Something green for Carol

[carvingbike]

I really shouldn't be doing this because I have way too many other unfinished projects but... I've decided to go ahead and enter the build off. I'm going to try my best to fore go my own taste and build the bike my wife wants. Considering that she is Not into RRBs this probably isn't the best choice for a build off but i really can only do it if the bike is for someone else.

Carol, my wife, had her Mango Key West beach cruiser stolen last summer. She has since been using a couple different bikes of mine whenever she wants to go for a ride. Her only complaint is that she misses how light her old bike was & how much easier it was to drag through the soft sand when you first enter or leave the beach.

The plan is to build a nice riding, light as possible beach cruiser for Carol & somehow make it cool enough to justify entering it in this awesome competition.

I started building an all aluminum, no weld, double bottom triple stack tall bike last summer and never got around to finishing it. (my life story) This is where I left it...

This is what it looks like now...

I may try to revive the factory paint, which is under a horrible paint job from the previous owner, and use that as a base for some, more interesting paint scheme to come.

That's about all I've got for now...

Rick
http://www.carvingbike.com

 

[pick]

Not seeing the pics!???

 

[Rat Rod]

Great start for a build...will be fun to watch the transformation. :wink:

 

[herr_rudolf]

Re: Something green for Carol (pics working)

another cruiser back on the road.
good luck and have fun!

 

[carvingbike]

http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=36674&start=135&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

This paint job and trying to make my backyard/bicycle junkyard more presentable are what has been keeping me from working on the build off bike. Hopefully by this weekend I'll be able to spend some time on it.