Phantom Janis

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Back in 2012 I started building Janis as a long fork bike. Well I wasn't too satisfied about that. So I threw on a smaller fork, and that was pretty okay as well but I still wasn't satisfied. My biggest problem was up until now I didn't have a bank account or a credit card to be legit parts to make a legit build. So now after years of being anti bank establishment I swallowed my pride and got the darn account and am currently and FINALLY building Janis the way I have seen her in my head. She is in current mock up stage and I am waiting on parts to come through the mail but this is what she looks like so far. I will end up removing a bunch of the bogus decals and band stickers I threw on there based on apathy and neglect and repaint her AND pinstripe her myself.

 

[horsefarmer]

Welcome to the grid.

 

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Update: Got the grips in I ordered from Goldfinch Cyclery in downtown Cedar Rapids Iowa. The brown is to match the saddle I will be buying off of amazon.

 

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Second Update: Crank arms came in the mail from BicycleDesigner.com and holy moly! That is a FAT arm!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

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Second Update: Crank arms came in the mail from BicycleDesigner.com and holy moly! That is a FAT arm!

Whoa! That is really fat!

Luke.

 

[horsefarmer]

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Second Update: Crank arms came in the mail from BicycleDesigner.com and holy moly! That is a FAT arm!

Is this the one?
http://www.bicycledesigner.com/bike-parts/bicycle-cranks/7-fat-arm-crank-chrome.html
Not bad for $13.

 

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Is this the one?
http://www.bicycledesigner.com/bike-parts/bicycle-cranks/7-fat-arm-crank-chrome.html
Not bad for $13.

Yupp. Exact one. (Shipping was a pain though... They don't give a $30 spent get free shipping or anything like that either)

 

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UPDATE #3: After some lousy waiting and a trip to the post office I finally acquired my rearview mirror.

 

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UPDATE 4: Sprocket Came today! This concludes the parts thus far, all I am waiting on now is paint and the accessories with it I need to paint the frame.

 

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UPDATE 5: Received the seat and all my painting stuff in the mail Friday so lemme tell you Saturday was one of those days. First I had to strip the bike down from mock up:

And After I had removed the bearing cups I had to go run some birthday errands with my lovely girlfriend Emily:

After shopping we got home and relaxed a bit and watched "The Wedding Singer" before I decided to get up and start working on smoothing out the frame for painting:

This was a good hour and a half of Goo Gone-ing and sanding to remove all those bloody decals that once inhabited my bike. But after being covered in metal dust and grease I threw her on the hook and started painting a base coat (just so the bare metal wouldn't rust overnight) :

As you can see, not completely painted but it turned out beautiful once dried (More pics to come soon)

 

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UPDATE 6: Almost there. Today was a real progressive day.

 

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UPDATE 7: Getting even closer!!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

You will be rolling in no time!

Luke.

 

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Update 8: Got my valve caps yesterday and my 3G Choppers pedals (courtesy of Ratrod Bikes and 36 Choppers) today. All that's left is to white wall the other tire and that is it!

 

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FINAL UPDATE: Here she is!

 

[ratcycle]

How did you attach that headbadge?

 

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How did you attach that headbadge?

JB Weld.

 

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