Current Projects chat and miscellany

yep so its finished if youre about the south bank have a look...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtcc/sets/72157622018816892/

photo set.

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i seriously want this for my backyard back home in oz, how much is postage ;), seriously, great thing for a back yard patio area , unusual, unique...

Ye word! How much would that run me?

I've got a 1940s Whittaker and Mapplebeck/Pennine (or at least I think it's that old - I took it into the shop when I got it and that's what the guy there dated it as) for my current project. It's in a rough state, and has been overpainted with brushed blue gloss at some point, but I just uncovered this rather cute handpainted little forest scene. Bike archaeology! It's a shame it'll go when I get it resprayed.

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make a great restoration project actually! not much to sort out from the look of it.

(actually scrap that, im not talking to you)

Murt goes to buy Spok

Murt: so why are you selling it so cheap, something wrong?

Seller: no i just lost a few friends and found that people started shouting random abuse at me in the street, so yeh.......

Murt: oh, ill take it.

how about an nice thick superglossy clearcoat?

yeah that would look mint with a gloss coat.

Unfortunately the crack in the seat-tube means that i have to have it blasted. Mainly so that the person who's fixing it can see what he's doing.
Also, blasting it means that i can properly check for other discrepancies in the frame.

Another reason for the blasting is, there are a fair few rust spots on the frame which are quite bad. It will be good to see how the frame looks once back to bare metal.

I was thinking about either trying to source some decals (as i love the originals), or getting someone to replicate them. This is still something i might do, but i'll probably blast it, get it fixed, and then clear coat it...

this is my first project it is a £20 BIN on the bay of E'ness had a grand day out to Hull to collect it

I would kind of liked to have left it o/g but there was quite a bit of rust bubbling up from lots of places that didnt show up on pics

this was where i thought id uncovered the frame number and after 2 hours of research realised it was a post code...Doh!

and finally

just rubbed down the forks and primed them for now, done them with white primer cos unsure of final colour, thinking dark or racing green any opinoins/suggestions?

make a great restoration project actually! not much to sort out from the look of it.

Yeah, that's what I'm planning. The bars and stem (Phillipe), the brakes (GB), and the saddle (Lycett Swallow) are all good. I'm replacing the headset, wheels, seatpost and will probably replace the crankset. It's a shame about the paintjob. It was originally red with lugs lined in sky blue, a blue band on the down tube, and little fir trees on either side. I'm not sure why anyone thought it was a good idea to get the blue gloss out.

powercoat with glitter in the same original colour perhaps?

the mudguad is metal isn't it? powdercoat that and you get a great looking bike.

Murt goes to buy Spok

Murt: so why are you selling it so cheap, something wrong?

Seller: no i just lost a few friends and found that people started shouting random abuse at me in the street, so yeh.......

Murt: oh, ill take it.

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin one!

powercoat with glitter in the same original colour perhaps?

the mudguad is metal isn't it? powdercoat that and you get a great looking bike.

dont know abywhere up here that does it, do you know if armourtex to a postal service

Try here. Not used them myself but know a few Moto Xers that do.
Not cheap.
http://www.windridge.co.uk/content.php/410

**"Powder Coating
**Application equipment for powder coating is more expensive than wet paint systems. The gun alone can cost £4500"

just had a quick look this opening line for the powder coating treatment suggests they are going to be expensive, justiflying their cost

The cost
The price to carry out all the preparation as described above and powder coat using the full external specification, designed to with stand the punishment of hard riding in extreme conditions.
For steel or aluminium frame set standard colour:
Hard tail frame with or without standard non-shock forks £89.
Soft tail frame with or without standard non-shock forks £89.
As above but with the added COMET DUSTS metallic. £109.

i can never find the important stuff like prices! where were they?

still in two minds w/ther to get it done pro or not being my first. money not that free flowing at mo either

bottom of the linked page.

last step: waiting for the new painted fork and then it can be finished. 650c hed3, seatpost, saddle, stem, handlebar and grips are black and waiting in a box

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Eingang, I love that frame.

Just got a campag Mirage gruppo for my Mercian build and am super excited, anyone had any experience with mirage before?

last step: waiting for the new painted fork and then it can be finished. 650c hed3, seatpost, saddle, stem, handlebar and grips are black and waiting in a box

Tasty! Look forward to seeing it completed.

here's the replacement for my poor broken langster. still can't ride it though because of a crank/pedal issue. ( http://www.londonfgss.com/thread27560.html )

first full build myself, pretty happy with it. the broken langster is there too

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Couple of dodgy photos of my latest finished bikes. Fixed and Geared.....