Hey guys. I actually just had a question that I wanted to ask for my current build but decided it would be nice to share the current progress pics of my first lowrider build. My question is if anyone has the "Sturmey archer" logo on the front of this kind of t-bar shifter that i could print out and stick on, or if someone could get a really straight-on picture of the original logo.
I have detailed progress pics as well, but they're nothing fancy, just wheel building, painting, tapping two 5mm holes in the top tube to bolt the shifter on, that sort of thing.
Future plans are to possible change that "handbrake" i've put on the banana seat (its just an experiment), another coat of paint (this is just a mockup basically), rust removal with wire brush ( i reckon all this chrome is going to come up well, given how well the chrome that i've already attacked has come up), maybe some different handlebars, a clamp for that front drum brake (not on properly), MAYBE a change of banana seat (its going to be an experiment to see how comfortable it is with the springer seatpost, either will get a new one or covel it in vinyl and put a light coast of padding under it), lowering that t-bar plastic housing to the level of the top tube (its floating too high).
I think thats it for now.
If anyone has access to that sturmey logo on the t-bar shifter i'm really keen to hear about it.
Cheers
Rodney
some info on the inspiration: the wooden skulls are actually tibetan prayer beads, and the design on the chainring says "cyclic existence" (3 times repeated and looped on itself). if anyone understands buddhist theory and cosmology, the fact that i have built wheels using the prayer beads is quite a hilarious/profound act. "cycle of samsara" "cycle of existence" "karmic cycle" etc, i built the wheel of suffering, this could mean several things. cycling is actually a form of meditation for the record as well.
I have detailed progress pics as well, but they're nothing fancy, just wheel building, painting, tapping two 5mm holes in the top tube to bolt the shifter on, that sort of thing.
Future plans are to possible change that "handbrake" i've put on the banana seat (its just an experiment), another coat of paint (this is just a mockup basically), rust removal with wire brush ( i reckon all this chrome is going to come up well, given how well the chrome that i've already attacked has come up), maybe some different handlebars, a clamp for that front drum brake (not on properly), MAYBE a change of banana seat (its going to be an experiment to see how comfortable it is with the springer seatpost, either will get a new one or covel it in vinyl and put a light coast of padding under it), lowering that t-bar plastic housing to the level of the top tube (its floating too high).
I think thats it for now.
If anyone has access to that sturmey logo on the t-bar shifter i'm really keen to hear about it.
Cheers
Rodney
some info on the inspiration: the wooden skulls are actually tibetan prayer beads, and the design on the chainring says "cyclic existence" (3 times repeated and looped on itself). if anyone understands buddhist theory and cosmology, the fact that i have built wheels using the prayer beads is quite a hilarious/profound act. "cycle of samsara" "cycle of existence" "karmic cycle" etc, i built the wheel of suffering, this could mean several things. cycling is actually a form of meditation for the record as well.
