Recent content by Silent H

Alright here she is. Almost done. I would like to either recover or buy a white seat and I want to get some different pedals as those are cheap-butt huffy items, but its ridable. Not bad for my first bike build, i do say. The metalflake trick I was working on turned out "ok" for this bike...

That is sweet. Any more pics or info you can give on that would be much appreciated. Im trying to find a wagon to do something similar, but haven't had any luck yet, except for the cheap chinese plastic ones. I want real steel dangit. :lol:

had a cheap retail store mountain bike when I was in junior high that I road to school and delivered papers with. It wasn't "cool" to lock your bike up/or be riding a bike for that matter. Long story short I came out of school one day and the bike was gone, thought someone was playing a joke...

Hey nice trike. My little boy has the exact same one, exept his isn't as beat up, yet. I was thinking about repainting it and doin a little custom work on it but I have been too busy...

basic automotive primer, I then bought some metallic blue duplicolor paint, layed that down and then while it was still wet, shot it with craft store spray glitter in an aerosol can. Let that dry overnight. The next day I took a used dryer sheet and wiped it down to remove the half stuck...

Looks awesome. Im guessing you used the spray glitter technique too? That stuff works wonders.

Not to bad removing the paint. I hand sanded most if that gives anything away as to how easy it was. I had to use a wire brush wheel for some areas as I couldn't get the sandpaper in that area very well. Thanks for the comps. on the paint everyone, im pretty pumped about it, hoping to maybe...

Heres an update on the firestone and my metalflake expirement. The firestone frame is down to baremetal and waiting for the weather to get warm for paint. Here is the mostly finished metalflake fork with wheel/tire attached for more visual effect :D I think it turned out pretty good for...

Thanks. I personally have never had a problem with using dryer sheets. Maybe since I use used ones that the wax is gone from the heat of the dryer??? Anyways thanks for the tips regardless. I am waiting for a nice sunny day(this weekend according to the weather report) to take a pic outside...

any idea where I can find the axle? Bikeworldusa.com has an axle but not sure if its the same size or not.

LOL October similar frame? How about the same frame! Firestone and Rollfast must have had the same manuf. for their bikes. Man it seams like im copying you or something, I just read through your whole build and its awesome. Great color choice BTW. I wish this bike still had the chaingaurd...

LIttle update. The frame is completely stripped of paint and in my basement waiting for winter to end so I can paint it outside. Brazing looks so cool on a frame! For now im taking the rest of the parts and bearings and cleaning them up as they were packed with junk/dirt etc. Im doing a...

Alright my Firestone build has hit alittle bit of a snag. The bendix coaster rear is pretty messed. The bearings are either completely packed with crap or they are junk as it doesn't really want to move well at all. The real problem though is that the right side axle? is f'd. The threads are...

looks like an old schwinn from the 40's-50's? Im reading the book "No Hands" about the rise and fall of schwinn and they talk about BF Goodrich selling schwinn bikes but with BF's name of them.

Im down. I accidently clicked no yesterday while the page was still loading, so instead of clicking yes like I wanted to it moved slightly and I clicked no. I say 20" or less, prefferably 16", I think that would be cool. I have been trying to find a 12" or 16" bike to make a "mini burrito"...