seriously, what would this cost to produce a run of say 20 of em?

I would have one.

Now we need a ” name this bike” thread 💡 😆

As above boss should consider a production run……

That is a true thing of beauty – well played. 🙂

Sweeeeeeet!

Well done, good job.

If it ever comes up for sale, I want 1st dibs please 🙂

needs a reverb…..

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
Once it’s done I’ll have a chat with the boss to see if he’d be interested in doing a run of them.
Would take a bit of work as I’d have to source tyres, wheels etc and would need to re-work the fork as buying a load of CSU’s would be expensive…
How much do you think people would pay for one?

I’d be a bit wary of getting too into the idea of making a few of them without firm commitment – easy for people to say on here they’d buy one, may be a different story when it actually comes down to it!

Good point. I’d probably go the route of asking for a deposit 1st..but need to see what the boss man says

Looks fantastic, a top effort and serious man points to stevied.
I hate be a killjoy but I imagine there would be all sorts of CE marking and product liability hoops to jump through before offering a general sale version. This would possibly make a small production run unrealistic.

Excellent. We will all look forward to a review of the first ride.

kickstarter…

Finished painting the forks this morning. Have gone black and gold to keep the original Fox look. Not too bad for my 1st attempt @ spraying:

All welded! [URL=http://s729.photobucket.com/user/deesta-pics/media/IMAG2223_zpsmpf7safx.jpg.html][/URL]

Fork top caps made..[URL=http://s729.photobucket.com/user/deesta-pics/media/IMAG2233_zpswcgzomim.jpg.html][/URL]

We’ve got to have a picture of you riding it now 🙂

Ace!

Looks great, apologies if I have missed it further up, but what size are the wheels?

Also had you considered a brake/s?

Lots of csu’s available from Fox owners..

Wheels are 12 1/2″ rear, 14″ front

Love it.

Actually amazing!

I love the top caps Steve. In fact the whole project is awesome. Can’t wait to see it when finished. By the way I think that you should colour the seatpost. Maybe black to match the bars/ stem or gold to match the stanchions?

Thanks guys, appreciate the kind words! @Edd, I’ve gone black with the seat post. Gold looked a bit meh..
Little update today: Stickers arrived so done the forks, frame now @ the powder coaters so can’t wait to get that back.

Powder coat!?
Clear I hope?

Clear I hope?

Red, I’m afraid. It’s SD jnr’s favourite colour and she likes the colour of daddy’s bike. Had a couple of prices for painting which were scary (£70-80) and powder coating came in at £25.
edit: Figured she’ll probably bash the hell out of it so cheaper option being the more sensible one

I hope she likes it 😀

I hope she likes it

So do I or this whole episode would’ve been the biggest waste of time since…29ers? 😉

I absolutely love this, and depending on price would definitely be interested in getting one for my daughter.
Brilliant work 🙂

Jen.

Mate, you have some talent. That is a cracking job, I wish I had the resources to do this.

If you do a run I will have one depending on price.

Well done Steve…. Hope you’re making some lights to go with it as well 😉

Wow – I don’t think I can do ANYTHING that well.

Thanks all. Smudge, I’ve still got an old Altair in bits so may finish that off to go on it 😆

How come you went for big wheels? Is it difficult to get hold of 10″ ?

Got the wheels free 🙂

wheely?

Now on the ChainReaction Hub: http://www.chainreactionhub.com/latest-news/1194-the-ultimate-first-bike-diy-mini-intense-project

😀

Very nice – and very good of your work to support you.

All done. Stickers aren’t quite right but I doubt she’ll notice.

Fantastic 🙂

What a lucky young lady.

Let’s hope it inspires her to a lifetime of cycling 8)