Did you thin out your paint at all? I painted my pickup truck with a roller and Rusoleum Gloss White, but I thinned the paint down. Turned out very good, no one would ever guess it was Rustoleum.

The paint is nowhere near as shiny today, 8 years later, but I could easily buff it out and get a nice shine if I wanted to. The one thing I would do different next time is make sure all the surfaces I paint are roughed up. That paint will flake right off if it has nothing rough to stick to.

Congrats, OP, for ignoring all the experts and thinking outside the box. Beautiful result, don't waste your money on Velocals.

One question for the experts though, what kind of steel is used in a Specialized Sirrius? And specialized steel bikes in general, I never see a Tange, Reynolds, or Columbus sticker on Specialized bikes, so I'm baffled.