yoothgeye
I build stuff.
So, a few years ago (2006) my father-in-law came to my wife and I with an idea for mom-in-law's Christmas gift. Her old bike from her childhood (was used/second/thirdhand to her, she's in her 60s now) had recently been brought from her family home to their barn. He asked if I would revitalize it for her as a gift. I grew up on 2 wheels and I'm kinda handy, so I said, no problem.
It was kinda a tragic build, late nights, bloody knuckles, set backs, mutiple trips to the store, running paint, changed ideas, and sometime during the build I ran to the store and back in 20 minutes and someone had shot and killed one of our pet goats.
I had no idea what I was building then, but now that I'm on here I realize I put a skiptooth back on the road. I didn't go for original colors or paint schemes because even when she was a kid it never had paint, I sanded through about 5-6 colors. Her favorite color is green.
I was pretty sick of the project (and the overspray on my car) but on Christmas morning it was a great payoff, I couldn't have given her a better gift.
I messed up the coaster when I was putting it together, but it was rideable. They took it to a bike shop and had a new sprocket/rear wheel put on it since she still rides it. The shop tried to keep the skiptooth sprocket, but they still have it, and I could get it if I wanted.
If I had it to do again, I would do it a little different, but I'm still happy with it. I don't have a clue what year it is, just that it's a Western Flyer.
Here's the before and afters:
It was kinda a tragic build, late nights, bloody knuckles, set backs, mutiple trips to the store, running paint, changed ideas, and sometime during the build I ran to the store and back in 20 minutes and someone had shot and killed one of our pet goats.
I had no idea what I was building then, but now that I'm on here I realize I put a skiptooth back on the road. I didn't go for original colors or paint schemes because even when she was a kid it never had paint, I sanded through about 5-6 colors. Her favorite color is green.
I was pretty sick of the project (and the overspray on my car) but on Christmas morning it was a great payoff, I couldn't have given her a better gift.
I messed up the coaster when I was putting it together, but it was rideable. They took it to a bike shop and had a new sprocket/rear wheel put on it since she still rides it. The shop tried to keep the skiptooth sprocket, but they still have it, and I could get it if I wanted.
If I had it to do again, I would do it a little different, but I'm still happy with it. I don't have a clue what year it is, just that it's a Western Flyer.
Here's the before and afters:
