24" Hiawatha

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First off, I didn't think a build-off would come up so quick after the RRKBBO.(Congrats to some of the coolest bikes I ever saw!) Secondly.... cool! Another build-off!! One of my buddy's dad's had my candidate, along with a few others, stored in his barn. He let me go through and keep whatever I thought was worthy. Here's my entry. Don't have a name or theme yet, but I'm sure my daughter or wife can contribute ideas.
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I pumped up the tires on Sunday, let my wife take it for a spin, and the tires still hold air! Bonus!
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I usually like to keep my old bikes original, but this girl needs some paint!
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This should be fun! Good luck on your builds!
 
didn't see this one, thats 3 24" bikes in the buildoff. kool

Outlaw :mrgreen:
 
She definatly looks like she could use a makeover! Nice base to start with. Maybe our bikes could date after the buildoff? :lol: :lol:
L8 EM
 
yeah if its for the wife ya might as well make it pretty! well one way or another youll come out a winner(never hurts to have points with the wife) :mrgreen:
 
Got a chance to go to the garage and dismantle my project. Now it's time for sanding, stripping and scrubbing. Have a rough idea for her. Still debating.
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Got some sanding and primering done. Took the seat apart to paint and recover. Slowly coming together...
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Man's best friend supervising...
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Will have more later. Summer sure sucks up time.
 
Pedro - I just took the seat apart, removed the old vinyl and flattened it out to make my new cover template. Then I traced the seat shape onto a small piece of 1" thick foam for the padding. After cutting the vinyl piece, making sure I gave enough extra to tuck under the bottom seat pan, I took the foam piece and centered it on the felt side of my vinyl. Then I placed my top seat pan on that and started to pull a section over the pan and tape it down. Then I pulled the opposite section over and so forth. Hope that helped.
 

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