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Very nice work Doc.

Wow , that is sharp.

It is nice to see some of your work, you have been very kind to share your knowleage with the forums. I know I have learned quite alot from you - Thank you

I'm definitely going to send you my PX10, but not 'til after the holidays.

Mark, don't take this the wrong way, but I'm reminded of the old adage, "When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail."

1,000 bucks?

I dunno, Mike. It looks mighty impressive to my jaundiced eye...

And I can take THAT to extremes! I'll have to post pics of the kids bathroom!
And the Thomas diarama in the girls room!
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I could go on....

you should see my wrenches, many have become "scratch paper".

I hit every "nail" with my "paint hammer"!

looks very nice, but that seems REALLY steep for a paintjob. I am working on a pretty complex repaint right now which will include pearls, lug outlines, and hand painted lettering and its only coming out to about 350.

I hope you aren't doing the lettering yourself...

no, my friend chris is. his work can be seen here.

here is an example of his frame painting.



(we're going for a more understaded blackletter look on mine. ive been unable to find examples of what the builder of my frames decals actually looked like, so i am stuck with making something up)

Cool illustrator.
Did you do the Bianchi like that on both sides of the downtube?
Is there a "B" on the headtube?
How was it done? Paint brush or airbrush/friskets?
Is it all cleared over?
Sanded & recleared?
Your friend has a great style.
Wish I'd known him when I did MY Bianchi! (my 1st Italian road bike)

So the guy wants his wifes bike painted to match. If I can pay you $350 and have you do that, I'll take it!
We can both make some $$$!

thats not my bianchi, thats what he did for a mutual friend. mine is still in progress. with the bianchi, it is done like that on both sides of the tube with a paintbrush, clear coat over top (i believe). i dont know if chris is keen on doing a lot of bike painting (its more a hobby than a business), but i believe he has his contact information on that website i linked if you want to talk to him. ed litton is doing the pearl paint.

$1,000 divided by the 100 hours to hand finish the frame = $10/hour

But it's at least $10 an hour doing what I love to do.

And I'm pretty sure the WHOLE bike will be an "advertising" exspence!
The bike is a brand new Trek of some sort.
I'll post better pics soon, once the fork is installed.
And more description on what I did for that $1K

Absolutely it does. My point -- which Mark understood -- is that if practicality were to play any part, it was utterly the wrong tool for the job. But if practicality was all it was cracked up to be, we'd all be somewhere else doing something practical.

He's got the only justification he needs though, for doing it: Because he can!