The Fleet.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:13 am
As they are lower on the priority list I've had these for a while, not doing much.
Cyclops from council cleanup. When found it had been hacked a bit. The saddle was in two bits held together by some shelving steel and duct tape. The stem was half cut through, like with a hacksaw, and bars missing. Replaced the bars with some that I widened and switched the saddle from the Skywagen below after repairing the original saddle. As the guard and sissy bar were painted already I painted the bars etc to match and added the chainguard. Think I need to paint the seatpost now.
This Skywagen was off ebay, with another. It came with the saddle above, but when I repaired it figured it would suit a ratty style better so switched it in. The saddle was repaired from two rusty bits, split across the middle. Chose hessian because cheap, and I didn't have any Mexican blankets around. I also used a spoke to hold the back guard in place as the stays were gone. The sissy bar had a couple of suitable holes on position for that. Otherwise, except tyres (scrounged), this is in 'as purchased' condition. I rode it to work once for a laugh.
Might fill in the back of the seat one day, I've got a few large reflectors to whack on there.
Thirdly, a 16".
Not the original banana seat, it didn't come with one. No idea what they were thinking with the brandingon this. It's not for a BMX and what self respecting 16" sized rider is ging to want to have baby land stamped on their bike!
2 more to come after some more paint and fender construction.
Cyclops from council cleanup. When found it had been hacked a bit. The saddle was in two bits held together by some shelving steel and duct tape. The stem was half cut through, like with a hacksaw, and bars missing. Replaced the bars with some that I widened and switched the saddle from the Skywagen below after repairing the original saddle. As the guard and sissy bar were painted already I painted the bars etc to match and added the chainguard. Think I need to paint the seatpost now.
This Skywagen was off ebay, with another. It came with the saddle above, but when I repaired it figured it would suit a ratty style better so switched it in. The saddle was repaired from two rusty bits, split across the middle. Chose hessian because cheap, and I didn't have any Mexican blankets around. I also used a spoke to hold the back guard in place as the stays were gone. The sissy bar had a couple of suitable holes on position for that. Otherwise, except tyres (scrounged), this is in 'as purchased' condition. I rode it to work once for a laugh.
Might fill in the back of the seat one day, I've got a few large reflectors to whack on there.
Thirdly, a 16".
Not the original banana seat, it didn't come with one. No idea what they were thinking with the brandingon this. It's not for a BMX and what self respecting 16" sized rider is ging to want to have baby land stamped on their bike!
2 more to come after some more paint and fender construction.