A big THANKS anticonformity! All the nice comments and feedback this project has received has kept me highly motivated during the build.
Tried to sandblast the raisin paint off the rear fender, but as it was very soft and thick I actually finally took a knife and carved it off! To then be on the safe side I used water based acrylic artist paint on the fender thinking that I should add flames, pinstriping and urethane clear on it. But when I tested the fender on with just the matte black on I thought it looked as good as it could look and decided to leave it as is.
Me and my son have now both test ridden the bike and are very happy with the results. Here´s the latest pics of the now finished bike, gonna take some better pics later in better light:
Here´s a short project summary:
Frame has been built from parts from two MTB frames and a piece of ovalized exhaust tubing. The rims are Alex, DX32 26" and they are 39.1mm wide. The hubs are from one of the two donor MTBs I used. Tires are Maxxis HookWorms 26x2.5. The front fork is something I made myself having the aluminum parts cut by a local company, Mälarlaser from my CAD drawings with waterjet and I then machined and polished them myself, the fork legs are polished stainless steel. Other fork parts from donor MTBs.
The handlebar stem comes from one of the donor MTBs. The handlebar is a combination of two handlebars welded together trying to create a typical cruiser handlebar. Grips are PRO Tharsis, not sure where the brake lever came from, but I had it lying around, took the black paint off and polished it. The saddle is an Electra Comfort Saddle. Rear dérailleur is Shimano controlled by a homemade suicide shifter.
The rear fender is made from two 28" fenders welded together to get a fender wide enough to cover the rear tire. The radius of the fender was also slightly altered to fit the 26" tire.
The pedals are Union 265 Rubber Diamond Block Pedals and the crank is a cleaned up and modified crank from one of the donor MTBs. The skull headlight actually started its life as something supposed to be used as a money box to collect coins in, but I thought it would be better to spend the coins on bicycle parts and put the skull on the bike after I added a battery pack, LEDs and a small switch.
Besides the stuff I already had I have bought the following for this project and from these vendors:
Cyclecomponents (
http://www.cyclecomponents.com/), front tire, front tube and grips.
Ride with Style (
http://www.ridewithstyle.se/hem.html), saddle.
Ebay (
http://myworld.ebay.com/sz-2009/), disc brake.
St John Street Cycles (
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/), pedals.
Local purchases, LEDs, battery pack, switch for the headlight and paint.
Again, thanks to everyone for all the nice comment I have received here during this build!
Håkan
