eBay My World: delightful.cycles( 1 )

Im a hobbyist. Oh no! No seriously, yes this is a hobby and I dont have 20 yrs of pro exp, but hobbyists have some benefits. I do it cuz I love it, this is not a business. Id build a bike for you as if it were for me.

Cameras, bikes, matchbox cars

English, Vietnamese

Hopefully youll notice photography is one of my other interests. Art is another. Playing music is another. I’m pretty creative, and at least i like to think that all those creative juices go back into the bikes I restore. (how the hell do you remove these tags)

Layer Cake, The Reader, Transformers, Fanboys, Star Wars, I Love You Man, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, He Was A Quiet Man, Cars, Bolt, Yes Man, Hangover, Blood Diamonds, Body of Lies, Yes Man, Juno

Wombats, Zero 7, Sia, Lisa Mitchell, Grates, Foo Fighters, The Album Leaf, Kate Miller-Heidke, Ladyhawke, MGMT, Empire of the sun, Hilltop hoods, Bliss n Eso, Architecture in Helsinki, La Roux, Switchfoot

How I Met Your Mother, Life, Battlestar Galactica, House, Scrubs, Big Bang Theory, Heroes, Dexter

I am not a pro, this is not a business. There are good and bad things about pro builds and there are good and bad things about my builds. I am always going to be short on professional exp. But this is not a full time job, im not too fussed about making profits. I really just enjoy the opportunity of restoring and old bike and trying everything i can to make it look beautiful, its my latest avenue for a creative release. And its an art form, because fashion is art and bikes are just fashion accessories. You pay $1000 (for and old bike) to be different, to look good. Yet I think a business on the otherhand could easily fall into a routine, of buying parts in bulk and just churning out the same kind of bikes based on the same forumla which maximises income. Thats not really an issue for me. I take it one bike at a time. It costs more, it takes more time, but theres the freedom to make every new project individual. i hope i dont sound like a dousche but thats just my opinon.

I try my best to make all my bikes as stylish as possible and as individual as possible. So im always looking for interesting parts which involves sometimes shipping stuff over from the UK and America as well as visiting my LBS. This is expensive at times, but I think it will work out because people will pay more for something a little different. My bikes are also not just about looking good, I hope my bikes make you feel good so comfortable communting is one of my priorities. I also think PAINT is such an important part of a retro bike. I will never sell a dull pastel powder coat. I think paint on these bikes has to be metallic or a candy. If a new paint job isnt, then its ruined the bike. These bikes have to be pretty and only metallic paints are. Why wouldnt you use metallic paints on a rebuild? it costs what like 100 if not less to get a basic powdercoat. so the reason is CHEAP! I suppose you do get away with black and white, but any other colour, i just wouldnt go there.

I like to think theres a difference between all these. Retro is a contemporary build that has been modelled on an older style. Vintage is something that is old ie found in a dumpster, in a garage, on the back lawn, and everything is pretty much original. Rebuilds i think involve complete tear down and rebuild of the bike including stripping the paint and respraying or powdercoating. Restores involve keeping the bike as original as possible, keeping the original paint, using old parts where possible, and purchasing new parts when needed that match the original style of the bike. Recreations i think exist somewhere between the two except instead of purchasing new parts that match the original look of the bike, you try something different ie a front rack instead of a basket, inverse brake levers, or bar-end shifters, leather grip tape, wire baskets, cream tyres, there realy is a lot of room to be creative, and its a shame not too many people out there seem to be doing it in aust.