Ok I plan to design and build a gate for my back garden using a bike as an integral part of the steel gate.

To this end – I am asking if anyone on here can help me with some of the items that I require.

I am booked in on a ‘creative blacksmithing’ course in May at West Dean college near Chichester and would need all the items before then.

I have a good idea of how I want the finished gate to look but am open to ideas if anyone has any.

I originally planned to use an antique bike, but to be honest it doesn’t exactly fit with what I am about….as a confirmed retro kona head I am starting to think that an old Kona would look fantastic!

So any creative ideas/ scrap Kona’s knocking around? Oh and where the heck am I going to get steel wheels from?

Cheers STW.

tryfan71 AT hotmail dot co dot uk

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pair-of-Raleigh-Stainless-Steel-Rims_W0QQitemZ270356979207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item270356979207&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Any really cheapo bike from at least 10 years ago will have shiny steel rims. Ebay, classifieds, or better still a local tip, skip or canal will sort you out.