I'm going to take another crack at this. I got as far as building the wheels and modifying the shifter before I had to bow out last year due to work and finances. So since I figure most are just using wheels they already have built, as well as shifters... I'm fine to restart this project. My daughter is 12 now... so I have to hurry. lol
If you want to see my first Dragst-Her, just follow the link below to my builds page. This second iteration is using lighter modern parts where I can for a smoother ride. Not all of them, because I want to keep the concept, but a few.
So here's where I'm starting.
I had the seat made 2 years ago, and it's a beauty. My daughter is going to flip over it.
I had a custom basket made.
I spread the frame to fit an 8-speed.
I'm using allow hubs and rims, and purple allow nipples for the rims. I polished the rims for a chrome look. You'll see those soon.
And I had to make modifications to the body of the shifter to make it fit in a girls frame. From this:
To this:
And I stripped the console of the old chrome and thinned it out so it would fit.
Over the course of the year, I got the shift handles and the base of the shifter chromed. I also had the shifter console chromed. And now the build resumes. On to the hard parts!
If you want to see my first Dragst-Her, just follow the link below to my builds page. This second iteration is using lighter modern parts where I can for a smoother ride. Not all of them, because I want to keep the concept, but a few.
So here's where I'm starting.
I had the seat made 2 years ago, and it's a beauty. My daughter is going to flip over it.
![bZuRy5.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4b0/4b057c1784d7a3bc0e6e3bf4bf6a6131.jpg)
I had a custom basket made.
![h2r5zw.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/883/8837ce096941395e1c8494d359f6ada2.jpg)
I spread the frame to fit an 8-speed.
![KtVdGZ.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/03e/03ee4d9b683ccde34a43d8bd8e6cea1e.jpg)
I'm using allow hubs and rims, and purple allow nipples for the rims. I polished the rims for a chrome look. You'll see those soon.
And I had to make modifications to the body of the shifter to make it fit in a girls frame. From this:
![mWogSx.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/456/4569e49f79e26fc7f98033a21b632fcb.jpg)
To this:
![aEF8tL.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a8c/a8c88a944fca939c06be7d2fe44972eb.jpg)
And I stripped the console of the old chrome and thinned it out so it would fit.
![KbiBCc.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ad7/ad7b10d604c3c98a75e4ae99ca77cf09.jpg)
Over the course of the year, I got the shift handles and the base of the shifter chromed. I also had the shifter console chromed. And now the build resumes. On to the hard parts!