My kids' custom bicycles. Schwinn Stingray & Bratz Lowrider

Right. This is a little thread on what my two kids are doing for RRG17. Being under 16 they wanted a way of getting more involved, despite the obvious hurdle of not being able to drive!

Now, if you were camping at RRG last year, you may have seen the pair of them riding around the campsite over the weekend (often accompanied by an odd fellow on a lawnmower)

In case you didn't see them, or just forgot, these are the bikes in question;








Now the basic plan is to somehow tie the bikes in with the Vitesse.
Without wanting the bikes to follow the same scheme, they devised a plan. The Stingray was to have a similar look to the car, as it has a big fat rear wheel, we thought that would be most suited.
The Lowrider was to have a kind of 'reverse' scheme.

So, with a fair idea of what they wanted (but not rigid) work began.

The bikes were stripped down to the bare frames and I stripped the original paint off. (As much as they and I want them to be involved, I didn't want them getting on the wrong side of industrial paintstripper.

Quickly followed by a coat of acid etch primer;