So, I've been wanting to do a Cafe Racer styled build for quite a while, and here I will document my progress
I haven't seen hardly any Cafe builds, and I have a strong passion for the Cafe Racer style, so here goes
The frame I will be using at the moment will be the Skyhawk GT-2A, but I would like to change to a Worksman Newsboy frame and have a in-tank frame made eventually.
Now let me describe my first dilemma:
I wanted clip on handlebars. I feel that it is the single largest part of the look, for me at least. The thing is, while researching clip on handlebars on bicycles, I realized I couldn't find A SINGLE example of it being done. None. Nada
I was quite surprised, I mean, all you really need are some triple tree forks to attach them to, so thus began my search for the right forks.
I ultimately decided on these forks, because they were the only reasonably priced solution I could find that had some form of suspension:
http://www.bicycledesigner.com/bike-parts/bicycle-forks/suspension-chopper-fork.html
Since my frame requires 1 1/8" forks, and these are 1"ers, I found a pair of reducers for the headset to use these forks:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-1-8-to-1-...503?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23431b52cf
Now the only thing left would be to pick a pair of clip ons, I'll have to get the forks first to measure the diameter of the forks to find what size I need to get.
Now that's it for now, thanks for reading the thread
Ride on
