European visit

I am at the moment in Europe doing my Secondment at a opera

I am very glad I chose the nicer months because I am not sure how well I would cope with winter in my Australian jackets and shoes.


Here is the outlook on the weather so far

But I have high hopes that it will pick up

and when the houses are so well warmed its all good
So until I have some photos of people and places that are sunny

best of time

Lady A

Retro Bicycle - Frame painted

I have finished painting the frame
it was a rattle can job and I wouldn't say its brilliant but it will do.

This is the primer

And then the top coat

And now I have to let it cure for a bit,
then the re assembly will commence :D
I am really looking forward to riding it to uni hopefully soon.

Cheers for reading and please stay tuned because I will be doing my secondment in Switzerland in the month of June and there will be some photos of the people and the landscapes.

Retro Bicycle fixing

It has been a while since I have blogged,

Lots has happened and there is so much exciting stuff coming up.
At the moment I am trying fix up my old retro bicycle and make it work well again.

This is the state I got it in a long time ago.
It needed new tires and tubes then it was ride able.
So I got some nice white walls.
Now I am getting rid of the rust on it, I have bought a new rear tire, and pulled it appart to sand it back and re spray it.
These are some photos of the bits.

I started painting the chain guard

I got some new grips


A new front basket


a new saddle


Painted the front forks


Still lots of things to clean and repair


getting help cleaning the bearing to see what needs replacing


So hopefully next time I will have more done and it will start to resemble a bicycle again. :)