Few minor jobs done and the death trap er, race machine, is ready for action! Shimmed the slipping seatpost with a bit of the boy's Strongbow can. A quality respray – matt black of course. And a sign so that everybody know what it is. It now looks like a butchers bike from Mad Max.

We even took it for a brief spin. Bloody terrifying!

oh my giddy aunt!!
i promise i won't laugh too much next week.

Nice work.

Will keep an eye out for you. 🙂

panda, i doubt you'll have to try that hard to find mr sparkle!!!

Try the bar if in doubt…

You didn't take the back wheel off to respray it did you?

We took nowt off it. Did wipe a bit of mud off though…

Nice. I like the black paint on the wheel, reminds me of the first time I tried to respray a bike when I was young.

Good luck with it, hopefully it won't kill you.

hopefully it won't kill you.

more likely to kill and maim spectators and other riders, all it needs are some axle blades in the style of boudiccas chariots and it'll be like the pedally version of death race 2000

Nice. I like the black paint on the wheel, reminds me of the first time I tried to respray a bike when I was young.

Hey, I resemble that remark. We spent, ooh, minutes on end spraying the bugger.

100% MINT.

The sign is a touch of particular genius. 🙂

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love it

Truly a thing of beauty. I salute you!

Can't make my mind up whether it is going to snap at the toptube/headtube junction or behind the front BB.
Either way it looks like it will be fun until then.
See you there.

you be fine…

Can't make my mind up whether it is going to snap at the toptube/headtube junction or behind the front BB.

When you see the frame in real life you realise there are far more options than that…
I am a bit concerned about the 30 minute ride to the start of the 'race'.

Whippy rear end! Take seasickness pills. It's a brave captain who selects an open mixte frame for extreme weight savings.

Relax, it (probably) won't break, but you might like to take a spare chain. Is that front hub tandem rated? I assume the rear isn't.

Its a beast, but you will never stop it with V brakes 😆