Worksman Bicycle

I ordered a Worksman bicycle with the options of front and rear
drum brakes in Janurary. I was disapointed in the time it took to
recieve the bicycle. I now know it is the quality service that goes
into making a bicycle for the options you order. Everything will be
correct on the bicycle. The chain drive will be correctly inline., also the
front and rear wheel will be correctly inline. If I ever order a internal gear
bicycle again it will be through Worksmans options program. I guess live
and learn but not the hardway.

I recieved this in March of this year. This was going to
be my first build but since I had no expierance with the
2-stroke HT engine, I thought it would be best to try
an easier build first- Schwinn LandMark

The worksman bicycle that I have is refered to as an Urban Assult
bicycle or more popular Maui Downhiller. On the paperwork it says not
responsible for heart attacks. On level ground i the single speed becomes
a chore to peddle. If you find a small rounded ridge coming off the payment
; it is a breeze to peddle.
I am not sure about the worksman project yet. I am on my second build
a soft cruise beach cruiser that looks like it has rear suspension but it is not.
It is just like some seat post suspension but only fancier...lol. I am lucky on this
build because I get to learn about wheels and rims.....so the karma must be with
me because I will need this build experiance to figure out about the worksman
project.
The build in progress has a 5 1/2 inch spread frame that lines up with the chain.
The front and rear tires do not line up and are off 1 1/2 inches. So I will try to
correct it with a back rim that has a frame spread of 4 inches. The Worksman
bicycle has a frame spread of about 5 inches with the rear drum brake rim. So
if I use a 5 1/2 inch internal gear rim on the Worksman , I believe the rear tire
will be 1/2 inch off from the front tire. I can not have that on a motorized bicycle
that I will value my life with. Only the experiance I get from this build will lead
me to a worksman build with a shift kit.

Thanks Silverbear, yuor a very modest person and I know what ever
you come up with on your build is going to be one looker of a worksman.
I was following DasKaptin worksman bicycle build he was doing with
shiftkit and NuVivinci wheel build and some of the problems he ran
into . It is a very good read.
I am not a speed demon either and I do not want to build a
devil wagon either. I am really happy with the clam-shell adapter
from livefastmotors but manic mechanics' adapter would be icing
on the cake. I say the odds of me using my shifterkit is very slim
because I am happy with the speeds I am going now. The internal gear
drive I have makes a peddle bike seem like heaven.
There is no problem with the worksman set up I have now. If I go
switching to other options , that is where I will run into problems. I
will more likley leave it as it is and keep the build simple and go for
better custom looks. That would be money better spent than for speed.

I got to prove my thinking on rear rim set-ups was wrong. On the soft ride
beach cruiser the Shimano 8-speed internal gear drive with coasterbrakes
wheel with 5 1/2 inch axle spread that gave the appearance of being way off
from alignment with the front wheel was simply corrected by putting enough
washers behind the coaster brake arm, that put it in alighment with front tire.
I am relieved that this was all it was causing the problem. This is my first learning
expierance with internal gear drive rims......I am so reliefed