DIY disc wheel!

[xtcman]

Hey guys! I love the look of deep dish wheels and disc wheels. Anyway I have a fixe project coming up, which also will be posted on the hub, and after seeing the all those hipsters overseas riding zipp and hed discs on the streets, why cant I? Well unfortunately I cant afford one. ( makes me wonder how they do it? Drugs? )

 

I've been a fan of this site for quiet a while, there are plenty of bike related stuff to build if your a handy with you...uhm well...hands.

 

So heres the thread to make a disc : http://www.instructables.com/id/Aerodynamic-Wheel-Disks---For-your-Bike

 

Was thinking along the same lines but building a super cheap rear wheel just in case. I would prefer a better finish. Like fiber glassine the disc on the rim and using body filler to get that all important perfect finish. A black spray job to top it all off, maybe even a silly hipster decal or two?

 

So guys any suggestions or tips? Especially with the use of fiber glass, and where to get a thin plastic sheet like the one used above ('I am in the kzn area). I've worked with body filler before, but I am always open to tips. Keen too see if anyone has tried this before too.

Edited June 8, 2013 by xtcman

[DangerDave]

I might have something to help u out, the disc wheel covers.

[JHB Kid]

I am also looking for those wheel cover to make my rare wheel a disc wheel. Any idea's where one could get a set of these.

 

I was thinking about a possible solution. I was going to a get 1mm ABS plastic sheet, similar to the type used for presentation folders and such. Then cut the discs from those and stick it to the wheel. Issue is I am not sure where to buy the ABS sheet, even if I can get black polyprop sheet it should work. Tomorrow I will try Maizey plastics to see if they have something for me. If it works, look foward to pictures!

 

Any advise welcome, also if anyone has covers, it will save the run around :-)

[Overlord]

We used to do it in the eighties using old xray pictures.

[Tankman]

Do a youtube search, saw a student that did a pretty neat job and he told me he found step by step instructions on youtube!