What bike did you work on today?

[Porkchop & Applesauce]

I love the linseed oil treatment but i was really on the fence with this 41 because its 90% rust. Today i said hell with it and went after it.
Heavy scrub and dry and then BLO. Looks good, nice and dark...like an artifact!
Bike actually has a really unique look and will look awesome with my tire choice.

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Look at tacochris cleaning the crust off those beauties! They’re looking loved and amazing! Nice work!! Love it!!

 

[Porkchop & Applesauce]

Which ones next tacochris….did ya say phantom!? Lmao!

 

[tacochris]

Which ones next tacochris….did ya say phantom!? Lmao!

Haha man im slow. Ill think about something for 6 months and mull it over before I do it. The crust on this one was loose and really rough so i felt it deserved better.
i just did my 52 phantom, it looks friggin amazing!

 

[Girlbike]

Good morning!
Thank you for the compliment! I have been wet sanding them with 1500 before clear coating them. I’m also using an automotive grade clear coat and that makes a big difference too! Just love the patina so much that I want to preserve it for as long as possible!! Good to see that someone is saving those girl bikes! I’ve been seeing less and less of them at the swap meets. I suspect that someday the market might flip and those girls bikes are going to be sought after!

It's kinda happening now around here. The prices have gone up a lot anyway. Where you could buy a Schwinn Breeze for 20 bucks, sellers are looking for 120 now.
Recently I picked up a cool American flyer the guy had for sale along with a red Catalina and a Murray or something. The girlbikes were bought right away at asking price, leaving the boy's for me to swoop in and pick up at 50 percent. They weren't in that much better shape.

 

[dasberger]

Got around to peeling the masking tape off my phantom fender light. It was in primer and pretty rough and pitted when I got it so I'm pretty happy with the results. Color match is decent as well. Still needs to be polished I've just been waiting for the clear to cure. I also picked up a NOS pair of 80's Coker repop Silvertowns last week so "El Rojo" is one step closer to rolling again!

 

[dasberger]

Not so much a bike but started unpacking and organizing my new ND cabinet and parts... thanks again @Jesse McCauley!

I also got a bike packed and ready to ship to another CABER. Somewhere in that mess is a '42 Rollfast! Back at the Phantom tomorrow....

 

[ian]

Not so much a bike but started unpacking and organizing my new ND cabinet and parts... thanks again @Jesse McCauley!

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I also got a bike packed and ready to ship to another CABER. Somewhere in that mess is a '42 Rollfast! Back at the Phantom tomorrow....

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Looks like a spider got ahold of it!

 

[BrianInPA]

Been kicking around the idea of putting modern parts on this old Shelby and making it a rider. Picked up a donor '67ish Sears bike over the weekend and was happy to see the wheels, bottom bracket, cranks and gears all work on this bike pretty well! Long term I'll get the wheels done up, but gonna enjoy it in the meantime . The pic again the tree is how it was found, under a porch someone's was rebuilding

 

[dnc1]

Been kicking around the idea of putting modern parts on this old Shelby and making it a rider. Picked up a donor '67ish Sears bike over the weekend and was happy to see the wheels, bottom bracket, cranks and gears all work on this bike pretty well! Long term I'll get the wheels done up, but gonna enjoy it in the meantime . The pic again the tree is how it was found, under a porch someone's was rebuilding

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I would've ridden it as found, lol.
I do love me some patina!

 

[WillWork4Parts]

Well, that's one way to remove a cotter....ride it til the nuts fall off!

Working with what I've got, but I can finally say I've got one I can ride.