Chopper bicycle made from found materials

Step 5 Final touches

Now that I knew the bike could be ridden, and the rough seat problem had been addressed, it was time to consider how I was going to stop this thing. Borrowing a trick I picked up from my friend Wendell, I decided to use a circular saw blade as a disk brake. It was a bit of a hassle to accomplish this with the wheel chair wheel, but it had no rims to speak of, so traditional bike brakes were out of the question.
A pan lid, pipe section and some sheet metal yielded a nice chain guard that echoed the other lines in the frame.
For the brake light I used a totally unidentifiable thingy. All I know is that it looked as though it had spent its whole life under water. About 80% of it was torched away, leaving only the rocket shape at its very tip. A standard truck brake light cover was then mounted over some LED's.

Comments

[combot55]

that sawblade looks kinda dangerous...

[sdsmithies]

That's kind of the point, giving it a little bad azz feel.

[TheMadScientist]

its for the zombies...

[combot55]

bump much?

[R1Ch0]

zombie sympathiser

[combot55]

another bump much?

[Madrias357]

*thud* You aren't the only one that can bump.

[Marsh]

 Diggin' the sawblade! Definitely using that on mine!

[R1Ch0]

AND! how long did the build take?

[golddigger1559]

dude you gotta send me a material list and some plans for that thing man