Originally Posted by
rxtech06
Cudak888. They took the fork off and headset and painted it separately. They handed it to me piece by piece. I just asked my friend at the shop to put it for me. I'm getting the original seat post powdercoated as well. It was a 2 day process. Brought it in early morning Thursday and picked it up at 5 before they closed this afternoon. No need to be negative already. Jesus.
I'd bet that he couldn't tighten it down too hard either for fear of damaging the paint. Considering the thickness of powdercoat, I'm left in wonder as to how the cup races, insides of the washers, and threading was masked in entirety without someone going absolutely mad.
Regardless though, it does not aid the appearance of the bike one bit - to see a painted headset the same exact color of the frame is to see something that looks like severe kludge, for it almost always is. Could have least installed a black headset if you were going for the B/W theme.
I don't get the point of powdercoating it, then again, I don't get the point of the whole fixie
fashionista thing either.
-Kurt
P.S.: Do realize that the ideas of fixie culture don't particularly jive here at C&V (and mind you, I addressed
all fixie builds with my comment), and you might recieve constructive criticism as a result. If you can't take it, we have a forum that will better suit your tastes:
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear.