8th Grade Project Mid-Year

PresentationHunter Flowers

Build a dirt jumper bike using new and old bike parts

Paint frame and make bike ride able

My Project

Example of a dirt jumper bike

Love biking and jumping at Valmont Bike Park

Want to know how to assemble everything on my bike by myself

Reasons for my Project

Valmont Bike Park

Found Mentor (Sean James) Saw what parts I already had and took

measurements for new parts

September

Sean James (mentor)

Attended Velo Swap to get correct parts Removed old parts from frame and had all

parts accumulated by end of October

October

Velo Swap

All parts

Sanded down aluminum frame with drill head and low grit sand paper

Masked off threaded holes and applied two coats of primer

November

Spraying primer

Sanding

Chose fluorescent green paint Applied first coat of green then let frame

hang to dry

December (already completed)

December Goals

Removing old parts and finding proper new parts

Had to purchase crank arm removing tool

Roadblocks

Crank Arm Removing tool

Assemble all parts and learn how to do everything myself

Have a completed bike for project night

Second Semester Goals

How to remove disassemble some parts How major components work How to spray primer and paint correctly

What I Learned

Works CitedJames, Sean. Personal interview. 5 Nov. 2013. Allen, John. "Bicycle Frame Refinishing." Bicycle Frame Refinishing. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.

<http://sheldonbrown.com/paint-prep.html>. "How to Paint a Bike." WikiHow. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://www.wikihow.com/Paint-a-Bike>. "How to Spray Paint a Bike Frame." YouTube. YouTube, 12 May 2011. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmOU6S05xfY>.

Blk Mrkt Riot Dirt Jumper Build - Time Lapse with Canon 5D Mark II. YouTube. YouTube, 12 Dec. 2010. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvFUNpnWtwc>. Build My Bike + Bikecheck. YouTube. YouTube, 23 Jan. 2012. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=affByT9XHyQ>. "The Fix Bicycles." The Fix Bicycles. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. <http://www.thefixbikes.com/>. Methven, Sean. "Cannondale Chase." Top Stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.

<http://www.dirtragmag.com/reviews/cannondale-chase>.