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Gtownjake Eric Jacobson

Eric Jacobson

Member ID: Gtownjake
Status: Free Member
Georgetown, TX, USA   USA
Member Since: 2015-05-15
Home Site: The Cyclekart Club
Last Login: 2019-08-16 16:19
Forum Posts: 0

Married empty-nester. Three wonderful kids and one awesome granddaughter. I'm a cartogrpaher by trade and as my wife says, "Hobbies" is my hobby...which include woodworking, architectural design, photography, writing, mountain biking, bikepacking and self supported touring by bicycle. Avid F1 fan.

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Fourth And Final One!

Posted on: Friday June 12, 2015

So after the refund, when the seller found out he actually didn't have the wheel, I found another one. Won the bid..turns out it was $.09 more than the refund. So I have three in hand and the fourth one should be here in about a week. Let's hope. So one average, with shipping I paid $62.25 per wheel. Without shipping the average drops dramatically to $33.75 I believe I got good ones. Need some cleaning up maybe even some bead blasting and a coat of paint but with all that being...

Tire Two In Hand....

Posted on: Monday June 8, 2015

Outside

Finally....now I'm waiting on tire three to arrive and still hunting for tire four.... Just wondering...has anyone tried to use the rear wheel with the brakes as the front wheels for the CK? I know front brakes are frowned upon but...someon out there must have at least tried it.

Honing In On The Design, I Think...

Posted on: Friday June 5, 2015

my table spent hours looking at the cpmputer ima

So, as previously mentioned, I have been struggling with my design and well, bouncing back and forth between inspirational cars which doesn't help but through this site and the generosity of it's members (posting their sketches and drawings) I think I have narrowed it down to the pictures below. I have sat at my table for hours each night sketching and perusing the internet looking at all manner of photos of my IC (inspirational car). I still have some questions to answer, chief of which is...

Uhg....

Posted on: Thursday June 4, 2015

Are you kidding me??? Just got a notice of a refund for one of my wheels...email read that they could not find the wheel that I bought. Grrrrrrr..... So I have one in hand and two on the way.....one has a tracking number associated with it, estimated delivery date between June 2 and June 10....of course that can be updated to June 5 to June 10 as I have not received it yet. The other one has no tracking number but has a delivery date of June 9.... we will see.... And now back to the...


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