The Back Story:
This Schwinn bike was abandoned at Burning Man 2009. I took her home, cleaned her up and transformed her into Pink Lemonade.
The Assist:
Eric played a major role in this process thanks to his bike maintenance skills. He took everything apart, striped the old paint off the frame, painted it pink, cleaned the chain, replaced the pedals, brake cable, derailer and some missing wheel spokes and did a whole handful of other bike repairish kind of stuff.
My friend Lori sewed the fur seat cover for me. Yay!
The Fun:
I added the reused basket tricked out with bottle caps and wheel cogs. The wheels are Scraper style courtesy of the Oakland scene. New handle bar grips and a Hello Kitty bell complete the look.
The Lesson:
Schwinn bikes are not the most worthy candidates for rescue - the parts are proprietary and hard to find. Think I'll look for a Trek next time.
Can't Wait of the Day:
To park this cutie-pie in my recycled materials bike rack that is getting lit up in the most awesomest of ways as we speak. Photos to come soon (I hope).
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