Top Fool

[Psychographic]

I gave up on trying to turn the bars, I went with a straight sanding to give them a brushed finish. Even though I went full length with my sanding strokes, there are dark spots showing that are from the light reflecting off the scratches in low light. It looks OK in full light, hopefully when I add brake levers and grips it will distract your eye enough to be acceptable.

At least the cranks look good.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

 

[SpikeFC]

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Right now You are my painting guru...

 

[Psychographic]

Right now You are my painting guru...

Wait till I break out something like this.

or this,

 

[Psychographic]

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There's more coming, I just painted the seatpost clamp, parts of the rear spring and I have parts of the derailleur done. I have the main body of the derailleur left to do, that is going to be a royal pain to sand and paint!

 

[OddJob]

Dude, you're gonna hafta paint that frame. This jewelry needs a nice muted background to pop on!

 

[dropstep]

Jesus that’s a lot of pretty paint, very time consuming for sure!

 

[Psychographic]

Derailleur is done. The lower arms have been turned, the center part wouldn't shine up, but a TF sticker distracts your eye enough to not be so noticeable.

I'm missing the top pivot cover. I bet it's a 1 in a million shot of ever finding another one.

Much better with a silver background and right side up.

 

[SpikeFC]

Purely amazing...

 

[Psychographic]

Chainring is here, time to start working on the chainguard.

 

[Psychographic]

My pedal taps showed up last night, no more wobbly pedals for test rides!

Now I need to find some nice looking and affordable pedals. I think I want black, as I like how the gold, black, and chrome look together.

I found a pair I like, I should have them next week.

 

[SpikeFC]

Gold chains maybe?

 

[Psychographic]

Gold chains maybe?

I like that idea.

 

[OddJob]

Gold chains maybe?

Around the neck, or the chain ring?

 

[handyandy1100]

I pity the fool that don't like gold chains!

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[Psychographic]

Around the neck, or the chain ring?

Stop being silly, it's winter, of course he meant tire chains!

 

[Psychographic]

Starting on the chain guard. I laid everything out on my sign program and cut some scrap vinyl for my pattern. Then I used a pair of electric shears to cut out the basic shape. The piece of metal was about 1/4" too short, I had to weld a small piece to the small end of the guard to make it long enough.

I'm going to make my bends before cutting out the centers. I'm hoping this will give it some rigidity and help with the cutting.

 

[Psychographic]

I trimmed it up with hand shears.

After the top and bottom was bent 90 degrees, I cut and welded in the two rounded ends. After a little grinding I've got it roughed into shape and ready to work on the mounts.

Set in place and resting on the chain.

 

[Psychographic]

Working on the front mount.

I had to change the opening in the back to have space for a rear mount.

 

[OddJob]

Nice work on the guard. It will be fun to see a full view of the bike soon. How far down the list of parts mods are you?

No rush, I'm just anxious to see it together!