Midwest Bicycle Fest Raffle bike... DONE! 9/22

[Ratfink1962]

The Midwest Bicycle Fest will be held Sunday 9/30/12 at Riggs Park in Haysville, Kansas.

I bought the Bike pictured below so I could build it up and offer it as one of the Raffle bikes for the fest. The money that is raised by the raffle helps to pay for running the fest and providing the FREE food, and helps keep the Fest running so nobody is out of pocket.

As far as direction, of course its gonna be Rat style, other than that I have a couple customizing ideas, I am providing the bike itself, the fabrication, painting, assembly, and what few parts I may have laying around. I will be soliciting donations for the Seat, Tires, Pedals, Grips, and any accessories that might go with it.

I will use this thread to document the build, going may be kind of slow in the beginning since I have a couple other builds also in progress.

 

[Ratfink1962]

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Tick-Tock Time to bring this to the top, I have it in the stand and its getting blown apart.

And the fun begins!

 

[NewOrleansFlyer]

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You mean this is the starting look.......Lots of us would give our "I" teeth for a bike that looks like this.... :mrgreen:

 

[Ratfink1962]

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All blown apart, fabrication has begun...

Going to use this rack....

I found it in the free pile at the Midwest Bicycle swapmeet. I believe I can make good use of it.

 

[Houndog]

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Is there gonna be a swap meet as well? I sure hope so!!!

 

[aka_locojoe]

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Is there gonna be a swap meet as well? I sure hope so!!!

Sorry no swap meet. We're not allowed to buy/sell where this event is being held. You can wheel and deal under the radar. Good place to network, make connections etc...

 

[Ratfink1962]

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Made some more progress on the Rack tonight...

 

[Ratfink1962]

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Almost done with the rack, decided to shorten it up a bit to insure it would fit in the powdercoat oven. Plus gave it a a lil kicktail....

 

[aka_locojoe]

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Very cool! This ought to generate some revenue for the fest.

 

[Houndog]

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The wife and I are planning on coming up...I'll be sure to leave room in my van to load that up for the trip back home...

 

[aka_locojoe]

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The wife and I are planning on coming up...I'll be sure to leave room in my van to load that up for the trip back home...

Glad to hear it. $1 and this bike could be yours.

 

[udallcustombikes]

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Dan only bought one ticket last year and won the bike I built.

 

[Ratfink1962]

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Yes, Dan proved that all it takes is ONE ticket!!!

He must be one lucky son of a beaver pelt, he also won the Raffle bike at the Bug Fest.... but I think he bought 10 tickets?

 

[Ratfink1962]

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Dropped the Frame and Tank off to 450redrider today for some powdercoating.

I picked up a Bendix rb2 rear hub that I will go thru and make it functional and pretty.

I also spent some time cleaning up the small parts getting things ready.

 

[Ratfink1962]

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Here's a before and after shot of the Bendix Hub, it cleaned up nice....

 

[udallcustombikes]

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Did you touch up the red stripe? I like to sneak out my wife's red nail polish to repaint hub stripes. It gives a nice gloss and stands up well.

 

[Ratfink1962]

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Haven't touched it yet... but yeah its gonna get touched up before its all said and done.

Its kind of like the icing on a cake

 

[texasbigjon]

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very slick job on the rack! always cool to see something different.

 

[Ratfink1962]

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Here's a in-progress shot of the chainguard, not quite done yet... but you get the idea.

 

[ndaway]

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AWESOME!!!!! 8)