He's great. He can weld, fix and make ANYTHING. He has the best shed in the whole world. It has all sorts of wondrous stuff in there...trucks, engines, welding machines and SO many tools. It's the ultimate shed of your dreams. Bike bits hanging everywhere. There's even a an old vintage caravan in there now that he's going to restore and a cherry picker! It is heaven out there in Dural. He has 4 sons and they ALL have sheds like this. It doesn't get much betterer than that in life. What more could a girl want?
Anyhow, when I drew some Apres Velo clothing stands to take to Germany for a trade Fare that had to be foldable, light and made out of bike parts he said "No Worries, Rene"....which is what my family call me. They don't know "Crash test Mummy" is my nom-de-plume or that my other more-used nickname is "Fatso" which I have been told is a term of endearment.....? My Aunty Andy (Russ' wife) is the best cookerer of cakes, scones and bickies and tries to make me live up to my name, Fatso. I have NO self control when I visit Aunty Andy. My cousins look on in disbelief when I get to the dessert table. No cake is left untried.
Anyhow, he whipped up the following stands for me. The clothes hang on the wheel rim on my resin hangers in a previous blog.
Down the bottom is the base which has a tyre sewn around it.
I have designed a pages of different stands, racks and display shelving out of bike parts. Now i just have to hope I can twist my Uncle Russ' arm to make more of my ideas into reality. He's retired and just wanted to fix up the caravan.......not come scrounging for old bikes with his very nice-niece.
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