My 12 year old daughter is ready to upgrade from her 16" bike. She's easily tall enough for a compact 26" as she rides some of my shorter bikes. We decided to have some fun and rather than buy a new one we'd build one up together.
We went to a local bike salvage shop and found this frame which was originally from an electric mountain bike by Tidal Force. The frame isn't as shiny as shown in the picture, it's wet from cleaning and prepping for primer.
She wanted the bike to be blue and gold so in sticking with the electric theme we drew up a few quick ideas that resemble lightning bolts. I'm not an artist or expert painter so these are within my current skill level.
This one's not a lightning bolt but looks nice as well.
I got it primed last night so I hope to put the first color on this weekend.
We are planning to keep it as a 21 speed as it originally was. I'm using all salvaged components with the exception of the shifters and rear derailleur.
We went to a local bike salvage shop and found this frame which was originally from an electric mountain bike by Tidal Force. The frame isn't as shiny as shown in the picture, it's wet from cleaning and prepping for primer.
She wanted the bike to be blue and gold so in sticking with the electric theme we drew up a few quick ideas that resemble lightning bolts. I'm not an artist or expert painter so these are within my current skill level.
This one's not a lightning bolt but looks nice as well.
I got it primed last night so I hope to put the first color on this weekend.
We are planning to keep it as a 21 speed as it originally was. I'm using all salvaged components with the exception of the shifters and rear derailleur.