A magic trick. Turning lemons into watermelons....

[Midschoolfool]

[BMX1973]

Love the work and finish you have done on this. 

[Midschoolfool]

Thanks dude. There is no beating 2k tbh.

Unfortunately everything has ground to a halt. I contracted Covid about 6 weeks ago. I honestly thought I was going to die. It lasted a month. I did not go out, not even one, for a month. Which screwed me in the head a bit. I then went to my mother's for 4 days, and got a cold from her.

FFS.

Oh well. As soon as Christmas is over I will go to BQ and get me some MDF.

[Mikku]

Sorry to hear about that mate. Hopefully all's good now and you can start playing with bikes again.

[Midschoolfool]

Thanks Mick.

I did get up and start cleaning up the loft so I can do bikes in it. It was a bit of a building site. I mostly just sat there though staring into space.

I want to finish my STA now. So a big push needed. Tyres need changing. I have to replace the Pitbull 1 (broken) with the completely sorted Pitbull 2. I took that up. I also bought grips for it too.



Problem is the bars. I painted them with cheap acrylic and it has gone home. It was also a bit of a rush job. The good thing is I have plenty of black base coat left, and, you can order a 250ml 2k clear for around 17 quid. So yeah. Hoping we get some warmer days. I only need like, one.

But yeah mostly I have just been sat around doing very little. Housework mainly so I don't drown in rubbish.

[Midschoolfool]

I'm going to build this this coming summer.

I bought chrome wheels for the STA and now I have a spare set of mid school nos wheels.

So they're going on the schwinn. I've bought a nos premium products 9t rear hub and will replace the hub on the pink gsports.

I've bought some odyssey cranks that came on the pro model and have a fork and bars lined up.

So yeah expect to see this in the summer.

[Midschoolfool]

OK so a bit more on this. I did put out the feelers for stamped Sunday forks. Nothing. The only set I could find were brand new and even on sale  they  were 90 quid. And then of course they need repainting. Bars I can get for 60 quid. And then need painting. TBH I think the colour scheme is way more important to me than who made the parts.

As such I found these NOS from 2013 for 30 quid delivered  with DPD. And they are stunning. However, the main magic trick here is they are white. Meaning I do not need to pay 15 quid for a  can of white base coat to put under the green. As such all I need to do is remove the decals and scuff, then paint slime green.



The bullet legs are stunning.





Also, with the Aaron Ross bikes the bars are 8.25. I mean, I doubt I will ever ride it but yeah... I wanted 9.5. So again, brand new and importantly in white so I have way less paint to pay for and do.



Again, 100% chromoly and white. 30 quid delivered also.

I need to get the rear wheel rebuilt as it's on a freewheel atm. So I bought this for 26 delivered. NOS.



Anno strip, caustic bath, painted gloss  black to match the front Profile.

I bought Wombolts.



Again, slime green (I have pink pedals). Do note all of these parts will have ants on. I have tons left lol.

OK then over to CR for some goodies. First up, tyres. Usually people fit pink tyres but I am not sold tbh. These were 18 quid each new.



I bought a 22mm BB, headset and a tripod seat. More on that later and why I chose that.

[Midschoolfool]

Almost forgot that.

I also bought this.



For a good reason. I am going to try and custom cover the seat. With this.



Problem is with pivotal is that there is a sewn section for the allen key. And I can't do that. I've had one of those Alone saddles before, and because it is tripod and just basic covering I reckon I may be able to do it. If I can then I will get a tripod post (tidier look IMO) but if not I have only invested 13 quid in total.

We'll see. Depends how stretchy the material is.