Varonha Frameworks winter bike / FW Evans 650b conversion rat bike fun

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.gaz.

Finished one!

Thought it would be nice to do a side by side photo for comparison. The main fucker was sanding off the shot-blasted texture... after that the process was relatively painless. I ended up doing 400 grit > 600 > 1000 > 1500 > 2000, then Autosol and kitchen towel.

This was probably 2 1/2 hours work doing it by hand / without machines.

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ltc in reply to @.gaz.

Is it controversial to say I think I prefer the shot blasted look? Both look good though and better than the original black!

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.gaz. in reply to @ltc

Not at all! I should've taken a photo of them on the bike before polishing, the shot-blasted finished was way too bright. I'm much happier with them now they're polished.

It might look even better if I re-anodised silver over the shiny finish but that's for another day.

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