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02-27-18, 10:45 AM
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Mr. Anachronism
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@Hudson308 Apologies, I must have missed an earlier reference. Who is the Powdercoat Man?
-If your frame or fork has chrome on them, have them media blasted locally with walnut shells or baking soda before sending them to him. The sand blaster that he sub-contracts with doesn't seem to know how to be careful around chrome.
-If you have intricate lugwork or other features that you wanted masked, I suggest you buy the special high-temperature masking tape and do this yourself after media blasting. Doug is happy to do basic masking as noted above, but isn't too keen on spending hours trimming tape.
-He doesn't especially like doing white, as it requires that he carefully scrub his oven beforehand to keep any stray color specks out of the finish.
-He doesn't pick your color, and he doesn't do disassembly. Past experience with churlish customers necessitated this policy.
-If you want him to be careful when shipping your frame back to you, then pack it how you want it when you send it to him. Makes everybody happy that way.
If you've got a frame that you want refinished, PM me and I can give you his contact info. He's done nine frames for me so far, and all of them have turned out great. Oh, and he's a nice guy to boot!
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02-27-18, 11:30 AM
#1602
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Thanks for the thorough answer Hudson308,
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03-22-18, 07:55 AM
#1605
Brian_Ciocc
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1983 CD Bag on 1984 Trek
Takes me back to high school when I had a yellow Cannondale bag just like the one I just got off Ebay. Mounted to my 1984 Trek 560.
03-22-18, 09:26 AM
#1606
Senior Member
My 91 Trek 400 back on the road with a new cockpit, tape and shifter set up. Still running 1X7 geared.
03-24-18, 05:13 PM
#1608
Full Member
1995 cf
Not steel or even aluminum but still pretty darn cool IMHO.
03-26-18, 03:14 PM
#1609
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The bag looks like a vintage Kirtland/Eclipse handlebar bag from the 80s. I have 2 red and 1 blue Eclipse bag still.
04-11-18, 07:03 AM
#1610
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I turned the '87 Elance 400D into a 400T by swapping everything over from a '93 1420. Just gotta get the right saddle on there and we'll see how it rides this spring.
04-11-18, 10:28 AM
#1611
Extraordinary Magnitude
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I have an 86 that I've bastardized into a 600/Suntour triple machine.
This is my favorite Trek color- the blue they used is so beautiful. I love how you can look "into" the paint a few feet! What are you thinking of for the saddle? I ended up going with an Avocet Touring II.
1986 Trek 400 Elance by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
1986 Trek 400 Elance by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
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04-11-18, 10:34 AM
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Hey Law- I'm really interested as to what you have going on there, gearing wise. Friction Suntour shifters? Are those the special "Scott" shifters?
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04-11-18, 10:37 AM
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The ones I have have been yellowed (more "ambered") by age and sun and dirt.
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04-11-18, 10:55 AM
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04-11-18, 11:53 AM
#1617
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That doesn't look like the Belleri logo that I'm familiar with... That's pretty cool the way the bars sweep forward like that from the stem. I don't know if that would be a thing for me or not...
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04-11-18, 11:59 AM
#1618
Senior Member
The forward sweep looks very comfortable to me. It looks like it would match the angle of my wrists riding on the tops.
04-11-18, 12:30 PM
#1619
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Loving it!
04-11-18, 02:22 PM
#1621
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04-11-18, 02:33 PM
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04-11-18, 02:45 PM
#1624
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Going back and looking at my 400, I realize I also changed the wheel set. Now rolling on Trek Matrix Titan S rims and sealed Sansin hubs. So much lighter then the Sun wheels I had before! It really wakes up the ride!
04-11-18, 02:51 PM
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Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
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Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.