My father loved projects. Most of the time, I'm not so sure he really knew what he was doing but everything always got finished and looked great... on the outside. The best example would be our old garage which should be studied by the folks from CalTech for it's anti-gravitational abilities that allowed it to stand for many years at a 30 degree angle. My father, however, simply built a nice frame around the front of it so it looked straight from the front. When I was a kid, he would say "If I was feeling ambitious I'd ________" and then we'd promptly do whatever project was rolling around in his head. Well, in honor of my father, I'm allowing that ambition to rub off on me and for my "summer" vacation, I've decided to paint my bike frame. This basically involves stripping all of the moving parts off the bike; sanding, priming, and painting the bike; then figuring out how to put it all back together. Currently I'm just about finished with the painting phase, and everything is looking great... we'll see what happens when I begin to reassemble. I figured that if I can't get it back together, I know plenty of people who can do it for me. I'm not going to lie, this has been pretty relaxing. Oh dear, I am my father's daughter.
Also, I built this bike stand myself... it's amazing that for about $20.00 you can build what would cost much more at a store.
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I like the white. Seeing you taking on your project is inspiring. It'll be good to see it finished. Good luck in putting it back together =)!
Thanks... It's gonna be a seafoam green when it's done. Actually it's already done being painted, i'm just giving the enamel some time to dry before reassembling.
I love the color sea foam green! It's the color of Rebeca's quince dress! :)
I remember that garage. It did look great from the street, but it wasn't a place you wanted to walk into.
thats badass lisa
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