Finish Lines
I don’t have time for steel shopping for a couple of weeks, and with all the deconstruction done I’m at a bit of an impasse. I want my finished bike to look at least as good as a commercial model so I’ve been thinking about the finish. Ferrari yellow is nicely ironic (and high-visibility) for the main frame, with the rest classic black.
This is for each side of the suspension arm:
‘GP’ stands for ‘geezer powered’ (based on an allusion a friend made to recumbent bikes in general). That ‘design works’ is my own long-held assertion. ‘Flow’ is apropos of nothing.
For the main boom this is the unoriginal work in progress:
I’m still thinking about the head tube badge. To get the designs onto the bike I’ll print them on decal sheets and apply them before the clear-coat.