Gender-Bender Bicycle

Here is Little Miss on her bike last July. As you can see, it was getting a bit small for her even then, and she has now graduated onto Big Miss' next bike. But it is a good girlie bike with its lovely pink colour, Barbie bell and hooter and cheerleader tassles at each end of the handlebars.

I said is, but actually I should say was...

Little W has outgrown the little bike (at least that is purple, not pink) and has tried out Little Miss'. It's just the right size for him. But it was too girlie for him to be seen riding on by any of his mates. So we decided to respray it. After some discussion (black was a close second favourite), he decided on British Racing Green (on the basis that it would help him go faster). So off we went to Halfords and got some spray paint. I had to do the spraying with the garage door open to let the fumes out. Brrr it was cold!

After 4 coats and an overnight wait for the paint to dry, I was able to put the bike back together again. He looks like he likes it, doesn't he?

Of course it still has pink stabiliser wheels, but that's an incentive for him to learn to ride without them. And I put it back together properly, because it works...

Cheeky monkey that he is, though... "Dad, you must have screwed it back wrong", he complained when he ground to a halt riding up the hill into a headwind. Hmm. Maybe that British Racing Green paint is no good after all.