Healing Ladies Bike - Shed Find!
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Postby AnnaLB » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:09 pm
So would you recommend the 27" wheels then? Because I would really love to put whitewalls on it!!
I would love to see a picture of your wife's Healing. I haven't seen many of them. I am not so keen on red... although it looks lovely, it's not really my colour. I like all of the pastel colours, but the fact that all of the new 'vintage' repros have been painted in pastel colours puts me off.
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Re: Healing Ladies Bike - Shed Find!
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Postby AnnaLB » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:20 pm
I have now painted mine in a lovely 'Galaxy Blue'. I will get a picture tomorrow. Next step is some white details, then clear coating.
Bought myself this beautiful Bell seat for it the other day too.
She's going to look so lovely... I'm getting excited!
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Postby AnnaLB » Sat Sep 27, 2014 10:50 am
Now, WHEELS AND TYRES!
I have no clue at all on the subject. I will go for the 27" ones. I have found all the bits, all from the same store, which are 27" x 1-1/4"... will that do?
These are the ones I am looking at.
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http://www.bicyclestore.com.au/tioga-bi ... -tube.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby AnnaLB » Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:43 am
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Postby AnnaLB » Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:10 pm
I am ready to paint some details on it now, but am unsure which bits to paint. Did some dodgy photoshop jobs to try and figure something out, but I still don't know. Thoughts?
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Postby Imwit » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:25 pm
Something for the down and seat tubes too?
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Postby AnnaLB » Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:54 pm
Suggestions? I am totally new at this. I had wondered if I should, but had no idea. I don't want to use Healing decals. Would rather a clean simple look.Imwit wrote:Agreed. Looks good.
Something for the down and seat tubes too?
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Postby AnnaLB » Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:44 am
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Postby AnnaLB » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:39 pm
I haven't made a huge amount of progress lately. My package came with my wheels, tyres, tubes, and handlebars. Today I rubbed as much rust as I could off the chainring/cranks and clear coated them. They look okay, very pitted, but far better than they did! Maybe I will get them rechromed one day, but not at the moment. I also stripped the mudguards and have primed them. I will paint them the same dark blue, but will paint a white stripe down the raised part in the middle, so there will be a long line down the whole length.
Nearly up to the reassembly part, which I am nervous about, because some of the bits are stuffed. The piece that you thread the handlebars into to attach them to the bike is fully seized with the old bars in them (or maybe they were made like that? They seem VERY seized, and there is no nut to loosen to remove them... thoughts/ideas?) Apart from that, it should be fun to get it back together without scratching anything!
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Postby ldrcycles » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:10 pm
AnnaLB wrote: Nearly up to the reassembly part, which I am nervous about, because some of the bits are stuffed. The piece that you thread the handlebars into to attach them to the bike is fully seized with the old bars in them (or maybe they were made like that? They seem VERY seized, and there is no nut to loosen to remove them... thoughts/ideas?) Apart from that, it should be fun to get it back together without scratching anything!
Ah i reckon they are like the bar/stem combo on my wife's Healing, it is all one piece. From the photos the bars look like they've pretty well had it, but most bike shops (especially ones that sell a lot of cruisers/ladies bikes) will have suitable replacement handlebars and stems for a reasonable price. As an indication, bars on ebay are $25-35 plus post.
I look forward to seeing the mudguards with the stripe, they should look great .
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Postby AnnaLB » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:34 pm
The new bars that I got have no rise at all, they are very flat... this could either look awesome or awful! The old ones didn't have much or a rise, so it should look okay.
Put some blue paint on the guards today... they're going to look nice. Can't wait to put it all together, I can only imagine how it will look, it will be good to see if it turns out as I picture it!
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Postby ldrcycles » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:35 pm
Yep, just make sure you get a stem to suit the bars you have, as there are 25.4mm and 26.0mm options. (measured at the centre ribbed section).AnnaLB wrote: Unfortunately I already bought some new bars... can I buy the stem separately?
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