1996...ish Market Bike

KayOs

Dyna-Tech Fan
Since my girlfriend's old Peugeot drove like an anchor, a replacement was needed. It had to be green, preferably neon green, able to carry the shopping, not too expensive and unattractive enough not to be stolen in the city.

Since I couldn't find a ready-made bike like this anywhere and wanted to paint again, I found something on Ebay.

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So I dismantled it and looked for parts from the leftover box and bought some new ones, ordered colours and I was ready to go.

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Now sanding was the order of the day....

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Then prime and paint...

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So that the frame doesn't look so empty, I needed an inscription. Since it was going to be a bike for lugging the shopping home, "Drahtesel" seemed fitting. That's a German name for a bicycle, since it's basically just a donkey made of "wire".

My daughter then scribbled the lettering and I made a stencil out of it and painted it on.

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Since no bicycle is complete without a head badge and we were already on the subject of donkeys, I looked for a suitable picture and made one.

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Then everything just had to be put together and the project was finished.
 
Nicely done!

The headbadge view pic is excellent, shows how this new paintjob emphasises the frames qualities.
I like this frame, what is that originally? A Gekko?
 
Thank you all! I'm happy she likes the bike too. I'd love to also ride it but it's to small for me.
 
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