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Below is Sarah’s Christmas Bike from Boise Idaho.
Small Univega mixte frame stripped down to the bare metal on threw an off-white powder coat as the base. From there I built the wood fenders with 3 layers of alder hardwood to wrap the 27inch tires. Took some time to build a porter box and wooden handlebar. Running 48×18 for the fine Boise Idaho streets. All in all I think it turned out great.
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36 Comments Received
December 29th, 2009 @6:19 am
Sweet bike!
December 29th, 2009 @3:43 pm
My nuts might be able to fit in that basket…
December 29th, 2009 @10:38 pm
very cute
December 30th, 2009 @8:41 am
Great workmanship. Very well done.
December 30th, 2009 @12:51 pm
CS – Will your bolts fit in there too?
Cool bike. I may have to do something like that for my GF’s fixie.
December 31st, 2009 @12:27 am
Its wooden!
December 31st, 2009 @6:41 pm
Now you must get some Wooden Shoes to complete this unique picture. Very nice. Bars look difficult to make. Nice Job. Thanks Eduard
January 2nd, 2010 @10:09 am
Sarah is a lucky girl. Nice job.
Did you steam the wood to bend in into fenders?
How did you shape shape the handlebar?
January 10th, 2010 @8:52 pm
No steam required. Handlebars are made from 12 strips of thinly cut alder. Each layer is glued and then pushed into a curved form with lots of clamps.
March 21st, 2010 @8:05 am
Nice bike! I love the mixtie frames.
Also, I don’t know who made that nuts comment, but that wasn’t me.
March 22nd, 2010 @9:06 am
Yeah CS, I saw that comment up there. Didn’t sound like your style at all. Imposter?
June 11th, 2010 @12:30 am
Wow very impressive. I’m building up a bike with the same frame right now, this makes me think I didn’t go far enough… thanks for the inspiration!
August 10th, 2010 @10:49 am
nice bike but hat chain looks out of place. otherwise i love it
August 10th, 2010 @10:50 am
i forgot to mention that i live in boise idaho also!
August 10th, 2010 @10:53 am
Love it. Insanely original. Red chain, though? Really?
August 26th, 2010 @8:22 pm
This must be a first. A bike with fenders and a wooden basket in the Top Ten. Congrats
August 26th, 2010 @11:44 pm
bloody nice,would love to do a build like this with my beach cruiser bike tho
September 3rd, 2010 @11:16 am
Ha! I just ran across this post when my impostor was posing as me and leaving comments. It’s a little more obvious now that I have the avatar since his icon didn’t change with mine. Good job nameless idiot.
September 3rd, 2010 @11:28 am
Haha! What an assbag. Someone got so upset that they had to impersonate CS. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. My bet….Newcastle.
September 4th, 2010 @6:58 pm
Great style, bravo! From a French man with taste.
December 17th, 2010 @2:28 pm
Very original. But i bet this thing rides like shit. How is the grip on that wooden bar?
December 17th, 2010 @6:52 pm
this in the top 10?for shame-shit ride novelty act.Be gone.
January 10th, 2011 @8:46 pm
haha shit ride novelty act! sloman you are a joke. This bike obviously has had a lot of thought and effort put into it and has more character than most of the crap on this site. Pity about the red chain though. You gotta quit sniffing the turpentine slobro.
January 11th, 2011 @4:18 am
Go with a wooden chain.
January 11th, 2011 @8:45 am
Bill.would you ride it?indeed,would you store it next to your pride and joy?Careful how you answer,the answer may reveal more that you wish to disclose.no question on the effort here.
January 11th, 2011 @8:52 pm
Mary Poppins sort of style. The basket will hold a six pack and a couple hot dogs, that is a good thing. I wonder how the wooden mudguards would hold up in the Chicago or Boise winter/slush/salt conditions ? alloy or steel is attacked quickly in our winters.
January 12th, 2011 @2:39 am
hell yeah i’d ride it (with a normal chain, i do have some standards!). looks perfect for a quick trip to the shops. if you’re insinuating that i’m a girl because i like a girl’s bike and there’s something wrong with that then you’re an awesome dude.
January 12th, 2011 @6:20 am
relax Mr. Bill,I prefer to call them step throughs,not girly bikes.My point is the Frame is nothing at all special but the wood working is the awesome part here.Personally the frame is the part.cheers and sunshine.
January 14th, 2011 @5:35 pm
Number One Today . Pick up a Twelve Pack and Celebrate !
January 21st, 2011 @3:28 pm
well welcome to Wood Workers World,LOL. Still an ugly bike though.
January 23rd, 2011 @1:53 am
Wow, that’s some amazing work. 10+
January 26th, 2011 @10:54 am
I dig the handlebar…and the fenders are pretty cool. But that’s about it. The red chain is a fail.
January 26th, 2011 @3:14 pm
Get out of the top ten. Top 100 MAYBE.
January 26th, 2011 @4:25 pm
biff, ur an idiot!
January 27th, 2011 @7:35 am
Yes move this out to make room for more worthy rides. Again,nice wood,poor bike.
February 2nd, 2011 @10:27 am
Haha Biff knows what’s up. Hey colt steel do ride a mixte? You know they’re for the ladies right?
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