I had pretty reluctantly posted this back in Sept but took it down after I thought I could make it work with my very specific & tricky build. Finally tried it and nope. Back up on the bloc...
This is the more fully ironed-out final version of the Shockabilly, with Chris & the gangs' own much laterally stiffer & more modern rear suspension design. And stiff it is, the power foundation is a LOT of oversized & box section steel, & there's no play in the pivots but they rotate smoothly without a shock installed. The rear seatstay strut is interestingly skinny for a light action & feel compared to all the beefy rigidity in the rest of the frame. Also has a 1.125" steerer so you can even run a fairly modern fork. It's in pretty excellent condition as pictured, minus the usual spot of chainring rub on the paint these all seem to get the first time you shift to the middle ring. No rust in the seat tube, paint on the dropouts is even still pretty clean. I do have the original seat clamp with the usual crumbling green seal, was going to list it for anyone who wants one, but if you buy this frame before it sells I'll just throw it in. Size is M/L, the perfect size, color is sparkly sapphire fade and if you have not seen one of these out in the sunshine, brace yourself. If you wanted a vintage bike you can ride into your o my aching back era that rides as nicely as a modern short travel FS bike, this is it.
You can build & enjoy it the way is was made, but if you like to tinker, the entire bell crank is just a pair of flat aluminum plates, and everything is coplanar to them, so you could easily draw the frame components in cad, fit them into newer geometry, travel, and shock length dimensions, and put a fancy new rear shock on it to make it ride just how you want it. Had it worked with the build I have to put on it, I'd have probably done that over the winter.
This is the more fully ironed-out final version of the Shockabilly, with Chris & the gangs' own much laterally stiffer & more modern rear suspension design. And stiff it is, the power foundation is a LOT of oversized & box section steel, & there's no play in the pivots but they rotate smoothly without a shock installed. The rear seatstay strut is interestingly skinny for a light action & feel compared to all the beefy rigidity in the rest of the frame. Also has a 1.125" steerer so you can even run a fairly modern fork. It's in pretty excellent condition as pictured, minus the usual spot of chainring rub on the paint these all seem to get the first time you shift to the middle ring. No rust in the seat tube, paint on the dropouts is even still pretty clean. I do have the original seat clamp with the usual crumbling green seal, was going to list it for anyone who wants one, but if you buy this frame before it sells I'll just throw it in. Size is M/L, the perfect size, color is sparkly sapphire fade and if you have not seen one of these out in the sunshine, brace yourself. If you wanted a vintage bike you can ride into your o my aching back era that rides as nicely as a modern short travel FS bike, this is it.
You can build & enjoy it the way is was made, but if you like to tinker, the entire bell crank is just a pair of flat aluminum plates, and everything is coplanar to them, so you could easily draw the frame components in cad, fit them into newer geometry, travel, and shock length dimensions, and put a fancy new rear shock on it to make it ride just how you want it. Had it worked with the build I have to put on it, I'd have probably done that over the winter.
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