Recent content by RenoRattler

Love the teal, and the hump on the mens frame. My wife is all about that color.

Got my pedals, and decal for the headbadge. I moved the bars forward a bit. A little bit easier to control the ride, and looks cooler. Also, i was doing a little test ride in my neighbourhood, and when i pedaled i thought the chain slipped a little. So when i got back to the house i...

So last weekend my family took some of our bikes over to my in-laws, and we went for a ride with my daughters grandma. The grand parents were impressed with our bikes, and they brought out a bike and gave it to me. It was my wifes bike when she was little, now I'm going to restore it for our...

Got the pedals in. Thought these would match up nice.

And my wife enjoying it!

Put it together this morning. Wrinkled the clear in a few places. Whoopsie. Need rims and tires. Waiting for pedals in the mail too. And i need a shim for the stem too. Its like a cm off.

Family ride today! My bike was thrown together this morning so i could partake. Wife loves it!

All done except the pedals, which arent due until end of next week. We have a little family ride tomorrow, so it will roll with the old throwaways. There are some finish issues im not happy with but i have $87 into this build so.... And the "headbadge". The sprocket i put on is 36...

Pearl for the frame! And some gold for the forks.

And base coat started...

Some freehand spraying.....shhhhh nothing ever happened here.... And the sprocket. Don't know how the paint will hold up, but I gave it a good thick coat of clear as well. We shall see.

I know, im starting fast. Brand new and two builds going already! I probably wont have any others for a while though.... This one is tentatively nicknamed "Pearly Gates". An old beat up huffy cranbrook i picked up off of the craigslist, like you do. Looks like it was someones klunker...

Thanks! I didnt even know college cyclery existed haha. Thanks! I like the look, and my wife loves it so thats all that matters! I cant wait for the white tires. We are probably gonna ride those white walls down first though, so it will be a little while.

Mail call today was only a couple of sprockets. I'm waiting on a bottom bracket and a crank to finish this one. So I wanted to mock it up and see what it was going to look like. Thought I could put a couple things together. Sigh. My mistake. I was going to tear it apart and sand it and...

Yes, that sprocket. I should have clarified a little. The sprocket i got is offset a bit as well. I have only had dealings with flat sprockets up until now. So generally offset to the inside? So the teeth offset to the inside correct? Thank you for the answers! I learn a bunch everytime i...