My "dirt jump" bike

[haromtnbiker]

It's not really a dirt jump frame, but I make it work!
My friend and I just painted my frame, color changing. The frame needs to be in bright sun to really see all the colors!

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork001.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork002.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork003.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork004.jpg

New fork:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork005.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork006.jpg

I got it built up yesterday. The sun ain't out so the pictures aren't very good.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork007.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork009.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork011.jpg


Riding in the leaves is fun!
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork013.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork015.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork014.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork012.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c31/freeridefun/newfork016.jpg

There are still quite a number of parts I would like to change, but it rides pretty nicely!

[rid3HB]

the pics arent working for me. sorry, i cant see your bike!

[duck]

Looks good, my only compaints would be to match up the deetracks and route the cables together.
That's a rad paint job, get some pics of it in the sunlight.

[brycexlighthall]

Those skid outs are fvcking gnarly!

[rid3HB]

nice color now that i can see it

[jvnixon]

Does your crown/adjusters clear the downtube? Looks close.

[sb317]

Paint looks good. How many coats of clear did you use?

[haromtnbiker]

The compression adjuster clears the downtube by about 3-4 millimeters! A very close call!

As for the paint, we first started by sanding the hard to reach areas with sandpaper, then my friend took it to the garage he works at to sand the rest of the frame with a grinder. Then we put down two cans of primer, (spray paint) two cans of paint, one can of clear, then wet sanded it, one more can of clear and finally it was waxed. This thing shines!!

[Pat...]

Sanding and griding sounds gnarly for an aluminum frame.

That looks really good. I would have gotten a black fork (pike would be similar). If you take the stickers off the rims it will look cleaner and won't look like two different ones, unless you look up close.

[formermtboarder]

Looks like a nice all around build, what frame is that?

[sittingduck]

Bitchin' powerslides. I was rockin' those back in '79 at the rhodie gardens near my house. :D
The paint looks sweet too. Ditch the gears maybe?

[bent^biker]

yaaaaaaa, ruts rule, that last one is out of control son