So it begins

"Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S." (calebms)
05/21/2016 at 23:17 • Filed to: QuickBack

First coat of plasti dip is on, three more to go. After that comes the black. The final product is based off this:

After the Plasti dip comes new wheels, tubes, tires, and disk brakes.

DISCUSSION (7)

TylerLinner > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S.
05/21/2016 at 23:28

Mountbatten pink! This is relevant to my interests.

facw > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S.
05/21/2016 at 23:50

Surprised you didn’t remove more stuff. I understand not wanting to pull the crankset, but sliding out the seat tube and unbolting the breaks seems like it would have been easy.

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > facw
05/22/2016 at 00:14

The seat is stuck in place, as the bike is nearly 30 years old. As for the breaks, the cables run under the handlebar wrap, and I didn’t feel like having to re-wrap the bars.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S.
05/22/2016 at 01:06

Exactly how do you plan to mount disc brakes on that frame? It lacks mounting tabs and it doesn't look like you are planning to have any soldered on.

whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S.
05/22/2016 at 08:37

How do you plan on doing disk brakes? Old bikes like that lack the correct mounting points for the calipers? Any who, looks like a fun project.

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU
05/22/2016 at 12:15

Doing a bit of modification on the forks and purchasing new wheels when the time comes

whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S.
05/22/2016 at 18:45

I wish you the best of luck with that, never seen it done before but there’s first time for everything!