Showing posts with label bicycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bicycle. Show all posts

Monday, 15 October 2012

The Vintage Road Racer

Retro Bike
Retro Bike




How annoying is that? Going to work by bike and back home,
by bus.
Lately my city commuter was stolen just in front of my working place.

Anyway one thing was for sure, I need a new bicycle.
My coworker offered me his old Boschetti road bike, from the 80's,
which immediately turned into my new project.....:
"The Vintage Racer"

Boschetti road bike
Boschetti Road Bike

I started to disassemble the entire bicycle, checked all the parts
and decided which I keep using. As well I wanted a new paint.
The frame had to be prepared with sanding and cleaning.

Bike frame
Boschetti Frame




My workshop/cellar now also turned into a small (very)
spray booth.
I chose a metallic silver for the frame.

Bike frame
Spray painted frame



With the newly ordered parts arriving, the reassembling was
about to begin. The idea was to combine the silver frame with
brown leather that gives the racer a vintage look.

fixie singlespeed
Vintage Racer


As you can see in the picture above,
I replaced the drop bar with a flat bar.
I like the look of a fixie or single speed,
in this case the difference is that i kept all
the gears. As well I preferred to keep the
entire Shimano 600 system inclusive the
bar end shifters which were transferred to
the flat bar and now required adapters
to get them work.

Flat Bar Road Bike
Flat Bar


It finally looks fine for me and a stolen bike turned into
an opportunity.

Retro Bike
Retro Bike



Saturday, 4 August 2012

Urban Bicycle

Retro Bike
Retro Bike




My wife loves old bicycles same as I do. So we started to look
and tried to find a used vintage bike to pimp.
A friend finally found his sister's bike, from the early seventies,
in his dad's shed.


old bike
Old Bike

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I decided to disassemble every single part and rebuild it with
a totally new urban style look. Since it was the wish of my wife,
I used a matt baby blue for the frame and the mud guards.




baby blue frame
Baby blue bicycle frame


                                                                          


Retro Bike
Retro Bike






Most of the parts were replaced with nicer
and more functional accessories. At least
my love was delighted when she saw it
and I think it is a cool
urban cruiser


Retro Bike
Retro Bike