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Here is Nozy (a nickname, pronounced noh-ZEE), the talented auto painter I'd previously mentioned. I visited him again yesterday to impart some extra instructions on frame painting. Nozy tells me he used to also be a keen cyclist and was training with Kinja around 2005, but stopped because he needed to devote more time to "hustling", i.e. entrepreneurialism.
The seat tube looks bent, but in real life it is not.
Also I'm coming around to the idea of flip-paint, i.e. that you find on TVRs. In Kenya I've only heard it to be called "magic paint". I will probably use this paint if it's light enough for the black decals to still contrast well. As Nozy has some flip paint remaining from a previous job, it'll cost an extra £15 and will be more than worth it. It looks something like this, only more vivid green/purple: