So i encountered a priblem fixing the control box on the frame after it has dried and all from the spray. It has a dull look now and i think its better than before. Anyway so i tried to mount it up but it was not working as the frame screw and the controller screw are no where neear being even. So i had to measure another hole and drill. Even after measuring i did not get the hole in the right spot. I wonder what i measured really. Lol.

I had to use naija eye to do another measurement and drill another hole and it worked.

So the first picture is the more dull look i achieved with the spray.

The second and third pic are measurement thingz. Lol.

More..

It gets a bit more interesting here. I started with the electricals. I mounted the lcd display. I tried to make sure its in the middle of the handlebar and not one sided as that positiom doesnt give it a superb look. Placed it in between the handlebar ao it has a middle position as i need all the space i can get for the gear, brake switch and grips

So heres what my handlebar looks like now. But after thisexact post, i would give a series of steps that took me to this exact same post. Front tires not pumped though

Nice one, a short clip also if u get D chance

MULLAH123:
Nice one, a short clip also if u get D chance

Thanks..i dont have a go pro. Besides a video would be super heavy. Just enjoy the pictures.

Hmm. I was going to get a Xiaomi foldable bike, pictured below, about $500 minus shipping. Now seeing your diy the other bike looks somewhat girly so I'm reconsidering.
Is that a Shimano drive train you're using? And what's the expected range and top speed? Are you still well within your 350k budget?

Xiaomi’s e-bike is good for 45km (28 miles) on a charge, The Verge reports . The 250-watt motor does the heavy lifting, powered by 20 2,900 mAh Panasonic batteries and a smart energy management app. The bike can reach a top speed of 20km/h

BoboYekini:
Hmm. I was going to get a Xiaomi foldable bike, pictured below, about $500 minus shipping. Now seeing your diy the other bike looks somewhat girly so I'm reconsidering.
Is that a Shimano drive train you're using? And what's the expected range and top speed? Are you still well within your 350k budget?

Yes its a shimano drive train system. I dont think the foldable bike is girly. Ive seen alot of office folks use it. Even men in suit. The good thing about it is that you can take it anywhere and there is no need to pay for a ticket on it when its folded i guess. Not sure. However im considering the power coming with the electric system. I dont know what you want to use it for but its going to be a slow bike i must say. It would have problems going up hill. About my budget. To be honest im above it but not way above it. Im not a bicycle repair guy ans i have not done this before. So there are some tools i dont have i have to go buy when i need to. Like yesterday, i spent some small amount of money on some tools i needed to fix my grip because the screw there was very small and it wasnt in the tool box. So all those kinds of misc expenses would come. Without the pedal assist system, mine would reach speeds of 50km. And 65km with PAS. And a range of 60-80km depending on use.

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o42austino:
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Lol. Thanks.

Front and back brakes done. These brakes gave me a tough time. I spent literally the whole of saturday and some partd of sunday trying tofix just the front brakes alone. The back brake was different. But it took me atleast 3 hours to fix. It was easier considering a bit of experience i already had on the front brake

I think i would be doing some touch up spray painting when i am done with all the main fixes. Im seeing some scratches as a result of handling and i just want a perfect job

There is an old post concerning my handle bar and how i got the components on it fixed.

The first thing i ever mounted was the bell. Its a smaller new bell compared to the big old one there and this gave it alot of space to put other things. The good thing about this bell was that it was not expensive at all. $0.55 dollars got it for me. Approximately 200 naira or less. One other good thing about the bell is that its the type i see on modern bicycles. So yea, it did catch my fancy. But as a result of flipping the bicycle over to work on somethings, it has some scratches and i would be spray painting it again just to make it look pristine.

So after i fixed the LCD which was the second thing on the bicycle, i had to fix the right gear system and the left gear system. This did not give me any problems at all.

Pictures i would put up would follow a chronological method according to the way i structured this write up. Next up was the brake system. The good thing about the brake handle is that instead of it just being a normal brake, it has a power cut function that stops the motor on the bike from spinning when you press on it. So there are two things here. It sends signal to the control box to stop sending power to the motor and in the same vein, it stops the tires from spinning. Before now i was wondering how the rear tire that has a spinning motor would know when to stop spinning when you press the brake and until the kit came i could not figure it out. So this way, there has already been a pre-designed brake clutch that would replace your normal brake clutch .makes sense.

I tried to fix the new leather grips for the right side and it went in good. However tightening it was a problem as i did not have the tool to do that. I needed a smaller screw driver which i did not have. I had to go get one. It was not so expensive but i was annoyed spending that money on a tool when i thought i have it all already. But looking on the bright side, it belongs to me now.

Spanner was useless. I bought a size smaller. The second picture with the round thumb control is the throttle. It basically controls the speed at which you want to go with your thumb. It functions the same way the throttle in any normal car but it has stages at which the thumb control hangs on. and this is to enable the rider focus on control of the bicycle while maintaining a certain speed rather than leaving a thumb on the control just like the way it is on the car. When you need to increase or reduce it, just press the control one level higher or lower.

Then moving to the left side of the handle bar, i had a bit of problem there. This was because the middle of the handle bar itself is a bit bigger than the left and right side of it. So i tried to install the Function control for the LCD on the left side but the grip of the control in my opinion was too small to go way close to the LCD to create space for other components. So in real sense, there is one more thing extra on the left than right side of the handlebar.
I fixed the left gear, the throttle and the new brake but the problem i had was that there was not enough space for the grip to sit properly. So this makes the handling of the bicycle uneven and also creates more space at the edge of the grip and this doesn't really have a good feeling of handling


I went to the do-it store to get something i could put in the edge of the handlebar that makes it hold the grip. When the grip itself is fully held by the iron on the handle bar, its easy to adjust the screw and fasten it to have a firmer grip. This wasn't the case as i was feeling some emptiness inside the left grip.

There was still another problem even after getting a round wood and thought that the wood would create some feeling of fill on the handlebar and grip. But this wasn't the case because that wood needed to have a hole inside of it that would enable the grip cover stay firm. But this was not possible and i did not want to stress myself. So what i figured was to try to push everything a bit more to the right to give the grip more room.

After shifting it as much as I could without breaking anything, there was little room left and it was a bit better than before. but the grip cover needed something firm to hold on to. Fortunately, the old grip was foam mixed with rubber. (I have no idea what it is. But that is how it felt like). I wrapped it around grip cover and stuck it in. It worked and I was able to screw the grip and it was very fine.

this next part is what scares me the most. the gear system. i don know why. This would determine the ride-ability of the bike and if there has been mistakes here i would have to find solutions. so i have to get this part well. most of the drive train is messed up with grease so firstly the gear selector had to be cleaned. i used nail polish to do so and its an equivalent or better than Petrol.

gear selector fixed.

Next up is the chain itself. Had to go to the grass to get this done. I did not want it to stain the main house.

Na with heavy heart i dey write so. I tried to install the speed sensor on the pedal but firstly i needed to take out the bottom bracket and put the speed sensor ring into it. But the bottom bracket itself is a super tough one as i dont know what tool exactly it is to use to take it out. So today i decided that i would be taking the full bicycle ti a repair shop to see if they can just do it with their tools and i pay them rather than stress myself getting a tool i might not use. I went to the first bicycle shop but that guys story would not be what i would be discussing because he is not relevant although he did not get it done for me.the second shop i went to, i quickly discussed what i wanted and the person there told me that i have a really old bottom bracket and they dont have the tool there and if i want to order it, its a different case and that the second issue was that i couldnt have just come from no where like that to request for a repair that i would need to book an appointment.

Okay, we havent gotten to the point of booking the appointment i am asking if i can get the tool to unscrew it. He asjed someone to check a catalogue and he later went to the pc and typed a few things and told me to order it would cost me 200chf. Thats 70k for just unscrewer. He was like its a super old bottom bracket ans its no longer in use. He also suggested that i got a newer bottom bracket and the wrench tool for aroubd 50chf. Over 17k. I wanted to go with that option until they started talking about not fixing e bikes until they get authorization from the company. I am like, " are these ones okay?" Anyway, the idea was for me to get the new bottom bracket and then the unscrew the old one for me until the idea of the e bike thing came in and also the booking of appointment and stuff. So basically, they said they cant help me just like the same thing the first shop told me.

Sometimes you just wish you were back home where you can get anything done at ur own pace and convenience. Anyway, i was not able to get the tool or book the appointment or anything just because its an ebike and they cant touch it. I tried to explain to them that i am building it and he confirmed he was aware of that. Sometimes the way these white folks think. They never want to think outside the box and its always surprising to know how they actually did get developed. Most of them are like this. The system they know is what they stick with. I still ask myself how they got developed.

Pic of bottom bracket coming soon

Hi nice restoration project
I also ride BMXs and i also like trying out different cosmetic upgrades. Here are some of my work

xvbill:
Hi nice restoration project
I also ride BMXs and i also like trying out different cosmetic upgrades. Here are some of my work

Nice nice simple and black. But why no mud guards?

xvbill:
Hi nice restoration project
I also ride BMXs and i also like trying out different cosmetic upgrades. Here are some of my work

Ah ahn. I thought it was only me. Erm what did you do exactly to ths bike?. Was it green before then you changed it to black? I love it but its too small for me and i dont like bikes without mudguards. Especially for naija. E go cramp your style. Even here. During the rainy season. Its very shitty.

The original bmx bike color was red

Original bike color was red, so i decided to strip it down to raw metal and then painted it matte black and silver

The ocean green colored frame u see above is not paint its a vinyl wrap. Just like the vinyl wrap on cars, i just decided to do a wrap, cus i wanted to yry out different stuffs, just a curious guy. But u need heat gun or hair dryer with enough heat to enable laying of the wrap. Iys a 3M vinyl wrap

I use my bmx for flatland tricks mostly with my freinds sometimes we do also dirt riding, and when u doing tricks its better to have no mud guards, imagine wheelies with a mud guard, it will get damaged. Also its based on the purpose of the bike. I dont ride into wet areas and muddy terrian so its fine without mud guards

@ redcliff i have been into DIY projects stuffs since over a year i had a bike. And its really fun i love it. I used the internet to source many ideas, and i do fix and fabricate some stuffs my self

xvbill:
Original bike color was red, so i decided to strip it down to raw metal and then painted it matte black and silver

Oh wow. How did you do this?

xvbill:
The ocean green colored frame u see above is not paint its a vinyl wrap. Just like the vinyl wrap on cars, i just decided to do a wrap, cus i wanted to yry out different stuffs, just a curious guy. But u need heat gun or hair dryer with enough heat to enable laying of the wrap. Iys a 3M vinyl wrap

Yea i know the wrap. I know i still have a heat gun in nigeria and tools to wrap a car with. Before i left i was so interested in auto tuning and upgrades so i just wanted to start from somewhere but i guess the dream died quickly. Besides everybody now does that. But i think a hair dryer is good enough too but i am not sure to what extent. The heat gun has power of over 800watt while hair dryer is like 200 or so. I think the best thing next to wrapping is dip spray. It works the same way the only thing different from it is that the spray is liquid and when it solidifies, it sticks to the body of the sprayed item. And it can also be torn off when no longer in use. I used that for my fork and it worked good but somehow i was not satisfied with it so i tore it off..i would post the picture one more time

xvbill:
I use my bmx for flatland tricks mostly with my freinds sometimes we do also dirt riding, and when u doing tricks its better to have no mud guards, imagine wheelies with a mud guard, it will get damaged. Also its based on the purpose of the bike. I dont ride into wet areas and muddy terrian so its fine without mud guards

Yea ive never seen a stunt bike with mudguards tho. Doesnt make sense because its going to obstruct some stunting.

redcliff:


Yea i know the wrap. I know i still have a heat gun in nigeria and tools to wrap a car with. Before i left i was so interested in auto tuning and upgrades so i just wanted to start from somewhere but i guess the dream died quickly. Besides everybody now does that. But i think a hair dryer is good enough too but i am not sure to what extent. The heat gun has power of over 800watt while hair dryer is like 200 or so. I think the best thing next to wrapping is dip spray. It works the same way the only thing different from it is that the spray is liquid and when it solidifies, it sticks to the body of the sprayed item. And it can also be torn off when no longer in use. I used that for my fork and it worked good but somehow i was not satisfied with it so i tore it off..i would post the picture one more time

Yea. U dont really need a heat if u doing small scale wrap, a good hair dryer with heat enough to make u feel warm can do the job. Hair dryers arr also gud cus they are less likely to burn the wrap. But still u have to be careful.

redcliff:


Oh wow. How did you do this?

@redcliff i was able to strip down the original red paint color with simple diy ingredients. The primary was caustic soda, depending on the surface area u want to strip, 100grams of caustic soda will be enough then u will need some sought of sticking agent something to make the caustic soda stick to the surface u will be striping. So for that u will need flour, mix 20grams of flour to the 100grams of caustic soda and u will get a dense paste, then u apply to the surface u want to strip.
Note!!!
U must wear protective rubber gloves so it doesn't contact ur skin, it burns the skin, caustic soda burns skin.
It strips off oiled base paint, the types used for metallic surfaces.
U have to leave the paste on the surface till it destroy the paint, u will notice the paint will start to spoil. It should take an hour or more for it to fully work.
. if u can get a paint stripper it will be more easier and effective instead of this simple diy paint stripper, i looked for it in naija but i didnt get it. @ redcliff its easy to source abroad.
U can see the effect on my handle bars, it was black olor b4, now its stripped