Today was a beautiful spring-like day, so Benchan and I went for a last ride down the Capital Crescent trail to Bethesda for some Giffords ice cream, which is a special treat for Benchan.
We stopped along the way and snapped a few pics of the Mondia:
I just applied shellac to the handlebar tape. Recently, I've been subscribing to a less is more philosophy with handlebar shellac- enough to seal the fabric, but not so much that it is slick and shiny. This is with 3 coats. The clear Zinser Bullseye shellac still oranged up the yellow portions of the tape a bit, maybe next time I'll get some super extra blonde flakes and mix my own. But I still think it looks good:
Some other blingy details:
A beautiful machine indeed, but today my thoughts are much more on what the future holds for our little family.
2 comments:
Green. Green with envy. Man, that looks good. I wish I had thought of it myself. Great color scheme with the gum hoods and a honey saddle. It looked so good I and had to go back to check if you were running gum walls... and I'm a sucker for those.
Hey thanks.
I ended up starting to part it out for moving to Japan. But I just couldn't bear to sell the frame itself.
Now I'm thinking how to build it up again, so stay tuned.
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