Originally Posted by potus
unless you'd paint your car with a brush and some house paint I would not powdercoat an Eisentraut. beater lugged frame, yes. Eisentraut, no. you will lose definition.
Agreed!! I've had six frames powdercoated, and all (well, the 4 lugged frames) have lost lug definition. This was the goal with two of the bikes, as I was turning rather sharp and angular race bikes into fixie coffee cruisers.
Also, unless the folks doing the pc'ing are super careful and do lots of bikes (unlike the last one I used) be prepared to have lots of powder in your threads. Either have a nice tap and die set, or a great relationship with your fav. LBS.