Bender Bicycles Steel MTB

I designed the sticker sheet myself, printed it up on a4 paper to check the sizing and then gave them eps file to Alan Vogt of Wild Digital, he a fellow mountain biker (and designer of the Six Pack, Gadget, Astro Boy, Shagwell, and Purple Pickle outfits) got them printed on industrial sign quality vinyl (so as to avoid bubbling or other problems under the lacquer coat) which is thin enough that it works well for the frame stickers.

I suppose the Bender Bicycles is to further live up to my nickname "Bender" among some of the Australian Mountain Bike fraternity, I already have a Bendy Bender on my Duallie and have purchased one to mount on this bike somewhere also.

1600x1200 The frame after sandblasting before paint. 1600x1200 Pretty in pink. Bender Bicycles 1600x1200 The other side. 1600x1200 Bender head tube sticker. I like that it came out somewhat understated with the pink showing through the grey a bit. 1600x1200 Closer shot of the primary down tube sticker, with the Bender figure in front of the lettering. (This is on both sides of the tube) 1600x1200 A custom sticker and paint job really does require a euro style custom name sticker on the top tube, this shot also shoes the frame colour fairly well. (this is on both sides of the tube) 1600x1200 Though not particularly common on mountain bikes I thought it looked cool to have the vertical bender and lettering on the seat tube facing forward. The effect will be lost if I start putting a frame pump there again though.

1600x1200 And of course what would a Bender Bicycle without Bender's favourite saying, Bite My Shiny Metal Ass (this is on both seat stays) 1600x1200 I finished putting it together fairly late on Friday night, here is the completed bike. 1600x1200 From the other side 1600x1200 It really looks a lot better in natural light, this is just before heading out to take it for its first real ride. 1600x1200 At sparrow hill, there is now dust on the bike after 25 KM of single track. What an absolute joy this bike is to ride :) 1600x1200 I also atached the new Bendy bender to the handle bars to compliment the Bender stickers and be similar to my duallie.