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['Dale]

First part for my future road bike. No idea of frame, but one thing I know, Campagnolo is the groupset for me.????????????????

 

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[Tumbleweed]

To awesome! What trucks are they and where did you get them?

They are Krux. Ordered them from Dragon via the bike shop. If you want some, give me a shout and I can order. Have just bolted them to a gold board. Suitably trashy :-)

[Pieter1]

They are Krux. Ordered them from Dragon via the bike shop. If you want some, give me a shout and I can order. Have just bolted them to a gold board. Suitably trashy :-)

AWESOME! Thanks, I'll keep those in mind.

[Fruity]

 

Christmas presents from me to me.

 

 

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Edited December 17, 2016 by WeekendWarrior80

[Edge540]

Dankie Oom Chris. Missed it on Black Friday but got lucky this week.

 

 

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Edited December 17, 2016 by Edge540

[Grebel]

I hope that is a mini gun if you are planning to spray a frame - full size gun just wastes a lot of paint and hard to manage on tubing - too much paint and it sags quickly.

 

You really only need a touchup gun for frames - 0.7 tip size works best for me, and 1.0 for spray filler - but I prefer to not use spray filler - epoxy primer is better if there is no fill needed.

 

Those tip sizes on a full size gun equate to about 1.2 and 1.8

 

At the end of the day it turned out OK. Frame was stripped and left raw. Wanted to seal it with an orange tinted clear coat. Was hoping to find a candy clear but no luck down here in this sleepy town called Durban.

 

First attempt was a bust. (Tried tinting the clear coat but the additive I used delayed the paint from going hard... Note to self, listen to the panel beaters and suppliers when they tell you that you can't tint clear and still let it stay translucent...) On top of that, too much paint and incorrect settings on the gun resulting in plenty runs.

 

Figured I would let the paint dry and sand the runs out with 1000/1200 water paper and buff but the paint didn't harden (Mixed 2:1:1 clear,hardener and thinners)

 

Out came the stripper and we started again

 

Second attempt, less paint, adjusted the air and the fan and all went well. (Touch up gun probably would have been better though but no ways I wasn't going to use the new gun... )

 

All logos were masked and sprayed. Ended up with two runs which were sanded out and buffed. Clear coat hardened nicely as well. 

 

Very happy with the way it turned out though and I think it is fair to say that at this point in time, Bogus has nothing to worry about 

 

 

[Bobbo_SA]

At the end of the day it turned out OK. Frame was stripped and left raw. Wanted to seal it with an orange tinted clear coat. Was hoping to find a candy clear but no luck down here in this sleepy town called Durban.

 

First attempt was a bust. (Tried tinting the clear coat but the additive I used delayed the paint from going hard... Note to self, listen to the panel beaters and suppliers when they tell you that you can't tint clear and still let it stay translucent...) On top of that, too much paint and incorrect settings on the gun resulting in plenty runs.

 

Figured I would let the paint dry and sand the runs out with 1000/1200 water paper and buff but the paint didn't harden (Mixed 2:1:1 clear,hardener and thinners)

 

Out came the stripper and we started again

 

Second attempt, less paint, adjusted the air and the fan and all went well. (Touch up gun probably would have been better though but no ways I wasn't going to use the new gun... )

 

All logos were masked and sprayed. Ended up with two runs which were sanded out and buffed. Clear coat hardened nicely as well. 

 

Very happy with the way it turned out though and I think it is fair to say that at this point in time, Bogus has nothing to worry about 

 

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Clear is one of the biggest pains to spray, especially for the backyard types like me, without sufficient lighting its near impossible to judge the thickness of the coats, but as you discovered, the odd run can be buffed out successfully. 

 

So far one of the easiest colors I've painted is matte black, hits the frame all nice and shiny and within a few seconds starts to matte, very easy to paint with, I had gloss paint under with the decals masked off, got some ridges around the edges when i removed the masking though, would probably use less hardener in future to allow the edge to settle more.

 

We should start a thread around respraying frames, perhaps Bogus would make an appearance to share some tricks with us amateurs.

[Grebel]

We should start a thread around respraying frames, perhaps Bogus would make an appearance to share some tricks with us amateurs.

 

Do it!

[Bobbo_SA]

Do it!

 

Done it, Sir G, 

 

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/164953-post-about-your-bike-related-refurb-projects-here/

[popcorn_skollie]

At the end of the day it turned out OK. Frame was stripped and left raw. Wanted to seal it with an orange tinted clear coat. Was hoping to find a candy clear but no luck down here in this sleepy town called Durban.

 

First attempt was a bust. (Tried tinting the clear coat but the additive I used delayed the paint from going hard... Note to self, listen to the panel beaters and suppliers when they tell you that you can't tint clear and still let it stay translucent...) On top of that, too much paint and incorrect settings on the gun resulting in plenty runs.

 

Figured I would let the paint dry and sand the runs out with 1000/1200 water paper and buff but the paint didn't harden (Mixed 2:1:1 clear,hardener and thinners)

 

Out came the stripper and we started again

 

Second attempt, less paint, adjusted the air and the fan and all went well. (Touch up gun probably would have been better though but no ways I wasn't going to use the new gun... )

 

All logos were masked and sprayed. Ended up with two runs which were sanded out and buffed. Clear coat hardened nicely as well. 

 

Very happy with the way it turned out though and I think it is fair to say that at this point in time, Bogus has nothing to worry about 

 

ECD (4).jpg

 

ECD (5).jpg

 

That is seriously impressive. Beautiful.

I love it when someone turns an old bike into a head turner.

How about some full pics of the bike?

[V12man]

Clear is one of the biggest pains to spray, especially for the backyard types like me, without sufficient lighting its near impossible to judge the thickness of the coats, but as you discovered, the odd run can be buffed out successfully.

 

So far one of the easiest colors I've painted is matte black, hits the frame all nice and shiny and within a few seconds starts to matte, very easy to paint with, I had gloss paint under with the decals masked off, got some ridges around the edges when i removed the masking though, would probably use less hardener in future to allow the edge to settle more.

 

We should start a thread around respraying frames, perhaps Bogus would make an appearance to share some tricks with us amateurs.

There is a thread - search a bit and you should find it.

[Grebel]

That is seriously impressive. Beautiful.

I love it when someone turns an old bike into a head turner.

How about some full pics of the bike?

 

Thanks man  Here you go: (More info here) Bike is actually currently for sale.

 

 

Edited December 19, 2016 by Grebel

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

SPIFFY!!!

[nonky]

Overall width of the tyre won't change by much. 

 

See:

 

WIDE RIMS CHANGE TO TIRE SIZE:

Going to wider rims, the tire's circumference doesn't grow taller. I've closely measured rollout curcumference which calculates to tire height, and measured knob width too. Using the same 2.3 Pacenti neo-moto tire on a 650b x 40mm Derby Rims compared to a 28mm Blunt, the tire doesn't grow taller, the tire is no higher at the center knobs, and the edge knobs are actually a very small measurement narrower, about 0.0225 inch  or 0.6 mm narrower. But the edge knobs do "stand up" a little higher making a more "square" tread profile, and these edge knobs do come closer to the arch of a fork or yoke of a chain-stay by about 1.5mm, so it is slightly closer clearance above the edge knobs.

28mm internal

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34mm internal

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why are you measuring your knobs?

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

why are you measuring your knobs?

 

Don't you?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

NCR< but I just HAD to. 

 

And then my holiday reading