A Different Kind Of Hybrid Bike

Daughter loves to ride her bike, and she’s also always been obsessed with dalmatians. So when I got her a new old bike (the second Raleigh Shopper in the house), it seemed a good idea to combine her two passions . . .

It helps that one of my clients runs a print shop specialising in vehicle signage . . .

And that he did me a favour with his vinyl cutting plotter thingumabob . . .

After 45 minutes, the Raleigh Shopper was transformed into a new kind of hybrid - part bike, part dalmatian . . .

. . . but all fun when you’re nine years old!

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5 Responses to “ A Different Kind Of Hybrid Bike ”

  1. Andy in Germany on July 18, 2010 at 10:27 am

    that is one very cool boke. Nice idea…

  2. townmouse on July 18, 2010 at 10:41 am

    Fantastic. Never mind nine-year-olds, this forty something wants one! You might be on to something here - dalmation or leopard spots, tiger or zebra stripes, pawprints, flowers… I’d definitely be up for a zebra-striped bike

  3. 2whls3spds on July 18, 2010 at 11:04 am

    Excellent…I am sure she is the envy of the rest of her age set!

    Aaron

  4. mummy & daddy on July 19, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Well son, if Toby was in the background,(a very large Dalmation) you would not see the bike, just Rosie riding in mid air.Keep taking your pills.Ha! Ha!

  5. Euro Bicycling on July 21, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    Your idea is excellent. Sometimes children do not fully understand that bicycles can be so much funnier than game boxes, computers and TV sets…