In the back of my mind I started formulating a build I wanted to do and when I found out about the Summer Build off I decided to hold off on the build until May. I had bought a girls bike for parts for the build but then found another I liked better. So what to do with the extra bike? Turn it into a quickie little rat bike build to get the juices going for the main event.
Started out as a Kent Bayside 7 speed cruiser, just like my wife's bike. Can't very well ride a bike that looks like the wife's now can I? Off came the fenders and other stuff. A piece of PVC pipe was JB Welded to the frame to convert it to a boy's bike. Now I'm imagineering a stick shift conversion of the grip-shift. Gonna go with a traditional flat or satin black paint job, but with blue accents instead of red. Didn't want to go through all the work to repaint the wheels red.
Here's the before...
Here's where it is as of today...
Started out as a Kent Bayside 7 speed cruiser, just like my wife's bike. Can't very well ride a bike that looks like the wife's now can I? Off came the fenders and other stuff. A piece of PVC pipe was JB Welded to the frame to convert it to a boy's bike. Now I'm imagineering a stick shift conversion of the grip-shift. Gonna go with a traditional flat or satin black paint job, but with blue accents instead of red. Didn't want to go through all the work to repaint the wheels red.
Here's the before...
Here's where it is as of today...