My daughter (primary school age) asked if i could build her a bike , well she didnt need to ask twice !
I wondered how she was going to go with non indexed levers, but felt I shoud be able to teach her.
I got her to spray 1 coat and got her to use ratchet and sockets so she could be involved in the build. We settled on a 1983 apollo IV that I picked up that was in need of love. The original frame was red and she said it had to be purple like my other Apollo

I had some paint colour matched and put into rattle cans by a automotive paint supplier, using top notch paint, after getting the frame back to bare metal, we masked some of the decals as well as new ones made and got stuck into it. Still waiting on the larger decals to be made.
Anyway a month of sunday arvos and here is our attempt.

anyone else built a retro girls bike ?



When in doubt......mumble.