Primer time! And a bit of colour...

A lot quicker an update this time around...The bicycle has had more work done to it. It has now had the frame/ wheel guards etc primed! 

But that is not all for this time!

My father has been spraying the bicycle for me, and has even been able to get some colour on it! An extra impressive feat in winter when the spray gun doesn't necessarily want to get going.

The first coat is on and looking gorgeous. The colour we chose is RAL 1037 Sun Yellow, which seems to be the perfect warm and mustardy yellow that I wanted! Lucky when choosing a colour based on a picture online.

Here's another photo to show how gorgeous it looks close up! And it looks even better in person.

I also had the luck to find a barely used Brooks Honey B17 Saddle, with a tin of proofide for sale on Ebay and managed to get it for a great price so it has been a good week for the bicycle.

I will share a picture of the saddle when I have some better light to take a photo in!

Been a while... Couple of bicycle bits to show!

Hey guys, has been ages since the last update- life, Christmas and everything sort of butted in... But I have a few bits to share as to how the bicycle is doing.

First up, here are the brakes that we found on ebay- they look good as well as being fit for purpose so a win there!

These are my happiest find- surprisingly hard to find the right white pedals that I had in mind and these are in great looking condition even at I believe over 20 years old! They were from ebay! They are Lyotard pedals and were rather stressful to get, given that after purchasing them they were not sent out when scheduled to be, and we were then informed they had none in stock... And were offered black ones- which if I had wanted black would have been easy to find.Until finally they apparently found some and sent them out! It was a relief for the transaction to be over.

Sadly the wheel rims that we ordered from the same place were then also apparently out of stock so are still waiting to find some from elsewhere.

In the meantime my dad has ordered me some yellow paint and primer and is starting some more work on the bicycle- being lovely enough to go out and work on sanding it etc. in the cold! Here are some of the rusty spots on the bicycle after being treated and painted.

Still on the online hunt to find wheels, tyres, the right brooks saddle and a good basket!