For me is throwing a bike together out of parts I already have just for something different to ride at the next pub pedal.
Today I was off and I did just that.
Got this frame down from the attic.
I'd been trying for quite some time to get the stuck goose neck out and finally gave up and cut it off. I was going to just cut the old steer tube off the original fork and weld a new one on but that didn't work out. I went digging for a fork and all I could come up with was a fork off a Schwinn road bike. The steer tube was too short on it so I extended it. Put on some orange wheels I'd painted and laced a few years ago, an Electra Concho seat, apes an old 2.125 Western Flyer tire in the rear, a real skinny tread-less tire up front and bear trap pedals.
Used the tank from this 20" Firestone convertible.
Painted the apes black and tried to paint the fork to match the tank. Leopard print grips, a license plate and a ratrod bikes decal. Swapped the front tire for a little wider one. Put on some fork struts I had off a old girls Schwinn.
Today I was off and I did just that.
Got this frame down from the attic.
I'd been trying for quite some time to get the stuck goose neck out and finally gave up and cut it off. I was going to just cut the old steer tube off the original fork and weld a new one on but that didn't work out. I went digging for a fork and all I could come up with was a fork off a Schwinn road bike. The steer tube was too short on it so I extended it. Put on some orange wheels I'd painted and laced a few years ago, an Electra Concho seat, apes an old 2.125 Western Flyer tire in the rear, a real skinny tread-less tire up front and bear trap pedals.
Used the tank from this 20" Firestone convertible.
Painted the apes black and tried to paint the fork to match the tank. Leopard print grips, a license plate and a ratrod bikes decal. Swapped the front tire for a little wider one. Put on some fork struts I had off a old girls Schwinn.
