Here's my old Giant Atx 830 Hardtail, which is about to get some ratification 8) Now this is the bike I got for my 16th birthday 10 years ago, and she's seen HEAPS of action over the years. This bike has seen girlfriends, cars, and jobs all come and go, its been a constant through it all :lol: :lol:
It was getting to the point where I needed to throw some cash at it to upgrade the gears/derailers, forks etc for decent mountain biking, and so late last year I bit the bullet and bought myself a new dual suspension bike (another Giant of course! I love my Giants). So now Ive deiced to give the old girl a makeover and have some fun with it.
These are the before pics
First step is a single speed makeover (with a DMR kit), and then grind off all the unneeded tabs for cables etc. Then she'll be repainted in matt olive green with a faux patina effect (sand through the green to the black primer for that weathered look), and then im going to stencil some military style text on it, and a pinup girl for nose art of course! Im getting some white mt bike tyres off a mate, so that will help give it that nostalgic look. I'll get some new V-brakes front and rear for some stopping power, and the plan is to run the rear brake cable internally to keep the lines clean. The end result should be a bike thats great fun to belt around on, with some of the coolness of a rat, and the handling characteristics of a nice light aluminium hardtail. the plan is take a bunch of shots through the transformation.
It was getting to the point where I needed to throw some cash at it to upgrade the gears/derailers, forks etc for decent mountain biking, and so late last year I bit the bullet and bought myself a new dual suspension bike (another Giant of course! I love my Giants). So now Ive deiced to give the old girl a makeover and have some fun with it.
These are the before pics
First step is a single speed makeover (with a DMR kit), and then grind off all the unneeded tabs for cables etc. Then she'll be repainted in matt olive green with a faux patina effect (sand through the green to the black primer for that weathered look), and then im going to stencil some military style text on it, and a pinup girl for nose art of course! Im getting some white mt bike tyres off a mate, so that will help give it that nostalgic look. I'll get some new V-brakes front and rear for some stopping power, and the plan is to run the rear brake cable internally to keep the lines clean. The end result should be a bike thats great fun to belt around on, with some of the coolness of a rat, and the handling characteristics of a nice light aluminium hardtail. the plan is take a bunch of shots through the transformation.