The Gay Warlock...Reborn

[jayfrizzo]

This winter I wanted to turn my 9-year-old 24" dirt jumper trail bike thingee into a buff single speed beast. Well, I'm done and stoked at the results. So stoked I'm starting a new thread.

Before: Old and ignored.



I found a local place to sandblast and powder coat the frame for pretty cheap ($80). Picked up a Woodman Bill SS built onto a Sun BMF 24" 36 Hole from Unreal Cycles (Thanks Ben!), and just reused the rest of the parts. I polished all the chrome and aluminum, too, so she'd bling.

Frame turned out pretty good:




And so did the bike. Side View:



Other side (with peg):


The bike rides fun as shit. I ended up using my old chainring so my ratio is 38:18, a little high but not bad judging by the 20-minute street ride I went on last night. I think DJing will be fine. With the steep head tube it rides waaay tigher than my Yeti, but I think I'll get used to it again.

The only bad thing about this whole project is that I can no longer be that old dude on that weird beat bike. I'm gonna have to ride this shiny bling machine and ride it hard. And frankly, I don't know if my pooner will let me.

But I say, fuck my pooner. Who wants to go to I-street? The U? Downtown?


J-

[Cornholio]

VERDICT: Not gat!

[scoober]

you got shocks, a peg.... LUCKY!

[bagtagley]

Cot Damn!

Nice makeover.

[slim]

What did you look under to find the sand blasting/powder coating? I've got an old Worksman cruiser that needs it's frame redone.

[SkiingBear]

Veeeerrrrryyyyyy niiiiiiicccceeee!!

Who did the sandblasting/painting? I just built a SS that's looking for some new skin...looks like they did good work on yours.

[jayfrizzo]

Thanks for the props everyone. I'm kinda dissapointed we're getting more snow -- I wanna ride!

Slim, I looked under "Powder Coating" for my city on http://yp.superpages.com.

Skiingbear, Jim at Pilkington did it: http://www.pilkingtonmetalfinishing.com. He may charge a bit more for road/mountain bikes, especially if you want to do a fork, too. But all the other places I called wanted $150 and up, so still a deal.

J-

[phUnk]

JayFrizzo more like GayFrizzo more like GayWarlock.

That's one tits looking bike. Nice, dude.

[Stu Gotz]

Frizzo Eye for the Dirt Jumpin' Guy

[boobookitty]

Thanks for the props everyone. I'm kinda dissapointed we're getting more snow -- I wanna ride!


J-

I can't believe you wrote that. My eyes are burning!

I just sat up from rolling under my desk and screaming from the pain.

You know you can ride I-street and it can still snow, and you can be happy. And more to the point, I can be happy cuz you'll be riding your baby blue bike and not scraping all the pow off my lines.

[Tap]

Are you going to send in your front wheel and have the spokes sand-blasted and painted black?

go big or go home! way to go, Frizzay!

[bigtrubs]

Have you taken it off any sweet jumps?

I bet you can get, like..... three feet of air some time. I, on the other hand, have to go practice my dance moves.

[Particle]

And more to the point, I can be happy cuz you'll be riding your baby blue bike and not scraping all the pow off my lines.

Ye who rides the Spatulas should not be talking smack of scraping off pow!

[boobookitty]

Oh, snap! But wait, have you ridden yours yet?