My wife wanted to have a bike to cruise around town on and also use as a grocery getter. She remembered that her sisters old bike was still in the garage at her parents place and that it had a basket on it. Sure enough, I got it down from the rafters and brought it home.This is what it looked like... Before.
I removed everything down to the frame and polished up the parts and regreased everything. She liked the color so all I did was clean it up and then sprayed the frame with a satin clearcoat. After replacing many parts with new, this is how it turned out... After.
The bike originally had skinner tires and the new tires were to wide so I spread the rear of the frame to make them fit. Then the fenders were to narrow so I couldn't use them.
Eventually I might see if I can get some wider crome fenders to fit, but for now I have a plan to put a wooden insert in the space between the rear baskets.
She is happy with her "new" bike!
Later on,
I removed everything down to the frame and polished up the parts and regreased everything. She liked the color so all I did was clean it up and then sprayed the frame with a satin clearcoat. After replacing many parts with new, this is how it turned out... After.
The bike originally had skinner tires and the new tires were to wide so I spread the rear of the frame to make them fit. Then the fenders were to narrow so I couldn't use them.
Eventually I might see if I can get some wider crome fenders to fit, but for now I have a plan to put a wooden insert in the space between the rear baskets.
She is happy with her "new" bike!
Later on,