Airbrushed bike frame by me !!
Airbrushed bike frame by me !!
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Kylie

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4,391 posts

275 months

Friday 15th June 2007
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Hi guys I am an artist in my spare time from New Zealand. Some of you guys already know of me smile

Recently did my own bike build and custom painted a carbon frame in PPG Dulon paints.
The frame and fork are Reiker (made for NZ market) full carbon.
Wheels are Token with ceramic bearings and one piece bar are Token. (I couldnt bring myself to airbrush some zipps or cinelli ram bar frown ). Tape is real leather.
Components: mainly campy record, chorus ergo shifters and cranks.
There was about 40+ hours of airbrushing and wet-sanding involved, but overall a cool project. Weighs in at 7.5kg which is not bad.
The theme is from the Colnago special edition bikes with the Da Vinci art. I wanted to take parts of this art, combine it with ripped metal, rusty rivets with woodgrain. The look of the bike is meant to be of the da vinci era of how he would have made his own bike, hence the wood, art and rivets etc.






Black5

579 posts

241 months

Friday 15th June 2007
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Wow!

bow

catso

15,351 posts

285 months

Friday 15th June 2007
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Nice paintwork. thumbup


Rico

7,917 posts

273 months

Friday 15th June 2007
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That is AMAZING!

Airbrushing always astonishes me. The detail is so intricate!

Any pics of the painting process?

gbbird

5,193 posts

262 months

Friday 15th June 2007
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That looks very nice indeed.

pastrana72

1,735 posts

226 months

Friday 15th June 2007
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looks really cool to me, nice one.

d1bble

3,362 posts

281 months

Friday 15th June 2007
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Black5 said:
Wow!

bow
Exactly. V.V. impressed yes

Essex Gtr

44 posts

220 months

Monday 18th June 2007
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d1bble said:
Black5 said:
Wow!

bow
Exactly. V.V. impressed yes
Yeah amazing! True talent

Kylie

Original Poster:

4,391 posts

275 months

Wednesday 27th June 2007
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Thanks guys, she rides like a dream and its been caught out in the rain twice ..whoops, but it can take it. Cleans up nice too smile


horza

491 posts

225 months

Wednesday 27th June 2007
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WOW. Amazing.

You should do helmets in your spare time too. You'd make a fortune!

flattotheboards

6,688 posts

224 months

Wednesday 27th June 2007
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looks absolutely superb, looks like no other bike iv ever seen before.

groomi

9,327 posts

261 months

Wednesday 27th June 2007
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Luverly looking bike. thumbup



Out of interest, did anyone see the bikes made from wood by a mad dutch guy featured in cyclesport a couple of months ago? A different kind of art.

Kylie

Original Poster:

4,391 posts

275 months

Friday 6th July 2007
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Hi have you found the link yet, could you post it so I can see the artwork.

Kaplanski

6 posts

219 months

Wednesday 18th July 2007
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would you think about doing other peoples frames at a price of course?

wouldn't mind my 222 in some crazy style