SIL's BDay Present: Que Sera Sera, Done and Delivered!
Hey Thanks a lot everybody for the likes and comments. Here is the build thread:
http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/index....esent-que-sera-sera-done-and-delivered.92363/
Okay so I got this bike in trade for two cheap 700x23 tires. It had been rescued out of a recycle bin. It was my first rat rod bike and my Wife and me loved it (even with the bent crank and fork).
So seven years later, we decided to spruce it up for my Wife's sister's (SIL) Birthday since she was driving to MN anyway. My wife had a lot of input (Thank You Honey!!) and helped with getting all the stickers straight (she has mad scrap booking skills
).
Mid Sixties Western Flyer Galaxy Flyer twin top tube frame
New (to me) Schwinn crank assembly, pink cruiser pedals, and road bike fork
70's High-rise handlebars with 80's BMX grips (perfectly faded)
Fancy springer seat with solid aluminum seat post
White chain (stolen from my Wife's Eliminator, Sorry Honey)
70's aluminum kickstand (stolen from my bare metal Schwinn)
Kenda red wall tires and pink aluminum rims with white spokes
Japanese wrapping bell from my Wife (which inspired the paint job)
Kinda abstract tri-colored paint job (Muted Rose, White, Seaside)
So here it is all together:
My wife did a nice job with the stickers. You maybe can see more of how I used the Japanese "wrapping" bell for inspiration for the tricolor paint job. All the taping work was worth it.
My wife had a great idea for the head badge to be flat black because it balances the black part of the seat. "60" stands for 1960, SIL birth date. Definitely a girly bike with the flower LOL. It's interesting to see the bell from this angle still looks matching pretty close to the frame.
I like the silvery letters and star stickers. The pink pedals actually matched the pink rims. I even put a kick stand on it LOL.
SIL was very surprised and happy, Yeah!!
SIL took it out for a ride for here to get a feel for it and she was comfortable with it right away. She said it was smooth and easy to ride, Perfect!!
So another happy rider and another build off wrapped up. I'm a happy man!!
Thanks for all the encouragement and nice comments throughout the build.
It's been great build off!!! Lots of cool ideas and great bikes.
Thanks for looking,
Steve
Hey Thanks a lot everybody for the likes and comments. Here is the build thread:
http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/index....esent-que-sera-sera-done-and-delivered.92363/
Okay so I got this bike in trade for two cheap 700x23 tires. It had been rescued out of a recycle bin. It was my first rat rod bike and my Wife and me loved it (even with the bent crank and fork).
So seven years later, we decided to spruce it up for my Wife's sister's (SIL) Birthday since she was driving to MN anyway. My wife had a lot of input (Thank You Honey!!) and helped with getting all the stickers straight (she has mad scrap booking skills
).Mid Sixties Western Flyer Galaxy Flyer twin top tube frame
New (to me) Schwinn crank assembly, pink cruiser pedals, and road bike fork
70's High-rise handlebars with 80's BMX grips (perfectly faded)
Fancy springer seat with solid aluminum seat post
White chain (stolen from my Wife's Eliminator, Sorry Honey)
70's aluminum kickstand (stolen from my bare metal Schwinn)
Kenda red wall tires and pink aluminum rims with white spokes
Japanese wrapping bell from my Wife (which inspired the paint job)
Kinda abstract tri-colored paint job (Muted Rose, White, Seaside)
So here it is all together:
My wife did a nice job with the stickers. You maybe can see more of how I used the Japanese "wrapping" bell for inspiration for the tricolor paint job. All the taping work was worth it
.
My wife had a great idea for the head badge to be flat black because it balances the black part of the seat. "60" stands for 1960, SIL birth date. Definitely a girly bike with the flower LOL. It's interesting to see the bell from this angle still looks matching pretty close to the frame.
I like the silvery letters and star stickers. The pink pedals actually matched the pink rims
. I even put a kick stand on it LOL.
SIL was very surprised and happy, Yeah!!
SIL took it out for a ride for here to get a feel for it and she was comfortable with it right away
. She said it was smooth and easy to ride, Perfect!!
So another happy rider and another build off wrapped up. I'm a happy man!!
Thanks for all the encouragement and nice comments throughout the build.
It's been great build off!!! Lots of cool ideas and great bikes.
Thanks for looking,
Steve
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