Originally Posted by
Regulatori
A shop can do a bike frame. Metal is metal...it's mostly about good prep, good quality paint (like PPG car paint), and a painter that actually knows how to do bike frames. Painting flat surfaces like a car is a lot easier than the small curved surfaces of a bike frame. If you do go that route, call up some bike shops and ask who they recommend. You could also call some auto-body shops and ask if any of the employees have experience with bike frames.
I live pretty far out in the sticks and there just aren't any bike shops in my area. I want to take this project on myself because we need to learn more about this process so we can maintain our bikes ourselves; because we have to. This is also partly the reason we've both decided to ride fixed. They're just so damned easy to maintain.
Originally Posted by
Regulatori
What size frame does she need? I can look around and post some examples.
51cm
Originally Posted by
prooftheory
Kilo TT in purple. How big is your SO? There is one available in 44cm right now. At least you figured out that color is the most important thing in picking out a bike.
I know which frame you're talking about because I actually googled "Kilo TT frameset" and found a bunch of results. I actually found one in 47cm as well but that's probably going to be a bit small for her.
Originally Posted by
Bandera
Although having Color as a Primary Requirement in selecting a frameset rather than size/fit, geometry or frame material is unique Wabi makes high quality SS/FG framesets/bikes designed for riding on the road.
Ask Richard about color, there is a "Custom" listing:
Wabi Cycles Classic fixed gear bike specs
-Bandera (No affiliation w/ Wabi etc.)
This is actually a really good idea. I'm going to keep this option on the table.
Originally Posted by
jlafitte
Also you can get a Colossi frameset painted any Pantone color at no extra charge.
This is a good idea too but Colossi's website is broken at the moment. It seems they've forgotten to pay for their squarespace account. \o/
Edit: and it's back up! Huzzah!