Originally Posted by
noobinsf
Most of those areas will be obscured by hardware, anyway, right? Crank, chain, cables, seat bag... Plenty of smokescreen if the clean up is not to your liking....
Exactly! I think I'll be able to get it to blend, but even the way it is right now (hanging on the workstand behind me as I type) if I turn quickly and look at it, absolutely nothing jumps out at me. The first thing that catches my eye as I look it over is the seat tube transition, and that happens almost exactly where the front derailleur clamp will be.
Now I just need to somehow find the patience to give the paint a week or two to dry before I start hanging parts on it.