This is just something I was calculating the other day.

I then asked myself, "what the heck am I doing?"

Answer is, What I love to do!

Taking the precision made center fixture of a highly eco-friendly mode of personal transportation and making it stand out in any gathering of said vehicles! Or anywhere, for that matter.

Bicycles!
Fancyshmancy bicycles.
It's what I do.

anyway . . . . . . . . . .here's my paint rant:

In order to quote the price of the paintjob,

I would say that

A) No matter who paints it, it'll easily run $300+ for a quality paintjob. Decals, if you can find them, can run $75+. And THAT particular color could add another hundred.

B) As it looks to be a carbon frame, the prep is HAND sanding. That would likely add to the price as well.

Painting a bike, when not done at the factory of origin, requires a fairly elaborate set-up, to do quality work. Broken down as follows;

How many frames do I have to paint, just to have a place to paint & make a buck?


Rent = $1,000/month. . . Primer =$250/gallon, Color = $100/pint, Clear = $300/gallon.

Overhead = $1,650

Basic single color = $300

1650 / 300 = 5.5

(round to 6) X $100 (average 10 hous of frame handling time @ $10/hr)

= $600 / $300 per frame = 2

That's 2 bikes/week for the MONTH @ $10/hour

That's the job description.

$10/hr, way out East by car, spraying VOC's for 20-30 hours a week.

The commute (by car ) is 30 miles, round trip, in the opposite direction from where the rest of my life is.

So I either take;
A) Toxic $10/hr bike job far away
or...
B) Paint kitchens & bathrooms for $40/hour, in my neighborhood.

ODD, ... you're NOT me!

Me? .. I'm ODD!

A)! Don't ask me why, I just have bicycle paint in my veins!



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Gad, I started this paint rant as a reply to an email inquiry!
But now we have a bike paint "sticky"!

and being a painter, I've taken it personally! . ARGH, I'm over limit on SMILEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!