Well, I just finished, sort of, my daughters bike I've been working on-almost in time for winter..
I wanted to go hollywood pink-but it's her bike, so she chose the color-and I've got to say-it looks pretty damn good.
Out of every part, the plate was probably the most fun-she picked the numbers, and I helped lay it out-not a bad job for a 5 year old. Now we can go to the track in style...
She's visiting grandman until Thursday, so she hasn't seen it, I can't wait to see her expression.

That is quite possibly the cutest bike I've ever seen....Totally awesome!!! Only one thing, those pedals tend to consume flesh!!

oh, yeah, forgot to mention-they were pretty much for the pic-she gets some mini wellgos...
I've got more pics-but I think I'm limited on space..
thanks profile.

parts breakdown
Hutch FF w/ repro decals from John Debruin, even the 16" pit racer.
I believe, sugino, 152's w/ sealed bb, hutch pro's to be replaced
araya 7x w/ bullseye w/ cheng chin gumwall w/ shimano 16
Kashimax area w/ fluted seat post w/ hutch doughnut clamp
diacompe w/ skyway pads w/ shimano adjustable lever for her little hands
torker stem to generic bars-the only non period part but fit was nice.
oakley owings
tange connect 3 headset
zeronine plate-
cal lite pads coming.

thanks to everyone who I got parts from-I'm going to have to check my pm's for names but I know Lee Jones supplied the wheels. Jon

Cool little pit.

Looks killer, Jon. Your daughter's going to dig it!

That's a cool color! I'm sure she's going to love that one. What numbers did she pic for the plate?

thanks everyone, here's one other pic, and I think it's officially done...few things added.
She picked 56 out of the blue-I just laid a bunch of zeronine numbers out, and she picked it out. Funny thing is I did actually have the number (eba)at one time bitd..hmmm...
Lee-looks like we're hitting the track Saturday!

That came out really nice !! I let my daughter pick out the color for her bike,, and I was thinking she would pick pink also,,,,but it turns out she like gumby green too !! LOL !

So whats the story behind the pit bike? Where did you get it? Condition? I think they only came in chrome (unless you are the little Poltergiest girl Heather O'Rourke)

Sweet set of wheels.
I love the color........

Mate, that is bloody awesome - crickey, another bike to add to my 'want' list!!

mighty fine ride for a 5 year old...cool color too.

Good luck! I think only about 50 were made in 1984, so far, about 5 are known to exist in the hands of collectors. Along with the lawsuit frame, its one of the rarest Hutches.

Nope, not Heather here -I actually got the f&f from this site-it was pretty beat up-I'm sure you remember it-but I saw alot of potential. It was chrome originally -but that wasn't great either, so I painted it a two stage glasurit orange (daughters choice) after a few days of work-I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Also, Rod Miles fixed one it's issues. I had more fun with this than many of the cars I've built...I also have a 1 year old son-I guess I'd better start searching for another one! Jon

Oh yeah, now I remember when it came up for sale. Well it came out very nice! I am having the tuff-est time trying to find decent 28 hole hubs to build my wheels with. I have one nos Hutch front, need a rear or a complete set, I would love Bullseyes, Phils, anything considered high end. I have some ACS high flange but it doesnt seem right. What size cranks are those? I am going with a set of 170mm early pinchless Flites, I hope they fit.

Great looking build and the quality level is impeccable. With a new set of pedals, she might just beat the boys in the races to come... what with the added OS influence of course.

I hear ya-I (she) was very fortunate to get those- (we) were originally going to run 16" tuffs since it's a rider-but once it got started, it just snowballed-I'm so glad I (we) went with spokes. The cranks are 152's, I may have to change the sprocket from it's current 42/16 to say a 39/16-we'll see how she does. I would think you'd be fine with the 170's-but if you want a pic or anything to compare-let me know-I have some team schwinn 170's I could stick next to it.

Looks great bro. I am really glad I parted with the seat now. I will send a link to my bro to show him also.

Stephen
Nbl 49a