I've never built a bike from nothing so a few weeks back I saw a frame on ebay that I thought I could do something with. It wasn't expensive, so what have I got to loose right??
I wanted to make a Board track style bike so I knew I had to trim the fat off the frame to get it looking right :mrgreen:
Heres what I cut off
Once the frame was ready I had a go at painting it, once again this is something I have never done before and it took a few attempts to get it looking reasonable. Its by no means perfect but it will have to do for now
Parts shopping was fun, I was guessing a lot of the sizes but I was lucky and mots of the bits I bought were good to go
Bottom bracket
Cranks
The rims I bought are probably the best component on the bike
Anyway on to the build...
A friend of mine gave me a link to a bike on ebay that had the perfect forks for my project so they were the 1st part to be fitted
as you can see they needed to be cut down a bit as they were a little tall for what I wanted :mrgreen:
Thats more like it!
I wasn't happy with the bars so I bought a pair of motorcycle clip on bars to make its stance even lower.
The bars are fully adjustable so I can adjust the angle of them to suit.
They will be cut down as they look a bit wide as they are.
Thats as far as I have go at the moment, I will be working on it all weekend as I have the finishing line in sight now :mrgreen:
![4332731281_6e529599b7_b.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/eea/eea242170d1d2544e0668d0488f77b32.jpg)
I wanted to make a Board track style bike so I knew I had to trim the fat off the frame to get it looking right :mrgreen:
Heres what I cut off
![4334637423_f1b7bf8596_b.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/add/adda1f4a7d83feca6f2022a9ae091263.jpg)
Once the frame was ready I had a go at painting it, once again this is something I have never done before and it took a few attempts to get it looking reasonable. Its by no means perfect but it will have to do for now
![boarttracker015.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/8dc/8dc2c44bba3e912174f25004d47c1c79.jpg)
Parts shopping was fun, I was guessing a lot of the sizes but I was lucky and mots of the bits I bought were good to go
Bottom bracket
![boarttracker009.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1d6/1d6b157841d8a04e72c090bf15ebad79.jpg)
Cranks
![boarttracker010.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e84/e840adc8d11fada304c32726b8dda239.jpg)
The rims I bought are probably the best component on the bike
![4334595341_53871d9322_b.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1b9/1b905213cb8a662a99b0beeccaddac6f.jpg)
Anyway on to the build...
A friend of mine gave me a link to a bike on ebay that had the perfect forks for my project so they were the 1st part to be fitted
![4376259124_a9cb725bac_b.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/7e5/7e5025cc59f627c0ee7eb7561731523a.jpg)
as you can see they needed to be cut down a bit as they were a little tall for what I wanted :mrgreen:
![4376277852_d591cb413f_b.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/6fe/6fecbc5da71a337055909372c775402e.jpg)
Thats more like it!
I wasn't happy with the bars so I bought a pair of motorcycle clip on bars to make its stance even lower.
![4395439216_fec85fea1f_b.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c7f/c7fbc21add26823a79ec48db0501b35a.jpg)
The bars are fully adjustable so I can adjust the angle of them to suit.
![4394688715_30bfbd1659_b.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2ea/2ead6a97bc8bd0992969637ca1090e6d.jpg)
They will be cut down as they look a bit wide as they are.
Thats as far as I have go at the moment, I will be working on it all weekend as I have the finishing line in sight now :mrgreen: