I notice a few people on the Forum here are into cycling a bit, so I thought I would share a bicycle project I'd recently finished. It is a single speed I rebuilt from a bike someone left out to be thrown away.

Here are the before and after shots. This is the fourth bike I own now, I really have to slow down !! Anyway, I'll have more time for modelling now this project is done. Any other cyclists out there, post your rides as well, I'd be curious to check them out.

Before



After



Mmmm white chain, tasty - all those alloy parts were hand polished as well

It looks nice. Good job on it. I recently rebuilt a 1956 J.C. Higgins (Sears & Roebuck) cruiser bike for my daughter. The bike was her grandmother's and in really rough shape. It had about 3 coats of various colored paint and lots of surface rust. Unfortunately, I didn't take any before pics. I was lucky to find some replacement parts and the head badge on eBay. I also found a company that makes reproduction decals for it.

Here are the completed pics.






It was a great father - daughter project and my daughter loves it. I think it came out pretty nicely.

It does mate, it looks really good ! My old man helped me with a couple of bits, he turned up some axle spacers on his lathe and some other bits and pieces. He wants to find an old BSA or Raleigh to do up.