After Hours - Bahnrad

Can we see it anyway?

Show us please

Only took one pic:

That looks pretty nice to me! I guess if it's not what you want, it's not what you want though.

It looks like a technically well executed paint job but you were right to get rid. Gold has no place on a bike.

Quality of workmanship looks good. I really hope you can work it out with your mate.

The quality of the finish was never in question just that he’d not ticked the boxes I’d asked him to and had done a lot of things I don’t really like: stripes, mix of matte and glossy with hard edges and a gold, khaki, red, grey color scheme. Any of those elements on their own I could have lived with but they all added up to a paint job that just wasn’t for me.

I flatted it back on Monday so it’s ready for a re-do but my man is on holiday for the whole of February and has a lot to turn around before he goes so chances are it’ll be into March before I get it back...

How did he take it when you asked him to re do?

Fair play to you. It is such a quality product it needs to be exactly what you want in terms of finish

That's quite horrible but to be fair it is "loud and bright"

Pretty offended but we’ve made our peace

3rd time’s (hopefully) a charm

Man all your projects make for such good readin

Any updates??

@Skant updates??!

I'll just keep bumping this

Bump

@Skant

Well…funnily enough I just visited the painter yesterday to apply some pressure as our velodrome is soon to be converted from vaccination center back to cycling facility and I need my track bike!

It’s currently rocking it’s 4th paint job and it’s a hot mess! with some scribbles from the dude on to does prep (also a buddy of mine) on the fork as they really planned to paint it again but I like it how it is! It’s unique, has a story and meaning for me and the big plus: it only needs clear coat then it’s done!

Oh the irony

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Haha 3 years ago already:')
The closed velodrome is a solid reason though

Shortly after the last post we got word of our first velodrome session, the painter busted out a spontaneous 5th paint job on this in the space of 24h, I collected at 5pm and had it built up and on the boards by 7 and have been happily riding the track 2/3 times a week ever since :)

I kept just getting wrapped up in the riding and forgetting to take a photo but last night got around to it:

The palette is based on the artwork of Leon Berkowitz:

The painter knows I'm a fan of Berkowitz but this paintjob was a complete surprise for me and I'm stoked on it...exactly what I was originally hoping for: that my friend has artistic freedom and used it to create something unique, fun and totally to my tastes!

The bike rides good too ;)

Tonight is the last track session of the year so I'll be taking the bike back to the workshop afterwards to fettle and take some proper photos.

To do:

• trim steerer
  
• swap out tyres for some Veloflex records: currently on corsas but the rubber's looking a little old after sitting around so long (plus records should be FAST so I'm excited to try them out)
  
• experiment with saddles: I ride a Fizik Antares on all my other bikes, it works for me: super long rides, day in-day out, on/off road - I'm happy but not on the track... I'm curious to try some of the new breed short nose saddles here, if anyone has recommendations/success with them on the track I'd be keen to hear!
  

nice to hear that you enjoy your bike and the paintjob! 5th time seems to be the charm

Thanks! Yeah and the painter is super happy with it too :)

Looks amazing! Glad to see it finished and getting used:)