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New member, new to bike building, late starter and hope to be an early finisher.
I'm going to throw another 20 incher into the buildoff fray.
Bought it on eBay here in Oz, advertised as a vintage BMX, but I'm not sure exactly what it is.
Bought a cheapy department store kids bike for parts, worth every cent of the $1 I paid... aparently ridden twice. It had a nice set of metalic pink wheels.... I know, I know.... but they actually started the ideas flowing.
When I tried to think of something cool AND pink, I found my theme for the bike:
This sort of explains the topic title :? Any suggestions for an appropriate title appreciated.
Headbadge turned out to be painted aluminium
Stripped it, polished it and painted it with nailpolish (use them for another hobby of mine)
Turned out ok.
Took the powertools to the frame and an old 24" front fork, did a bit of grinding on the conversion bar to make it fit the frame a bit better, and that's all for now.
Next step is dunking it in oxalic acid bath to get rid of the remaining rust.
Thanks for looking.
Oz.
I'm going to throw another 20 incher into the buildoff fray.
Bought it on eBay here in Oz, advertised as a vintage BMX, but I'm not sure exactly what it is.
Bought a cheapy department store kids bike for parts, worth every cent of the $1 I paid... aparently ridden twice. It had a nice set of metalic pink wheels.... I know, I know.... but they actually started the ideas flowing.
When I tried to think of something cool AND pink, I found my theme for the bike:
This sort of explains the topic title :? Any suggestions for an appropriate title appreciated.
Headbadge turned out to be painted aluminium
Stripped it, polished it and painted it with nailpolish (use them for another hobby of mine)
Turned out ok.
Took the powertools to the frame and an old 24" front fork, did a bit of grinding on the conversion bar to make it fit the frame a bit better, and that's all for now.
Next step is dunking it in oxalic acid bath to get rid of the remaining rust.
Thanks for looking.
Oz.