You’ve heard me go on about this for the last month or so, but finally the Chopper Mod Project is finally complete. I hit a bit of a snag a week or so ago when I threaded a crank and a pedal fell off, but today the replacement arrived, marking the final piece in the … Continue reading
Yet another Chopper related post. No real text this time though, just some videos that I made of the process thus far. It might help explain why I’ve done each step, if you’re interested in that sort of thing.
It took hours more than I expected, but I finally managed to strip down completely bare whilst in my carpark. I’m on about the Chopper frame, obviously. (Yes, I’ve stumped that low to sexing up and whoring out my SEO.) Due to some rather silly errors by myself, it ended up taking almost fifteen hours … Continue reading
A rather particular title for this post, but being at this is an ongoing project, it seemed like the only way to correctly do it and track the progress timeline. Today, I began the construction – well, the deconstruction – of the Chopper, ready to begin painting in the next couple of days. Now, this … Continue reading
I’ve always been heavy into bikes and cycling. When I was a kid, every Sunday when my dad was out cleaning his car I’d be there alongside him, detailing my bicycles. One year, my dad got a book that was called something like “The Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance”, and I eagerly read it cover … Continue reading
Bikes. I’ve owned a lot of bikes in the past. I was thinking about it the other day and realised I’ve owned nine ‘proper’ bikes in my life. By proper, I don’t mean trikes or any kiddy shite like that. All proper bikes. With wheel. And brakes. Most of the time at least. From what … Continue reading
I finally completed the paint job on the bike
Every now and again, I have a really good idea, and last night was one of those times. I was giving the flat a good once over after clearing the gym room of paint and doing my workout and I came across an old wardrobe frame. You know the kind, the ones you get in … Continue reading
What do you do when you’ve spent 14 hours designing and painting a bike that you end up not liking the design? Simple, you get out the glasspaper and scrub it all off, so last night, that’s exactly what I did; well, started to anyway. It’s going to be a monster effort to do it … Continue reading
There was another big thing that went on this weekend, I finished the paint job on my bike. Hurrah! Shame that I don’t like it though, so I’m going to sand it all down and start again. It’s not that I don’t like the colours or anything, but I really should have done a masking … Continue reading
