Show Me Your New Paint Jobs!
08-01-09, 12:43 PM
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Show Me Your New Paint Jobs!
I like to bring old road bikes back to life, and a big part of that is a new paint job. I know there's an older thread out here on bicycle painters, but I'd like to give these guys their due. Here's my last four projects:
1992 Schwinn Paramount OS, originally an uninspiring white and bought pretty scratched up. House of Kolor paint and new decals from Waterford.
1991 Masi Team 3V, a very stiff bike originally painted orange-yellow. Burgundy powdercoat by Spectrum Powderworks, decals from JRRestore of this very forum.
1991 Eddy Merckx Century TSC, original painted a very ugly black, pink, and yellow and acquired with a severely gouged and beat up finish. Great work by Joe Vasquez of Joe's Bicycle Painting to duplicate the 7-Eleven scheme, with decals from JRRestore.
Finally, if you're a Paramount fan, I guess you could have spent a fortune buying one of the 70th Anniversary 953 frames with the ungainly looking fork. Or, you could do what I did, which is take your 1998 Match-built Paramount with the chipped-up red finish and have Dave Bohm of Bohemian Bicycles produce the classic rear triangle and lug look using trick chrome paint.
I highly recommend all these painters, and they're all readily findable on the Web. What's your restoration project look like?
1992 Schwinn Paramount OS, originally an uninspiring white and bought pretty scratched up. House of Kolor paint and new decals from Waterford.
1991 Masi Team 3V, a very stiff bike originally painted orange-yellow. Burgundy powdercoat by Spectrum Powderworks, decals from JRRestore of this very forum.
1991 Eddy Merckx Century TSC, original painted a very ugly black, pink, and yellow and acquired with a severely gouged and beat up finish. Great work by Joe Vasquez of Joe's Bicycle Painting to duplicate the 7-Eleven scheme, with decals from JRRestore.
Finally, if you're a Paramount fan, I guess you could have spent a fortune buying one of the 70th Anniversary 953 frames with the ungainly looking fork. Or, you could do what I did, which is take your 1998 Match-built Paramount with the chipped-up red finish and have Dave Bohm of Bohemian Bicycles produce the classic rear triangle and lug look using trick chrome paint.
I highly recommend all these painters, and they're all readily findable on the Web. What's your restoration project look like?
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08-01-09, 01:11 PM
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Hi,
I don't have any new paint jobs but yours are very nice.
I don't have any new paint jobs but yours are very nice.
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08-01-09, 01:15 PM
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I have a Cannondale off being painted as we speak. I predict it make at least half of the Road forum's heads explode when it's finished in a month or so.
The term Epic comes to mind.
The term Epic comes to mind.
08-01-09, 01:28 PM
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I love ALL of those bikes. WOW is all I can say.
08-01-09, 01:38 PM
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what a beautiful collection.
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08-01-09, 07:17 PM
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08-01-09, 08:29 PM
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Aluminium Crusader :-)
All these are fakes that I painted myself for about 50 bucks each. 
The stickers were only a few bucks from the local shop.
The white 'Colnago' and white 'Look' are the same frame, but the Colnago stickers started peeling off, so i switched.
It's a $400 Triandrun frame, weighing 1365g; size 57.
The blue 'Look' is a $250 Allegro. 1600g, size 57
The 'Bianchi' is a locally made 7003 Dedaccia frame, which was $500. Weighs 1550g, size 58.
The stickers were only a few bucks from the local shop.
The white 'Colnago' and white 'Look' are the same frame, but the Colnago stickers started peeling off, so i switched.
It's a $400 Triandrun frame, weighing 1365g; size 57.The blue 'Look' is a $250 Allegro. 1600g, size 57
The 'Bianchi' is a locally made 7003 Dedaccia frame, which was $500. Weighs 1550g, size 58.
