I bought a Sears bicycle for $15 at my local thrift store. I replaced the forks with the ones from the Columbia 26" bike that I bought earlier. for $15. The back tire was replaced with one that I found in someone's trash.
I replaced the crank and sprocket with a slightly larger one and used spare parts (seat and handle bar) that I already had to give it more of a cruiser appearence.
Still working on it...
Purchased a 26" Columbia bicycle for $15 at a thrift store.
Painted the frame, added a longer banana seat, new pedals, and chopper forks.
K-Mart 20" bike originally with a banana seat but was outfitted with BMX accessories. Took everything apart, cleaned all pieces, and painted frame.
Wheels and tires are from a Huffy 20" bike (pictured earlier). Also, added new forks, stem and handle bars, new seat and sissy bar, new fenders, new chairn, and new pedals.
During the past week, my interest in bicycles was renewed after going bicycle shopping with someone. That person bought a Raleigh Venture. When I got home, I found a Rollfast 26" women's bike at a local thrift shop. I'm in the process of fixing it up. Sorry, I did not take a picture of the bike before I started.
So far, I disassembled everything, sanded and painted the frame, swapped and painted the forks (from my Roadmaster bike), sanded and painted the wheels, greased the bearings, and attached the forks.
I ordered a new crank bearing set. After they arrive next week, I'll attach the crank and pedals, put the tires back onto the wheels, attach the wheels and chain, replace the stem and handles bars, put on new grips, and put on a new seat.
Just finished painting the fenders.
I bought this Schwinn 10-speed bike sometime in 2006. I don't think I'll change it--just clean it up a little.
OK, I guess I'm done with this one as soon as I reattach some pieces.
Here's a Huffy 20" bicycle from the 1980s. I wanted to extend the forks to make it a chopper, but I never got around to learning how to weld.
Instead, I made it a low rider style bike. I used Bondo on the frame and painted it metallic red. It was finished with a banana seat, sissy bar, handle bars, head light, mirrors, fenders, wheels, and 26" bent forks.
It was difficult to ride with the bent forks, so I replaced the front with straight forks.
I used a single crank gear by the pedals (making it 5 gears instead of a 10),gave it balloon tires, chrome fenders, old school front forks (the original forks are now on the Rollfast bike), and attached old school handle bars.
Rollfast 26" women's bike ($20), primer, blue, and tan paint ($10), bearings and hardware ($18), reflector and bracket ($8), and grips ($4).
