Hi again,
Some of you guys might remember me from last year's two builds "Never too late.." and "Strawbeery Milk". Anyway, I am back at a bike build again. This time a path racer style bike for myself as I had some surgery done to my right foot lately and really would need some exercise to get back on track. Had this cast on for three weeks and had a lot of time to plan for this build as I've been pretty much stuck in front of the computer:
I've been looking a lot at early style English, French and Italian made racers. But as the frame donor I decided to use a Swedish made "Stanley" brand frame I found at the side of the road here in town:
Here's the first mockup with some 700 wheels:
And here's a photochop to show how I possibly need to modify the frame and fork to get the look I am aiming at:
Already ordered are these parts (Ebay):
This is going to be a very simple bike, 3-speed internal gear rear hub with coaster brake, a steel one-piece crank, straight MTB handlebar and gloss black paint. I will try to stay away from any extra or fancy parts just as the early racers. Here's my collection of pics of path racer style bikes that I used for inspiration when planning this build: http://public.fotki.com/VikingMustang/other-projects/path-racers/
Håkanfotki
Some of you guys might remember me from last year's two builds "Never too late.." and "Strawbeery Milk". Anyway, I am back at a bike build again. This time a path racer style bike for myself as I had some surgery done to my right foot lately and really would need some exercise to get back on track. Had this cast on for three weeks and had a lot of time to plan for this build as I've been pretty much stuck in front of the computer:
I've been looking a lot at early style English, French and Italian made racers. But as the frame donor I decided to use a Swedish made "Stanley" brand frame I found at the side of the road here in town:
Here's the first mockup with some 700 wheels:
And here's a photochop to show how I possibly need to modify the frame and fork to get the look I am aiming at:
Already ordered are these parts (Ebay):
This is going to be a very simple bike, 3-speed internal gear rear hub with coaster brake, a steel one-piece crank, straight MTB handlebar and gloss black paint. I will try to stay away from any extra or fancy parts just as the early racers. Here's my collection of pics of path racer style bikes that I used for inspiration when planning this build: http://public.fotki.com/VikingMustang/other-projects/path-racers/
Håkanfotki