I have just built my first bike and I couldn’t have done it without you. It weighs just under 11k with pedals, bar-ends and mud guard. I am very happy with it.

Great. For your next lesson, read the instruction on posting photos 😉

Lol. I’m blaming tinypic for that.

Ooh- that looks rather spiffing!

*So proud*
😀

Lawn looks good.

As does bike 8)

What sort of lawn mower do you use ?

A nice contrast of modern (dropper post) and retro (ski bar ends)!

Can’t crit the bike or the lawn.

Horizon could do with a tad of a straighten. Left hand down a touch.

looks like you have photoshopped part of that tree out through the back wheel spokes

mud guard is bloody awful, other than that it’s nice!

Are they bar-ends or tri-bars? 😉

tyre logos and valves?

Trimix – Member
What sort of lawn mower do you use ?

Big lawn, I’m guessing a ride on.

Something fancy pants like this.

11kg? No way!

There may a crisp bag about 75m back.

The bike is a bit fugly, but so is mine. Well done.

Looks like a 96er… weird.

seat looks like a storm troopers cod piece, mud guard will be horrific in mud. Otherwise good effort. Also your garden needs more log sheds.

Cheers, I will congratulate the council park’s dept on the lawn.
The bar-ends are standard size, the photo just makes them look huge.
I agree the tree looks weird.
I thought I would give the mud guard a go as keep being blinded by muddy water.
It is just a standard 26inch small frame carbon Whippet. Have weighed it at 10.94 kilos.
I did try to line up the logos but obviously failed.
I don’t care if he is ugly. I am going to call him Norman.
Yes I do need a log shed.

my cats called Norman

OP are you feline?? Some of the language you use suggests you are a *Gulp* Girl!! 😯

Apols if you’re a fella…Good job on building your own bike if you’re a “wimmins”…Bar-ends aside, a very good job indeed!

Yes, I am a girl, hence the stormtrooper’s cod piece saddle.
I know bar-ends aren’t cool but I get pain in my hands and being able to change hand position really helps.
Fenred I want you to know that I didn’t find your post in anyway immensely patronising 😀
Norman is a silly name for a cat. My cat is called Howard.

Fenred I want you to know that I didn’t find your post in anyway immensely patronising

Nice one! Wasn’t patronising! Just an observation and a doth of the cap to a good job well done!

*applauds*

…For a girl! 😆

flat bars and bar ends are for real riders!

Well done putting your first bike together, feels good doesn’t it. 🙂
The trouble is you wont stop building bikes/swapping stuff about now…..
🙂

+1 for the ski bends

Norman is a silly name for a cat. My cat is called Howard.

😆

The trouble is you wont stop building bikes/swapping stuff about now…..

Hmm…I do feel I’ve grown enough as a rider to need a full sus. ..

Keep quiet though. Him indoors looks on this site.

OP – did he get mad when you built the bike in histhe kitchen? 😉

the fonz approves your new bike as do i 🙂

Hmmm, a man in his thirties who spent his time socialising with high-school kids in a toilet.
Sit on it…. Ayyy…

OP –

seat looks like a storm troopers cod piece, mud guard will be horrific in mud

+1
Nice bike.

organdonor i must admit that you are right 😳 (it’s years since i saw happy days).

here’s an orangutan giving a thumbs up to make up for it 😉

Now that’s cool 😀

Funny thing is, I did build it in the kitchen. I can’t get in his shed. I had a mucky nutz on my old bike and it was fine. It just modelled the clag into an extra thick slick tyre.

That’s a cracking first go, I’d be pround of that myself.

And you’ve managed to take a decent photo of it, which I could never do!