Gina's bike Walter

At noon on Sunday Walter pulled into the walmart parking lot. There were only two items on his list from Walmart that morning. A bicycle suitable for a chain saw engine to be mounted upon. The items to make the mount would have to come from the Home Depot or some other place like it.

Walter bought the largest chain saw the store carried. It was 42cc and a terrible shade of green. It didn't matter it was what he wanted and he could afford it. Then Walter went in search of a bicycle. What he found was something called a comfort bike. It had the rear wheel of an old coaster bike and the front wheel hand brake. Since he planned to put the engine on the rear the braking system would be just fine for him. The idea was not to pedal too much so the rear coaster type wheel would work as well.

The bike was heavier than Gina's bike since the steel tubes were larger. All in all the bike looked sturdy. He would have preferred a suspension bike but someone on the forum had a bad experience with one of those with an engine mounted on it. Walter loaded his car then drove home.

At home he unloaded the car to the shed then went into the house to change. A few minutes later in his work clothes Walter began to design his own engine mount. He used the designs from the forum as a beginning, then moved on to add his personal touches.

With a list of parts he drove to the Home Depot just before it closed for the evening. When his days shopping ended Walter has spent a whopping three hundred dollars and change. He hoped that his attempt at bike building wouldn't turn into a disaster but he feared that it might.

He went to bed Sunday night with nothing more than shopping accomplished. His plan was to start fresh Monday morning and to complete the frame building that same day. He might not complete the bike in one day, but he thought for sure he could get the frame assembled.