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Uncategorized Boards => Picture Gallery => Topic started by: Graham Lee on March 25, 2021, 03:34:36 PM
I was going through some old pictures looking for something and came across a bike design
I made way back so had a play and made a couple of newer versions.
Up sized the bikes and with Chrome. I was making the Bike when I heard that Marvin Hardy had
passed so for me from now on I will always call the bike the Marvin Hardy Push Bike XXxx
Bike 5 is the better looking with a couple of changes.
I threw the Bike design down on the floor and it ended up upside down which I thought was rather funny so we took
a picture as I do remember my bikes being like this a lot when I was younger and having to repair them ;D ;D
Making another version or two, a 160 and 260 version.
I re positioned the handle bars and shortened the saddle to frame so it looked pore proportioned.
Added mud guards to the design but shock horror used a couple of glue dots.
I could not cope with glue dots so this one is glue dot free, All latex ;D
Trying out some different proportions to see whats pleasing to the eye.
Bike 14 looks more BMX shale with the shorter section from seat to peddles.
Bike 16 is a more traditional styled Bike.
Adding mudguards did not work as the spoke section on front and back wheels would need to be 1 finger
longer so they both sit squarely on the Bike. I stretched the 160 while inflating so we got a thinner 160.
The front mudguard pushed the front forks too far forward and the Bike looked to be angled down.
I added an extra angled cross section so the front mud guard had a place to sit into
so the Bike sat a little better angle but still looked wrong to me..
Plus I added un-inflated balloons to hold the mudguards in place which is not my favourite thing to do.
The Bike is going to be the model of the month for May,
I have just taken all the pictures and tried three variations on the seat design.
This is the thread where I will put the step by step instructions up later on in the week for the Push Bike,
https://www.balloonchat.co.uk/model-of-the-month/may-model-of-the-month-push-bike/
This is the colour combination of balloons going out in the model of the month for April.
Its Chocolate Brown for the wheels/tyres as at the moment its hard to get Black 160's.
I tried a different style of mudguard with 2 and 3 pinch twists at the front.
The mudguard sat better with just 2 pinch twists.
I was getting ready for next week's workshop, there are still spaces available if you'd like to join us?
https://www.balloonartwholesale.co.uk/balloons/care-share-days/
Trying to get the mud guards proportioned onto the 160 bike are a little tricky so
I upscaled the design for a 260 and added the mudguards in 160's.
And then one where its getting a repair ;D
Some Push Bikes from the Zoom workshop we did last night.
The mud guards going all over the wheel as per a normal bike pushes the frame and wheels out of position.
So with just a short section of mud guard it gives you the look but keeps the bike looking proportioned.
Tried different handlebars on both bikes. The Red framed bike having 160 handle bars/saddle to the 260 frame.
I prefer the look of the one balloon pinch twist and one 260 coming down from the handle bars to the top pf the front forks.