Uncle Dave’s Education Donation

[CRASH]

My son (the one on the right) is attending UC Davis. A bike friendly campus. He’s riding his Walmart cruiser. It’s slow, too much physical work to ride around, and it’s not holding up mechanically.

So you would think that his bike customizer dad would build him something wildly spectacular. No. Bike thieves are too prevalent. So I had requirements /goals.

- Fast / effiecient.
- Comfortable
- Reliable
- Stealhy (thieves won’t look twice at it)

I reached out to my friend Dave (@Pondo ) as I started my search. We talked about what I should look for. I thought a Hybrid would fit the bill. Turns out he had one. It had been given to him from his dad, so he was going to pay it forward by donating it to my son. Over the last week we’ve been discussing individual parts, what we think will be best for my kid at college, and he’s been piecing it together.

Dave will be on his way south for another bike on Saturday, so he’s even delivering it. When he does, the project will begin.

 

[Pondo]

I'm glad it's going to a good home. I'm looking forward to seeing the new paint job.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Stealhy (thieves won’t look twice at it)

Better remove the Bianchi graphics and Tange stickers. Steel hybrids converted to gravel is the next big thing. That's a nice bike

 

[Wildcat]

Some Roadmaster decals would negate the need for a lock.

 

[Pondo]

Ready to roll

 

[Pondo]

The bars are early 90s vintage Zoom Brahma bars. I had these on my campus bike back then. Not to mention the vintage Pedro's Bobke Prayer Stix grips.

 

[CRASH]

Bike received! Now I need parts money and purchasing time!

 

[Pondo]

A paint job like this should suffice

 

[Pondo]

Or the murdered out look

Camo!

Those are kind of fancy. My college bike looked more like this

 

[Pondo]

Camouflage?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1966829575...3AndUltBRecall&_trksid=p4481478.c101506.m1851

 

[CRASH]

With a Wal-Mart clearance price tag of $33 flapping from the handlebars

 

[ParkRNDL]

All this talk of bikes getting stolen at college... too real. I gave my son a Murray BeachComber cruiser to use at college and it got stolen. Then his buddy saw it parked in front of an academic building and called him. The buddy waited around for backup and my son ran over and stole it back. I ended up building it up for RRBBO 18.

 

[Pondo]

Use a cheap cable lock laced with Det cord. That should slow them down a bit

 

[ingola]

Use a cheap cable lock laced with Det cord. That should slow them down a bit

I prefer the six pack method...

 

[CRASH]

Parts finally purchased. Tires are coming from England, so may be a few.

 

[Endlesschain]

Do what the amateurs do here in NZ spray paint the whole bike stolen black make sure to have paint drips on the frame, I don't think a thief will steal a bike that looks like it's already been stolen

 

[CRASH]

I’m using this for inspiration

 

[CRASH]

Took me all day to tape this ridiculous pattern. I wanted subtle and I got stupid. We’ll see how it looks.

 

[Pondo]

That’s cool, I like the battleship theme

 

[CRASH]

That’s cool, I like the battleship theme

I’m shooting “Iron” over the original green. So not exactly battleship colors.