09 - 9:05 am
reply
I cant wait to see this thing!! I bet it will be tall enough for Roadblock to ride!
speedybrian200005.26.09 - 1:24 pm
reply
Yeti-Penny! Yo! I haven't said this, but, yeah, I WANNA RIDE IT. And then I wanna see a race between the Yeti-Penny and Kaforuki Sky!
kryxtanicole responding to a
comment by bentstrider
05.28.09 - 12:57 pm
reply
HERES A TOP SECRET PHOTO
PHOTO BY - CANDY CANE Sarah
Yetiman05.28.09 - 1:03 pm
reply
shit. are the two wheels touching?
_iJunes responding to a
comment by Yetiman
05.28.09 - 1:16 pm
reply
omg!!!!! whos hipster wagon got robbed for their aerospoke??? lol jk
theladiesman05.28.09 - 1:57 pm
reply
WOW...Matt's tallbike now has two reasons to feel insecure.
tortuga_veloce05.28.09 - 2:01 pm
reply
Matt's tallbike will cower in the presence of the yeti-penny. COWER.
kryxtanicole responding to a
comment by tortuga_veloce
05.28.09 - 2:53 pm
reply
I want to see how you will actually configure the crank/drivetrain...
SO FUCKING COOL
/jealous
TheDude05.28.09 - 3:42 pm
reply
i'd like to take this opportunity to name your new machine...
THE YETI-FARTHING!
SKIDMARCUS05.28.09 - 3:54 pm
reply
I would let you jump that off the house into the pool!!!!!!
EPIC
parlorbikes responding to a
comment by coldcut
05.28.09 - 6:40 pm
reply
I remember letting some kids try my PF at the bike kitchen a few years back. They all crashed, not a single one of them managed to ride it. It took me a few days to try and figure out how to get on and offthe damn thing... fun though.
rev106 responding to a
comment by parlorbikes
05.28.09 - 6:49 pm
reply
-->
Ridazz Roulette!
.
can you make me a tandem penny?