Unbranded fixie, my first ever build

Nice work there naking it your own. The "turd polisher" head badge is fantastic! None of it is what I would have done to the bike, but then again, you wouldn't be seen dead on my ride*, so it hardly matters.

If I recall, I was about 8 when I discovered skidding. Good to see that nobody on the forum still does that sort of thing, eh. ;-) Just do what makes you happy. This place does let itself get a bit "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" sometimes.

FWIW, I would have sticker bombed with reflective sticker material**. Buy it in sheets, cut it up how you like - stripes, flames, letters, geometric shapes. For me, it would be all about white stripes on the black paintwork, but you can buy black reflectives too. Matt black stickers on black shiny paint that you only really see at night..? Must do that some day. :-)

Stickering/personalising bikes do make them less likely to get stolen though, because it makes them harder to shift afterwards, on account of them being more identifyable. A completely generic bike can be punted out on eBay fairly safely, one that's easily spotted in a photo can't.

• This probably goes for the rest of the forum too.
  
  

** However, I do have a slightly unhealthy relationship with reflective material.