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I got the itch today to throw some parts on my current frame and forks today, so I could take it for a very gentle shakedown ride.
The frame and forks are a 2018 (I think) WTP Trust. Cost me £12. They were part of an estate clearance and had been left in the back garden to rust. They were once matt black or a dark grey... hard to tell... but they had been scratched and dinked, so had gone very scabby all over. Not pretty.
Full strip down, rust flush inside the frame (Hydrate 80) and Hydrate 80 brushed on the outside too.
Usually I take these to my friend's paint shop and spray paint them properly, but I wanted to do this bike quickly and not care too much about it.
So I used the brush-on primer for Tekaloid coach enamel, and then a coat of Tekaloid black.
Flatted back for a smooth surface, and then the childlike nonsense began.
I have gold and black Signwriter's enamel to hand, so I just went into exciteable child mode and slapped it all over the place. I built it up layer by layer... from black with a bit of gold in it, to gold with bit of black in it, and finally pure gold stripes to finish off.
Then I built it up out of parts from my parts bin. Not very good parts, but I didn't want to spend ANY money at all on this. It is a bona fide parts bin banger.
The one piece seat and handlebars are Cult, from another Cult I did a while back. Bars were light grey, now gloss black. The grips are Eclat freebies from Source BMX when I was spending way too much money on all the latest parts a while back. The stem will be a point of much derision for some I am sure, but I really love the brutal simplicity of two rectangular blocks with no design features. It's an SE stem off a So Cal Flyer. Not tightened correctly just yet. Uneven gaps. Salt headset I bought for another project but never used.
Front wheel has a GT 14mm Hub which I have converted to take a 10mm axle (cuz 10mm fork dropouts). The rim is a wide, thickwall single layer alloy rim. Good for general thrashing but would fold instantly on a heavy landing.
Front tire will be replaced by a new Oddysey Pathfinder as per the rear. Ideally I'd ideally like 230s but the Odysseys are in my parts bin so *shrugs*. They are 210s (I think). The Kenda Kiniption currently on the front has cracked all the way around both sides, so would blow almost instantly on landing.
The chainwheel is a Fly 23t which I painted black from emerald green. The cranks are off the GT for now, as they were very light. Were brown, now gloss black. I will strip and paint the Fly cranks at some point because these are 175s and I prefer 165s (Flys are 170). I had two brand new BB bearings so they went in today. Pedals are Odyssey Twists because I had them in my parts bin.
Chain is a skinny horrible piece of shit Cult thing that could well be 15 years old, but it'll do until it snaps. I don't have a matching half link so for now the rear wheel is almost popping out the stays in an effort to make the chain reasonably taut. I might slam the back wheel if I can make the chain work that way.
Overall, it looks a bit like Bet Lynch's favourite coat (UK reference) and I might actually christen it "The Lynch"
Hate away. I'll be trying to sell this for as much as possible once I've had a bit of fun on it and changed the last few bits over.
It will remain brakeless. I only have horrible Tektro units off the two shit bikes I bought recently. The levers are truly horrible looking, so I'm not going to put brakes on this.
- Remove one "today"Horp
- Pathfinders are 185s.
Skinny bastards.Horp - I will be taking The Lynch to my local ramps tomorrow, once the tire is changed and I can be sure all the bolts are tight. So I might die.Horp
- I quite like the idea of skinny tireswhen everyone else is going fat though. I'm a belligerent cunt like that.Horp
- Same with the SE bar clamp. I could put a really nice Eclat one on, but this one will annoy people. I sometimes put my clamp upside down for that reason too :DHorp
- Oh no I think I upvoted myself. Gat thumbs, tiny phone screen.Horp
- Throw them bars.garbage
- Bars are a tad too far back for me right now. But I wont be going Chicago, just a little more upright for a neutral steer.Horp
- What is it with you and bars Garbage? Did get beat up for having Chicago bars? You set those bars however you want them. Anybody says anything... whupass.Horp