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The boy (Jack aged 2) goes mental when he sees daddy's big yellow Nicolai come home of an evening. After donning his goggles and fireman helmet, he sits on the top tube and steers it down the corridor, so for Christmas I thought I get him his own.
As daddy can't afford another Nicolai he would have to settle for something a bit cheaper. NBT was getting shot of a kids bike for free! and it was just the right size!!! (or atleast it will be by chrimbo) so 'Project: Jack's chrimbo prez' began slightly earlier than expected.
so here it is before
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couple of broken spokes, rusty hubs, a ripped seat.... nothing major and nothing that a bit of tlc couldn't make good.
let stripping commence!
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nearly stripped
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didn't come up too bad
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pre-powder coaters
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post-powder coaters (daddy's bike looking on)
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let the rebuild begin! original Nicolai head badge mmmmmmm
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stencilled the rest (thank you Simon@Nicolai)
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a kick ass saddle and we're done!!
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more pics here
[url] http://jackrestore.fotopic.net/c1771477.html [/url]
I like it and I'm sure Jack will. Dunno if he will appreciate the effort but who cares.
That's cool and sweet.
If I was 2 yrs old and my dad did that for me then it would be the best present ever. 😀
Thats truly mega bloke, bet he loves it.
😛
Whoopsie Hoopsie - the fella's got a better bike than you!
Will you be my Daddy?
What a bloke. 😀
Brilliant.
That carpet.....!
The HORROR! THE HORROR!
(Great bike, though!)
Nice job there,fella.
Just one observation though......
You've put the downtube decal on the wrong way round,as in 'mirror image'
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CaptainFlashheart - Member
That carpet.....!The HORROR! THE HORROR!
(Great bike, though!)
The carpet might be a horror story but his kid probably has better local trails than you... 😉
Great work, he'll love it.
I was lucky that all my bikes are black and they made the kiddies ones in black too so I was saved all that work.
I suspect you're making some of the rest of us feel like inadequate dads though...
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Daddy Kool
Glad to see things being re-used and improved. Are you going to get a proper bike now?
damn good job there! its nice sorting bike for the kids... My son rode for the 1st time last weekend without training wheels, he got just over 50 meters!! 🙂
I think thats cool and bet it cost you less than buying a new one which makes sense considering how long it will be used for
That's great. Did a similar thing for my lad. 20" wheels. He loves it. Stripped it down, resprayed, logo'd up with SixSixOne!
Now he's outgrown it and we're currently looking to get him a 24" MTB. His little sister is now inheriting it, and I've got to strip it down again and repaint it; either red or pink!
That is sweet, when I was a young lad, I had this crappy bmx which my dad stripped, sprayed proper aluminous(?) yellow, did everything else matt black (including the mag wheels) and it was the bees knees!
david_r - sorry for the hijack - I'll have a 24" Kona Hula in metallic green available shortly. can do pics etc if you're interested lukeDOTburstowAThotmailDOTcoDOTuk
hoops, get the satilisers (& cranks off) & get him balancing on it. Much better option for learning IME
Nice job though - better than the one I did for my daughter once - bike from the tip, resprayed pinky purple & put some sticky stars & disney crap on it, then lacquer. Looked quite passable from a distance 🙄