My daughter was about ready for a pedal bike, and with her 3rd birthday coming up we moved the lads bike down to her. However, she ideally wanted a ‘Frozen’ bike.
I considered selling the CNOC (which I got off here a few years ago) and getting a new bike for er, but the various frozen BOSs’ available didn’t cut the mustard compared to the bike we already had.
So… I got it into paint, sickers made up (spiralgfx) and back together with a few finishing bits off the bay’. Process below:
Good news is, she loved it and took to the pedals well! Happy dad moment for sure…
Bez – paint was done by ICS in Devon. Its a good finish but they didnt really mask up the bb shell / head tube etc very well at all. All the threads and surfaces needed cleaning, facing etc. Cost £40 with the vat, so not too bad. Any local powder coat place could do this tho (and could prob do a better job TBF). Took two weeks too!
Sicker set was made up by spiralgfx. Contact sheet below. This was the was relatively expensive bit.
Basket / bell/ spokeydoky clips / tassels all off the bay for a few £
Saddle is a madison job for a tenner.
All in, it probably cost the same as buying a cheep bike from toys’r’us or the like, but that’s not really the point.
edit – this is the bit where I get hammered on copyright. 😳
£40 is a good price for all that work; shame about the extra faff, though. Got a local place doing a frame of mine at the moment: £60, and that was the best price I found nearby. Hopefully find out the quality this week (I did make sure I wouldn’t need to do any chasing or facing afterwards). Might ask about doing our balance bike and Cnoc…
Looks a similar colour to my Islabike Rothan project from a couple of years back. http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/custom-rothan-update
What I can confirm is that powdercoat is remarkably durable, it’s been well used and remains in marked.
1/ Firstly because she’s a proper tomboy and bikes shouldn’t be girly in her opinion.
2/ mainly because she’s called Elsa. Which was a great name 9 years ago but has now been hijacked. I’ve even told her that when asked her name, she says Elsa, they say ‘like out of Frozen?’ – she’s entirely in her rights to do her withering glare and say no, like my name, the one I had 5 years before Disney **** stole it off me.