Well, the candy corn bike is just about finished. All I have left to do is put some spacers on the stem and install the grips. doing the drip paint technique was pretty easy. Just squirt some soap on the painted frame then spray with flat black followed by a thourough rinse. After giving the paint 48 hours to dry I washed the frame again in the shower with Dawn soap and hot water followed by a final rinse and dry and a clear coat of Rustoleum Automotive Clear.

The build was quick using parts from the Bike Exchange , including light wheels and Hutchinson Equinox 23's, a Titec (titaniun?) stem and Carbon fiber "Monkey Bars". The fork is aluminum and came painted that way. The crank is light and beutiful. I have no idea who made it. The chain ring is gold to add even more bling as if this bike needed it. the brakes are Shimano Ultegra, the levers STX.

As it sits in the pictures it weighs in at 19.5 lb.

I want to do another frame with this paint scheme . Next time I will use a solid orange base coat . I'm going to put some Calvin and Hobes stickers on it. to honour my all time favorite comic book heroes.





Next up is a 1958 Schwinn World Traveler I brought home to work on while the paint dried on the Mercier. all I have lerft to do on that one is clean up the wheels and hook up the SA 3 speed cable.