Bits n Bobs

Over the last week have connected up the front brake cable, bolted up the new rear sprocket and spacers and carefully shaped the seat base. Need to source some high-density foam for the seat padding and make a front fixing to fix the front part of the seat. Also need to make a bracket to fix the front mudguard to the forks.

Crispy Custom seat

Decided to have a go at making my own custom seat base like the low-profile styles that are popular at the moment. My father used to do auto-trimming in his shed, so I have a good idea of whats involved. The plan is to fabricate the seat base in mdf and foam and then get an auto-trimmer to cover it in vinyl.
The photos show the seat base and rear mounting points.

Rolling frame

Got a new tyre fitted to the rear wheel on Saturday and bolted it up, just need to fine tune the wheel spacers and wait for the sprocket to arrive. Got rid of the tailight bracket etc and seat and am now thinking I really need a really low profile cafe style seat! Also wired on the front mudguard to see what kind of bracket I need to make and bolted on the bars. Starting to really look like a bike that will go somewhere some day

Rear tyre/wheel fitted

I now have a rolling chassis. To do list consists of fine tuning of the wheel and sprocket spacers. Have removed the inner rear mudguard as it looks a bit naff. Waiting for new sprockets to turn up before doing the fine tuning.