I had this girls 24" JC Higgins Flightliner sitting in my backyard rusting away in my boneyard pile of bikes for the last 2 years. I bought it for $5 thinking I would fix her up, but never got around to taking care of her until now. Here are before pics of the Flightliner. Somebody spray bombed blue paint all over her.
Before:
Stripped her down, painted her Krylon semi-flat black, and put some better replacement parts (crank & handlebars from a Huffy from Dumpster Diver $15) along with a few store bought sale items like the seat (Target $8 ) and tires (Walmart $12). I would say I have a total cost of $42 on this project.
After:
It's amazing how much better it rides once you clean and regrease the bearings. She's 98% done except for the vinyl skull decals I'm having a friend make for the headbadge and to replace fork darts. The next project will be a 24" boys Wards Hawthorne.
Before:
Stripped her down, painted her Krylon semi-flat black, and put some better replacement parts (crank & handlebars from a Huffy from Dumpster Diver $15) along with a few store bought sale items like the seat (Target $8 ) and tires (Walmart $12). I would say I have a total cost of $42 on this project.
After:
It's amazing how much better it rides once you clean and regrease the bearings. She's 98% done except for the vinyl skull decals I'm having a friend make for the headbadge and to replace fork darts. The next project will be a 24" boys Wards Hawthorne.