Well I still have a month off until I have to go back to school and today was a slow day so I ended up in my basement all afternoon putting this thing together. It all started when I decided I was going to take my brother's old mountain bike apart and use all the parts from it on this frame. Turns out the wheels were bent pretty bad and the fork was to short for the frame. I started to look for a new fork online, but that was getting away from the idea of throwing a bike together in one day. So I just installed the original fork, and greased everything up and called it a day.
Here is what I started with, a $60 CL find.
Here was the initial dream
And here is basically what I ended up with tonight.
I ran to Wal-mart earlier tonight and picked up some grips, new pedals, and a chain that was to short. That plan is to paint it a kind of olive green, and put the tank back on which will either be bare metal or painted silver. I also am still looking for a new fork so I can install a front brake, a different seat, and i'm on the look out for some rat trapper pedals.
Here is what I started with, a $60 CL find.
Here was the initial dream
And here is basically what I ended up with tonight.
I ran to Wal-mart earlier tonight and picked up some grips, new pedals, and a chain that was to short. That plan is to paint it a kind of olive green, and put the tank back on which will either be bare metal or painted silver. I also am still looking for a new fork so I can install a front brake, a different seat, and i'm on the look out for some rat trapper pedals.
