So I met a guy at a motocross race back in September where I was riding my last build around the pits and track. He expressed interest in it and even rode it around. We exchanged numbers and I didn't hear from him for a month. He told me he wanted me to build him one for his girlfriend for Xmas so I sketched up a couple ideas and he loved it. But that was the extent of the conversation... I was a little bummed because he never got back to me; that is, until the second week of December!! So I basically had one week to gather materials and fab this bike in time to get it to the powdercoater and back in order to assemble it all by Xmas day. Just to test me a little more, of course mother nature had to open up the skies for that one week of very cold, wet nights outside! Despite the stress, I still had a blast as always just wrenching and fabbing 
Now on to the build! My only given guidelines to work within were that she wanted 29" wheels like mine, she is 5'8", she loves purple and she loves classic Cadillacs. So I took that and used 1.5" .0625" wall tubing for the main portion of the frame and .75" .0625 wall for the rear triangle. I used a new powdercoater for this build and loved it. If anyone is in the SoCal area, PowderCoat Industries in Palmdale did a great job, quick turnaround, very reasonable cost, and easy to work with. I chose a candy purple color with a silver metallic basecoat, and top clear coat. For the most part, the components are just stripped from a Walmart Onyx 29er and made to work with my frame. I would have rather use higher quality parts, but the gentleman's budget was tight, so I worked with what I had on hand.
Hope you guys like it!
-IE Custom Cycles
Now on to the build! My only given guidelines to work within were that she wanted 29" wheels like mine, she is 5'8", she loves purple and she loves classic Cadillacs. So I took that and used 1.5" .0625" wall tubing for the main portion of the frame and .75" .0625 wall for the rear triangle. I used a new powdercoater for this build and loved it. If anyone is in the SoCal area, PowderCoat Industries in Palmdale did a great job, quick turnaround, very reasonable cost, and easy to work with. I chose a candy purple color with a silver metallic basecoat, and top clear coat. For the most part, the components are just stripped from a Walmart Onyx 29er and made to work with my frame. I would have rather use higher quality parts, but the gentleman's budget was tight, so I worked with what I had on hand.
Hope you guys like it!
-IE Custom Cycles
