Chopper bicycle made from found materials

Step 2 Wheels, handle bars

While the frame was built to accept standard wheels, I was relieved to find these old aluminum wheel chair wheels instead. I had plans to strip them to bare metal, but the anodizing proved too tough to compete with. I think the biggest challenge of the whole project was boring out the rear wheel rim to accept a bike hub.
Old school handle bars, and BMX pedal cranks were begrudgingly used, but some vacuum cleaner handles stepped in to keep things artsy.

Comments

[TheFullMetalAlchemist]

 Great bike, those wheels look great. How much of the rear wheel did you have to bore out to get the bike hub to fit?

[nemomatic]

 I don't remember the exact amount but it was very little.  Around 1/16 of an inch.