ORBO Frito Bandito: El Fine'!

[OddJob]

I wanted to add a little flair to the Bandito. After some searching, I found this Native Southwestern looking hand towel on Amazon. I will def tone it down with some patina sauce to get closer to the aging on the frame and parts.

After a few ideas,I settled on the rigid wood tank shape, and I will decoupage the fabric onto it. Fun little project for our last days before we move to Frito Drive.

2 x 4 from Home Depot. Traced the outline of the tank from the inside of the top tube and straight bar.

Sanded the surfaces and rounded off the edges. Then a trial fit in the frame.

More to come tomorrow.

 

[OddJob]

Bandito es El Fine'!

I 'wrapped up' my tank project this morning; literally. My wife, Mrs Job, helped me with the blanket material yesterday, brainstorming how we would attach it and get a mimic pattern on both sides of the tank. She ran a double stitch through it this morning while I went out to prep the work area.

I decided to use Mod Podge glue to adhere the blanket to the wood buck. It's designed to work with both wood and material, and I leftover from a puzzle project earlier this month. I used a brick in between glue applications to weight the fabric.

It was a combination of scissors, razor blade, glue and some tack nails to get the fabric attached. A challenge for sure. Let's just say ol OddJob probably won't be doing this style of tank again!

In the end, it came out pretty good. Here are two photos, one before any 'faux tina' aging process, and one after.

Before....

and After....

My patented way to fade new material or a brightly colored sign, is the tried and true Rustoleum Satin Strawflower spray paint from about 4 -5 ft away, and just a few very light passes. This color is really hard to find, as I think they are fading, er, phasing it out. I did find one of our valley Ace Hardwares with some in stock. It was worth the 25 min round trip this morning!

This color works exceptionally well for fading colors in the red and brown color families, as it just takes down the intensity without changing the hues much.

And then I hit the trail out in front of our place for some final photo potential shots, and a ride video. Enjoy! Ole!

 

[metalchewy]

Love ride videos. Great work on the southwestern tank. Looking fun!

 

[Pondo]

Tank came out great! Great ride video too

 

[OddJob]

Love ride videos. Great work on the southwestern tank. Looking fun!

Thanks MC! It was fun to jump in on the ORBO. One of my favorite bikes to build is a klunker, and these are so much fun on the desert trails as well. It'll be a fun bike to have down here.

Tank came out great! Great ride video too

Thanks Pondo! I'm glad I added it to the build. Gives it that flavor of my build theme, and of it's locale.

 

[Wildcat]

The tank and bike came out great!

Those frames have a chain clearance issue because of the design of the chainstays. They were made for larger cogs and chainwheels that allowed the chain to clear the stay. I never tried to adjust the stay on mine but from yours I see it can work.
If you have any chain slap, a 52 tooth chainwheel with a 22 tooth cog will give you almost the same gear ratio as you have now. 56 and 57 gear inches.