I bought these Lester Aluminum wheels last weekend off CL ($35)
I had no intentions of building a 20” tire bike (I probably can’t ride it)
But I saw Aluminum and Bendix in the same sentence and I had to buy them
The hubs seem in pretty good shape and all the red paint was already off (yeah!)
They are super heavy so no “Poppin’ a Wheelie”
I’m thinking 20” Sting Ray with mag rims, mag chainring but all polished or silver metallic
Blackwall Slick out back and skinnier blackwall in the front
I found this cool muscle bike on Randy and Nova’s site and got some more inspiration
http://vanscyoc.net/blog/archives/382-S ... -Bike.html
I posted the wheels and idea in Fresh Finds and Dr. T named it “Mag Ray”, thanks
Got a beater bike off of CL Wednesday($40). The prerequisite shot outside the garage:
I found a kid to build it for now so I have to get to work
Going to try to get it done before Christmas but we'll see...
I think I'm going to strip it and paint it metallic silver
Picked up silver metallic Rustoleum (plus primer and clear)
Tore it down last night and the wheels look almost too small for it (?!)
Only have 12” of distance between the fork slots and the middle of the fork so it can’t be 24”
Might be clearance for fenders (?)
Next is to get it completely torn down and paint stripped by my best friend
He has an antique furniture refinishing business and he has stripped a couple of frames/parts already with good results, plus I get to use his spray booth too
Shameless plug:
http://www.oldsciencerenovation.com/
Looking to order up a silver metal flake banana seat, sissy bar and slick this weekend
Does anybody have a good source they’ve dealt with?
I know I have another build going but that one might have to wait a bit. :lol:
Thanks for looking
I had no intentions of building a 20” tire bike (I probably can’t ride it)
But I saw Aluminum and Bendix in the same sentence and I had to buy them
The hubs seem in pretty good shape and all the red paint was already off (yeah!)
They are super heavy so no “Poppin’ a Wheelie”
I’m thinking 20” Sting Ray with mag rims, mag chainring but all polished or silver metallic
Blackwall Slick out back and skinnier blackwall in the front
I found this cool muscle bike on Randy and Nova’s site and got some more inspiration
http://vanscyoc.net/blog/archives/382-S ... -Bike.html
I posted the wheels and idea in Fresh Finds and Dr. T named it “Mag Ray”, thanks
Got a beater bike off of CL Wednesday($40). The prerequisite shot outside the garage:
I found a kid to build it for now so I have to get to work
Going to try to get it done before Christmas but we'll see...
I think I'm going to strip it and paint it metallic silver
Picked up silver metallic Rustoleum (plus primer and clear)
Tore it down last night and the wheels look almost too small for it (?!)
Only have 12” of distance between the fork slots and the middle of the fork so it can’t be 24”
Might be clearance for fenders (?)
Next is to get it completely torn down and paint stripped by my best friend
He has an antique furniture refinishing business and he has stripped a couple of frames/parts already with good results, plus I get to use his spray booth too
Shameless plug:
http://www.oldsciencerenovation.com/
Looking to order up a silver metal flake banana seat, sissy bar and slick this weekend
Does anybody have a good source they’ve dealt with?
I know I have another build going but that one might have to wait a bit. :lol:
Thanks for looking