Well I've been cutting some pieces from my frame, leaving enough to set up my hard tail so it's straight. Picked up a couple nice angle finders and magnetic torpedo levels and a centering head to mark the true center line of my tubes. It was real fun when I cut the backbone and it grabbed the cut off wheel and jerked. Turns out the backbone is 1/2 inch off. I took a big piece of pipe and my port-a-power and tweaked it a little and it's right on the money. I came up with an interesting idea for the rear of the frame. I'm going to cut the stock swing arm and use the rear section of it that bolts to the wheel and incorporate that into the new rear of the frame. I think it's gonna look pretty cool, and after looking through tons of posts, you tube videos, and cycle mags I haven't seen it done this way before. I'll be posting pics within the next few weeks as to how it's going. The only issue that I'm going to have is finding another 17mm axle that's 1 inch longer. I've seen a few places that sell longer axles, but the ones I found are hollow, which I'm not sure I'd trust on a hard tail. If anyone has any sources please let me know.
