well....its got fat tyres!

a.davis12

Old School Hero
this is posted in full in the road section, but i know not many people venture there, and it also has "lets see your skinny wheeled bikes" in the title subscript.

basically started like this:
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paint on its death bed, rear hub wrecked, both rims meh, tyres an obscure size not worth procuring....so i got a busy.
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then i got lazy and bike sat for a while. then i got unlazy and finished the thing.

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it does however now have a sturmey archer thumb shifter with the ugly plastic bit removed for blingy chromeness, and brooks grips are on their way.
 
my new screen saver! 8)

My new project is going down the same lines. I'm waiting in for the big van of lovelyness to turn up as I write.

Ever noticed that white van man drives really slowly when it's something you're waiting for? tarts! :wink:



al. The sun is shinning and I feel fantastic.
 
Mark65":1oza2z5n said:
Hi
That looks great and really cool , what did you paint the frame with pls?

Mark

frame was powdercoated and the stars were done with just stock standard model paint.
 
lovely 8)

the rear hub is also a sturmey ? - how many speeds ?
with drum brake ?

love the handlebar . What is it ? goog old steel stuff rejuvenated ? or else ?
and upside down ? :wink:
 
bduc61":1j8jytsr said:
lovely 8)

the rear hub is also a sturmey ? - how many speeds ?
with drum brake ?

love the handlebar . What is it ? goog old steel stuff rejuvenated ? or else ?
and upside down ? :wink:

3spd with drum.

shhhhhhh! yep, upside down girly bars!
 
Ooh, nice bike! And that front hub is beautiful...
Can I ask, what rims are you running to get away with those tyres?
 
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