After much much waiting, I've finally finished with my bike project. I completely dismantled what was already a singlespeed. Grinded off the needless bits on the frame, and sent it away for a sandblasing, priming, and powdercoat. Also got a new wheelset. All in all I'm happy with the result. Although I think the powdercoat added a noticable amount of weight to the bike.
I'll probably still upgrade some components along the way, but the major job is done.
And yesterday, I rode home from work, the full roughly 35km, without brakes! That takes some getting used to.
(buying a helmet is on my to do list, especially after my cycle/car collision in January where I lucked out by having my rear wheel lock up and fish tailing so I didn't hit T-bone the car completely, but body checked it instead).
-Frame in the before/during stage (for good measure) - you can see where I grinded away the cable routing on the top tube
-chrome fork - this was apparently a big point of contention as to weather or not you can powdercoat chromed parts
-my new(ish) fixie - I like the fenders on this, needed with a white bike, and these fenders are fairly subtle
-Crazy Canadian - this is the sticker one of my bosses at work made up on the sticker machine, it works.
4 comments:
now i want to do something similar to my singlespeed mountain bike. although i kind of like having it look a little crapped off so it doesn't look too nice for thieves.
It's called getting a big thick chain lock.
Nice style. Fenders are sweet. Is the bike white or is the sun making it look off-white?
Did it cost you a lot to powder coat?
Fenders are sweet (in a land where it rains a lot), and it is white, it's just the lighting that makes it look off white.
Powder coating, not cheap (but not too bad I think), but I think I'll get a deal if I get another frame to powdercoat.
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