I have always wanted to build my own bike, with so much time on my hands I decided to make it a reality! I went to the university coop and had lots of help from the volunteers. Finally after working on it for 4-5 days I had my own bike. I made lots of mistakes and had to reassemble and disassemble the bike multiple times. But I also learned a lot about the inner workings of a bike and how everything works.
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| Start with a basic frame that was a bit bigger for my size, but the coop had a limited selection of used bike frames. |
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| Disassembled all the parts and prepare to lube up and reinsert again |
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| Since I had it down to the basic frame I thought I would paint it a nice white color - I was going for a minimalistic look |
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| Finally all painted. But the paint didn't have enough time to dry and the part where the clamp is on the paint actually teared off lols! |
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| Bottom bracker and derailleurs installed! |
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| Found a really nice front derailleur from the used pile - Shimano 105! |
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| From the last pic to this took about a week cause I was waiting for the head stem to arrive. The Bike's frame had a weird measurment for the headstem and I had to get a custom ordered one. |
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| All the wiring connected for brakes and shifters |
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| Handlebard tape wrapped! |
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| Me posing with my sexy bike! |
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| Final Product! Costs me $100 to make. Sold it for $150 within a week lols. Now I am kind of sad, wish I kept it lols. But whatever I plan to build a new one in Toronto. |
Number three summer accomplishment is renovating my balcony! It's become my favourite place in my apartment!
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| Someone threw away a computer table that was broken. It looked to be about the size of my balcony so I disassembled all the parts and used the individual parts as hardwood flooring for my balcony! |
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| The headboard is for when I lay down sofa cushins and this turns into a balcony bed for lounging and relaxing! |
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| Summer relaxing zone! Theres 5 sofa cushins underneath the blanket! |
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