Black No.1

[bikebuilder]

I knew my neighbors were looking for an old girls bike. I bought this mostly for the headlight , generator and 3 speed hub. I told them they could have the frame if they wanted to fix it. The wives talked and somehow I was volunteered to fix it up, and I will get reimbursed for the parts. Anyway, since I am basically doing it for free, I am going to have fun with it and try some things I haven't done before. So, here it is so far. I am only 1/4 of the way done with the gold designs.

I may change the name if I come up with anything better. Black No.1 is a song by Type o Negative and kind-of fits the bike.

 

[Galtbacken]

Re: Build for the neighbor

Nice!! I'll keep an eye on this build for sure!

 

[herr_rudolf]

Re: Build for the neighbor

The wives talked and somehow I was volunteered to fix it up

8-D

Nice to use this build as your build off bike. Looking forward to see what you come up with regarding de gold details. How did you do that? Decals? Paint?

 

[bring.doom]

Re: Build for the neighbor

i have one of those bikes. torn it appart for the 3 speed. cut the rest for tubing. Mine wasnt in as good of shape as yours.

 

[karl]

Re: Build for the neighbor

I found a similar bike with a three speed coasterbrake.
Is that german ?
The rear-fender used to be laced with rope,that is what the holes are for,
i saw that in Belgium but forgot to take some pics,and now i can not find out how to do it
Anyway,like these bikes.

 

[Skipton]

this rim is so cool! can't wait to see the progress :!: :mrgreen: :!:

 

[kram]

Good to see you in the build off. I really like those fenders, and the detail on the wheels is looking great.

 

[user 135]

Cool wheel details.

 

[bikebuilder]

Thanks!

I have one rim completely painted now, and am half way done with the second. The first half of the first wheel I did all freehand with a really crappy paint brush. I was somewhat satisfied with the outcome. It was also very slow going trying to make everything similar enough. So I bent some spokes to match the sketch I had done. Then I "stamped" a basic shape onto the rims. After that, I went back with the round end of a spoke and completed the curves where the stamp missed. Then I touched them up with the smaller details with the other end of a spoke. This is still experimental for me. I am going to sharpen the straight end of the spoke down to a smaller round end. I think that will get me more what I am looking for. The "stamp" made the lines a little thicker than I wanted, but saved me hours of time.

 

[bikebuilder]

I just got both wheels laced up tonight. I thought it would take me longer. Sitting in my living room, the gold doesn't really show. Hopefuly it will show better outside. I hope to get the fenders and the frame painted up tomorrow. Then it is just a few steps away. A few mods to the fender braces, a seat cover and then it is pretty much just reassembly.

 

[bikebuilder]

Here are are couple progress pics, I got it rideable today. I still have to mount the fenders , do a little more painting on the frame, and make the new seat cover. I want to make truss rods for it. We kind-of set a budget for the bike. I am right at the $60 mark right now. If the neighbors are okay with another $10 or so, I will make some truss rods.

 

[Galtbacken]

I hope that cloth hanging over the seat is what you'll use for the cover!!! That will go soooo well with the gold details! Oh I like this bike!

 

[bikebuilder]

I hope that cloth hanging over the seat is what you'll use for the cover!!!

Like that? I might put a few more rivets in, but I think it matches the bike okay. I wanted a darker patterned cover, my neighbor wanted plain white to match the tires. So we went with something in between. I've got to grease the pedals, they sounded a little dry. The bike originally had 28" wheels. I put 26"wheels on. I stretched the fenders out by hand to make them wider and have a smaller radius to fit the 26" wheels better. I also had to lower the fenders to make things look right. You can kind-of see what I did to lower them if you look at where the fender bolts to the frame up towards the seat. I cut two 1 " pieces of an old aluminum pushrod from a VW to make spacers and slipped a longer bolt through the middle.

 

[herr_rudolf]

NIce!
The seat turned out fantastic. I love the color. Good job on the fender-lowering.

 

[Singlespeed92]

Man,that's looking killer nice!!! Thanks for the tips on paint design

 

[mastronaut]

NIce!
The seat turned out fantastic. I love the color. Good job on the fender-lowering.

HAHA! Awesome seat cover, the unveiling was perfect! :lol:

 

[fartknocker]

The seat! The wheels! Very cool looking!! more more more

 

[Galtbacken]

Like that?

Bulls eye!!

 

[blink]

is that a spoke lock in the back?
i build up an old german ladies bike that had one also.

defers thieves, but will destroy your rear wheel.