dude wtf.... you know that the pro-model's foldy welding is really a piece of shit? (Made in China, no wonder) Mine have some cracks in every corner but even the tiny screws are stronger than that shitty welding. Me and my buddy both have the same small cracks in it. That's why i hate almost all those foldys that are connected to the deck. It seems to me that those 4 screws are for ripping that foldy from the deck, pisses me off. That's why my neck's bottom bolt will be put between the bottom long pipes.
And you're missing one point: those 4 screws have diameter 3 or 4mm, by bolts are 8mm diameter. And i don't have only 2 bolts on the side, i have them 4 MORE from on the top connecting the "foldy" pipes to long pipes. That makes it 6, easy maths.
the_SD_local said:
If you are already gonna have the headtube welded to the neck you might as well just do the whole thing it would only take them 5 more minutes and wouldn't be that much more expensive and would be way stronger then bolts and lighter... even if you don't care about weight.
The biggest thing I would focus on is making the deck out of one tube instead of 2 tubes and a piece of channel.
I might not weld that headtube at them. It might not be aluminium too, even though aluminium is softer for headsets (i think that doesn't matter really?).
But i'm thinking about it, consultating. Thanks for the idea.
I could weld those shorter pipes on the deck from front, back, and only one side, because on the side (where the neck is facing) there's no room for welding, then later on when riding it would rip off from the deck. Although NOT when i would weld neck to the deck & foldy too (then it can't be folded ever).
I've beeing focusing too about the 1-tube deck. But my ideas, that i've thought about it earlier, are a bit sketchy, that's why i came up to this design.