EnsitMike

Wow… beautiful! Nice job brother. You might need to draw yourself up a badge with your initials or something for that head tube.

Bob Dopolina 

Pretty cool and pretty fast. Thanks for not dragging this out for months...or years.

surgeonstone

Very nice.

Campag4life

Adrain...a question to you about the look of your new bike.
Painting is your thing and you have seen many transformations due to paint jobs.
I would like your honest assessment. Do you believe the bike looks better than when you started?
Or are you a bit disappointed about changing it away from original all said?
Choosing paint color and theme is always a leap of faith and just wonder if it meets your expectations?
thanks

Slackerprince

I found some shoes to go with it:

***CARNAC HELIOS Pro Road Shoes Size 46


S

Campag4life

qui pourrait me donner un mal de "tęte".

fried bake

Wow! congratulations, you have done what i had previously considered to be impossible: you have made a roubaix look Hot!

himespau 

As much as I hate to say it, a black jagged S would look just about perfect on the headtube to break up the thick orange there and give it some visual appeal. Doubt they sell them on their own though.

BikeAnon

Is this a real question?

Campag4life.... Let me help you, as someone has messed with your computer. In your browser options, make sure there is a checkmark next to "View Images on Web Pages"!

MikeWMass

It looks very distinctive. I am late to the party, I agree that too many bikes today look like billboards. You will certainly not see yourself coming and going!
A little off topic: did any of you guys who removed the Zertz inserts try riding the bike without them, and if so could you tell any difference?

goenrdoug

Hot.

Can we see it in a 'road ahead' setting, if possible? I think the orange will really pop in a green/treed setting.

Campag4life

Yeah its a question. I would like to know if the OP really likes it.
I also bet it looks better up close versus in pictures which is the case of many bikes.
I'm not sure I like it. I might like it close up. Not a fan of the cranks...would prefer Campy or Rotor or some other cranks.
Don't really like the stem, post and frame all one color theme. For some reason I prefer the De Rosa monochrome themes better. It maybe the color...not sure. I prefer the candy red factory bike I posted earlier. It may have something to do with the scale of the frame relative to the wheels. The decals for good or bad do break up the mass of the frame. Deeper section wheels look better as well...why many buy them in fact over and above any perceived difference in performance.

Adrianinkc

Thanks completely agree about the chain ring aka death star.

Thank you, ride the hell out of it ?

Thanks for helping me out on the design part the black chain would look great I'm sure.

Thanks and yes I agree.

Not a bad idea, I'm going to have a pin striping friend add a little something to it.

Adrianinkc

Thanks Bob and thanks for the input throughout the thread.

Thanks

Yikes

Haha thanks

Acutally the front end is pretty heavy on black, I will get a few more pics.

ahsposo 

Wow! That looks great!

Makes the zertz work. Nice job!

Adrianinkc

Well now you have done it, opened a can of worms lol. Well where to start, first off I'm a very picky guy that is never truly happy for a long time with anything. I feel that the paint scheme and color are too aggressive for the geo of the bike, I think it desperately needs some carbon clinchers to help the death star chain ring and crank. The first thing I hated about it was the seat clamp and saddle rails, yes there is more chrome, aluminum looking stuff on the bike but for some reason that pokes out to me a bit much. A bike is never finished we all change our minds about stuff and swap parts all the time before we get a new one to play with, I'm already thinking a gold chain and gum wall tires... but thats neither here nor there. I love not having logos on today's ride people were asking what the hell are you riding ? I told them it was a cheap china frame until they looked at it enough and realized it was my bike, the bike demands attention the color pulls you in and the no logos makes you scratch your head thinking what is that ? Lots of complements and a few guys interested in painting there bikes, so it looks like I may have a side gig now. A guy at the bike shop said forget the cavendish edition this looks a lot better, everyone will have different opinions about it but one thing is for sure the bike pulls you in for a 2nd look and you are left with a bunch of questions. Overall I am happy for now till the next project comes around...

Thanks I will get some more pics.

Nachoman

I agree with the masses. Looks good.

8086bruce

Really turned out great!

alexaschwanden

Nice bike.

TrojanHorse

OK, I'm going to go a little fanboi on you but if you could paint the chain-ring to LOOK like the death star you would officially have the coolest bike on earth.

How's the finish? I presume up close it looks comparable or even better than the factory finish? I have a spare (older) roubaix frame out in the shed... now you have me wishing... ha ha.

Campag4life

Anybody who has been around painting likely feels the same way you would. Pretty rare ever to be perfectly happy. I agree with what you wrote.
Figured you may get some side jobs...maybe a few from here.
Thanks for sharing your talent.

Adrianinkc

Thanks guys for the compliments.

I don't think the oval ring would help with a Death Star look. One thing I really like about Specialized is the the paint finishes, they really do a nice job.

Bob Dopolina 

Que?

Bob Dopolina 

Did you weight the part before/after? I wonder how much weight was added with this method.

Adrianinkc

I did not weigh anything.