I have been using a terrible terrible recumbent trainer for the days I don't run for quite awhile now....it was cheap, and that was good. However, even on the highest tension, it's easy, and doesn't give me much of a cardio workout if any. SO - my bf got an old bike from his Mom that will fit me, and is giving it to me along with his old trainer (he's got a computrainer now) so that I can have a trainer that will actually give me a workout.
The bike is definitely a beater, and at this point, not road-worthy (my bf is dubious about the brakes, apparently) but it will work for the trainer and he oiled up the chain or something (I'm really not well-versed in the technical/mechanical side of things). We're picking up new tires and tubes and a pump on the weekend.
In terms of fixing up the bike to be road-worthy (I'd probably want to take it on rail trails mostly if I did take it off the trainer), he isn't entirely sure that it wouldn't be financially be cheaper to buy a new, albeit cheap, bike instead of replacing components. It's not something we're going to do right now anyways.
So....I don't want to sink a lot of money into this, but since it'll be in my room I'd like it to look at least a bit pretty.
I adore tacky things, if that's helpful at all :)
Currently it's a blue-green with rust accents, and has a silver basket (with rust accents) that I can put my water bottle and remote and stuff into. I'm thinking of getting a new, cheap plastic basket (from the kids section of Canadian Tire....how embarassing!....but they have one that's purple with green edging).
It's an upright bike (is that the right term?), so it has grips for the handles, so I'm going to get some coloured grips (I wanted to get the pink camoflauged bar tape, but apparently I can't, boo) and, to my bf's massive horror, I'm totally getting streamers. I'm SO excited for the streamers.
Any suggestions for cheap ways to decorate a bike? I'm thinking of the body in particular.
Thanks!
The bike is definitely a beater, and at this point, not road-worthy (my bf is dubious about the brakes, apparently) but it will work for the trainer and he oiled up the chain or something (I'm really not well-versed in the technical/mechanical side of things). We're picking up new tires and tubes and a pump on the weekend.
In terms of fixing up the bike to be road-worthy (I'd probably want to take it on rail trails mostly if I did take it off the trainer), he isn't entirely sure that it wouldn't be financially be cheaper to buy a new, albeit cheap, bike instead of replacing components. It's not something we're going to do right now anyways.
So....I don't want to sink a lot of money into this, but since it'll be in my room I'd like it to look at least a bit pretty.
I adore tacky things, if that's helpful at all :)
Currently it's a blue-green with rust accents, and has a silver basket (with rust accents) that I can put my water bottle and remote and stuff into. I'm thinking of getting a new, cheap plastic basket (from the kids section of Canadian Tire....how embarassing!....but they have one that's purple with green edging).
It's an upright bike (is that the right term?), so it has grips for the handles, so I'm going to get some coloured grips (I wanted to get the pink camoflauged bar tape, but apparently I can't, boo) and, to my bf's massive horror, I'm totally getting streamers. I'm SO excited for the streamers.
Any suggestions for cheap ways to decorate a bike? I'm thinking of the body in particular.
Thanks!