I've always had the plan of building my very own rat rod cruiser type of bike.
But I never had the time for one nor the intention of buying one.
Mainly because I spent most of my money on my other bikes, my house and my art.
So there I was, taking the walk from the subway to my home when I saw a scrapped cruiser thrown on top of some other old bikes.
The frame was ok, though in rough shape.
After some furious sanding I put a coat of primer on it.
So, now what to do with this baby? I somehow craved the idea for a boardtracker build.
I like old cars, bikes. We have great vintage dutch bikes over here.
Anyway you don't see these type of (american) bikes here very often, let alone a boardtracker.
Cruisers are becoming a trend here in the netherlands, but most off them are cheap chinese copy's.
The frame was painted in chocolate brown.
In the meantime I found some rusty old forks.
They will do for the moment I guess
I painted the rearwheel now freshly spoked to a nice chrome coaster brake hub
in flat-black. Nice ghetto paintjob.
http://i4.pinkbike.com/photo/2097/pbpic2097508.jpg[img]
Then found some bars, which also turned to black.
[img]http://i5.pinkbike.com/photo/2095/pbpic2095250.jpg
A first mock-up, with some new schwalbe fat frank's
nice hub
My plans for finnishing this ride.
- maybe some pinstriping or graphics
- some nice 3-piece cranks
- A nice saddle ( a lepper or a brooks)
- maybe a springer or monark fork.
- or some forkstruts
suggestions, idea's, comments are more then welcome!
But I never had the time for one nor the intention of buying one.
Mainly because I spent most of my money on my other bikes, my house and my art.
So there I was, taking the walk from the subway to my home when I saw a scrapped cruiser thrown on top of some other old bikes.
The frame was ok, though in rough shape.
![pbpic2095201.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/7c4/7c4d335fce5089deeee70747567527c2.jpg)
![pbpic2095233.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/055/055186948b316332fe8c7b3f65bd9e7e.jpg)
After some furious sanding I put a coat of primer on it.
![pbpic2057274.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/fa5/fa558ebd8d1d59d29e6ec47f154cf481.jpg)
![pbpic2057276.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0c5/0c5ef950f95afc21d8c03e9d1d901309.jpg)
So, now what to do with this baby? I somehow craved the idea for a boardtracker build.
I like old cars, bikes. We have great vintage dutch bikes over here.
Anyway you don't see these type of (american) bikes here very often, let alone a boardtracker.
Cruisers are becoming a trend here in the netherlands, but most off them are cheap chinese copy's.
The frame was painted in chocolate brown.
In the meantime I found some rusty old forks.
They will do for the moment I guess
![pbpic2057271.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/f71/f71307a2d646cdf54ca1951489629efa.jpg)
![pbpic2057266.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bc9/bc9b6f3d99e70f358395667f2c3ddf65.jpg)
I painted the rearwheel now freshly spoked to a nice chrome coaster brake hub
in flat-black. Nice ghetto paintjob.
![pbpic2097505.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/255/2555ce0a396ba08486d28e3697ec73fa.jpg)
http://i4.pinkbike.com/photo/2097/pbpic2097508.jpg[img]
Then found some bars, which also turned to black.
[img]http://i5.pinkbike.com/photo/2095/pbpic2095250.jpg
A first mock-up, with some new schwalbe fat frank's
![pbpic2097516.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ff6/ff66d82db0b693ae1bb4504aaa693c5b.jpg)
![pbpic2097522.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4cf/4cf86bbd0e9e9c14b0039963db992874.jpg)
nice hub
![pbpic2097509.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/3ca/3ca6dfbf1ae207c5ca648eed2c34818e.jpg)
My plans for finnishing this ride.
- maybe some pinstriping or graphics
- some nice 3-piece cranks
- A nice saddle ( a lepper or a brooks)
- maybe a springer or monark fork.
- or some forkstruts
suggestions, idea's, comments are more then welcome!