BO15 Grammaw Patina Bike

[MattiThundrrr]

Holy cow, that's what my Dodge needs!

 

[kingfish254]

I like that rack. The BLO is working great for the bike and the truck.

 

[Jude Ephesus]

So...., little by little.

My decorative tank tabs were at one point reflectors I think! They are also essential mechanical pieces holding the tank in place!

I found some license plate reflectors online and retapped the tab.

Not perfect, but sharper than I had.

 

[Jude Ephesus]

As I got the original chain ring looking like new, that thing had an awful lot of teeth on it. Grammaw ain’t got a whole lot of torque anymore. (Except after taco Tuesday... AHEM!!)

I picked up this smaller chain ring and hit the crank and seat post with black.

 

[Jude Ephesus]

And uh.... picking a saddle for grammaw is sort of like picking a mattress for the princess and the pea!!!

Actually, after a few days with Grammaw, the princess would probably be like “lady, I thought I was bad! You need to take a break!!!!!”

So, I attempted a saddle and am awaiting complaints. My friend put one of these on his Sears bike and it’s super nice.

Good enough for me, but Grammaw???

We’ll have to see.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

You're fine, she'll be on cloud nine

 

[OddJob]

Those Cloud 9 saddles are very comfy. And well made. My wife is on year 8 or 9 with hers. Showing some wear, but the integrity of the gel and construction is just like day one. And she puts on around 1200-1500 miles a year. And, she's a 'great grammaw' now.
(Don't tell her I told you that!)

 

[kingfish254]

I really like the Shelby-ish chainring!!

 

[Jude Ephesus]

I really like the Shelby-ish chainring!!

It was like $10! Lol

 

[Psychographic]

Were any Goldfish harmed during the painting of that seatpost?

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Were any Goldfish harmed during the painting of that seatpost?

HaHa!!! Funny story, I Rigged this thing up n sprayed it and let it sit all night.

I can see my work area from my upstairs bathroom.

Sure enough, next morning I get up to do my thing and I look out there, and I can’t see my seat post!!!

What the heck!!!!??? It’s gone!!!

After further review, some critter must have tried to get some goldfish crumbs as the post was on the ground and the box was 3-4 feet from the post...,lol

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Did the crank: the crank is original and painted, aftermarket chainring

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Meh; I got on a roll. I put new BB bearings in it, the crank and chainring looked good so I decided to throw on some more parts.

Starting to come together if you can see the bike through all the background junk.

 

[OC_Rolling_Art]

Liking how this bike is coming together...

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Liking how this bike is coming together...

Thanks! Once I get it together and functional, I’ll start adding special features to it that will make it custom and extremely useful for Grammaw!

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Uh.... I have like 4 builds going on right now. Where was I on this thing again?

Lol.

I guess I put on the rear rack to size it up and see what’s next.

I need to go on a hardware run for the rack and to finish my ‘65 Rollfast build.

I ordered a chrome chain for this. Tough call vs. black, but I wanted a little pop. Hope it works and doesn’t look tacky.

I also ordered some black bow-tie pedals. Should look cute.

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Meh.... I threw it together to take a ride around the lake with my wife tonight.

Still a long way to go.

I’d like to add a front and rear basket and some other goodies to make Grammaw feel at home.

My eBay guy shipped me the wrong pedals so these are temp as they process my return.

I also need grips (black) and a final detail....

BUT...... it is together and rideable. (I hope!)

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Took it out for a spin; got held up by a train.

Thought it’d make some cool pics.

Rode it 10 miles. Worked great. Need to raise the seat but, other than that, on rails.

 

[OddJob]

L dig the first photo, blue on blue.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Some black coke bottle or ball end grips from Ian would rock on this beauty


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