The "Show off your bike" thread!

The "Show off your bike" thread!

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dugsud

1,125 posts

262 months

Friday 23rd March 2018
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timnoyce said:
So after many hours research into DIY painting of bikes I had decided that I was going to go down the Spray.Bike route and paint my bike myself. Once I'd totted up getting a few cans of paint and paid the postage the cost of the job actually didn't seem too 'cheap' and the risk of me messing up seemed quite high... I sent off for a few quotes for powder coating and in the end settled on RAL 5021 and a sandblast and powder coat at a local company for less than just the paint was going to cost me!



Here she is. I think it looks great and am very happy with the finish! Bike looks good as new, I just now need to ride better to do it justice :-D
Nice job, what did the powder coating cost if you don't mind me asking?

idiotgap

2,112 posts

132 months

Friday 23rd March 2018
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dugsud said:
Nice job, what did the powder coating cost if you don't mind me asking?
I had a similar powder coat job done on my allez frame for £50 cash. I removed the components and it has carbon forks so that's frame only.

frontmech

54 posts

139 months

Friday 23rd March 2018
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My Lapierre Raid FX+ with daughters Carrera Luna pre trip to the woods.


and my new Wethepeople Nova collected yesterday, reflectors and bell have now been removed

raceboy

13,081 posts

279 months

Friday 23rd March 2018
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frontmech said:
and my new Wethepeople Nova collected yesterday, reflectors and bell have now been removed
And that front brake I hope. hehe

frontmech

54 posts

139 months

Friday 23rd March 2018
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I knew someone would notice that! Front brake is being removed on Sunday, need my daughter to try bike for size tomorrow before I build her her own BMX. We're going for a little ride so thought it best to leave it on for now!

Shinysideup

813 posts

181 months

Saturday 24th March 2018
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timnoyce

413 posts

180 months

Monday 26th March 2018
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dugsud said:
Nice job, what did the powder coating cost if you don't mind me asking?
I got a whole bunch of quotes locally... I went with the guys who were closest and got back to me quickest AND were cheapest... Cost me £40 for sand blasting and coating in a single colour. Bargain.

http://www.raltechfinishers.co.uk/

I can thoroughly recommend them. I've never had anything blasted and coated before but read lots of horror stories. These guys turned it around in a week and it looks great.



Craikeybaby

10,369 posts

224 months

Monday 26th March 2018
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timnoyce said:
dugsud said:
Nice job, what did the powder coating cost if you don't mind me asking?
I got a whole bunch of quotes locally... I went with the guys who were closest and got back to me quickest AND were cheapest... Cost me £40 for sand blasting and coating in a single colour. Bargain.

http://www.raltechfinishers.co.uk/

I can thoroughly recommend them. I've never had anything blasted and coated before but read lots of horror stories. These guys turned it around in a week and it looks great.
Certainly cheaper than the £250 the factory charge for re-powder coating!

timnoyce

413 posts

180 months

Monday 26th March 2018
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The only 'mistake' they made was that they didn't mask the 'spigot' that the pivot bearings push on to. This was mostly my fault in that perhaps I should have been a little more specific with what I wanted masking as they did the other bits fine! I had to remedy this with an evening of wet and dry to carefully get it back to size although with hindsight I could have used paint stripper if I'd had some!

towser44

3,472 posts

114 months

Thursday 29th March 2018
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Not great pics I'm afraid, but very happy with my new bike! After much umming and ahhing, finally took the decision to relegate my 7 year old Specialized Allez to winter/bad weather duties and will be doing sunny summer miles on this.

Cube GTC Attain Race, carbon frame and fork, full Ultegra 6800 apart from the brakes. It was a return that Rutland Cycles had from a customer because it had a couple of scratches (the barely noticeable white marks on the stem and top-tube in pics 2 and 3). As such, it was £1,600 reduced to £999 and then reduced to £900 because it was a return, plus they had £50 off for spending over £500 and £40 cashback from Topcashback, so all in it was just over £800! My Allez cost £750 and that is an aluminium frame with Sora groupset.








loudlashadjuster

5,081 posts

183 months

Thursday 29th March 2018
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towser44 said:
Not great pics I'm afraid, but very happy with my new bike! After much umming and ahhing, finally took the decision to relegate my 7 year old Specialized Allez to winter/bad weather duties and will be doing sunny summer miles on this.

Cube GTC Attain Race, carbon frame and fork, full Ultegra 6800 apart from the brakes. It was a return that Rutland Cycles had from a customer because it had a couple of scratches (the barely noticeable white marks on the stem and top-tube in pics 2 and 3). As such, it was £1,600 reduced to £999 and then reduced to £900 because it was a return, plus they had £50 off for spending over £500 and £40 cashback from Topcashback, so all in it was just over £800! My Allez cost £750 and that is an aluminium frame with Sora groupset.
Nice, and a great bargain. I never understand people returning bikes for minor scuffs like that, they'll inevitably pick up far worse within 1,000 km. Moan and get some money off, sure, but return the thing?!

towser44

3,472 posts

114 months

Thursday 29th March 2018
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loudlashadjuster said:
towser44 said:
Not great pics I'm afraid, but very happy with my new bike! After much umming and ahhing, finally took the decision to relegate my 7 year old Specialized Allez to winter/bad weather duties and will be doing sunny summer miles on this.

Cube GTC Attain Race, carbon frame and fork, full Ultegra 6800 apart from the brakes. It was a return that Rutland Cycles had from a customer because it had a couple of scratches (the barely noticeable white marks on the stem and top-tube in pics 2 and 3). As such, it was £1,600 reduced to £999 and then reduced to £900 because it was a return, plus they had £50 off for spending over £500 and £40 cashback from Topcashback, so all in it was just over £800! My Allez cost £750 and that is an aluminium frame with Sora groupset.
Nice, and a great bargain. I never understand people returning bikes for minor scuffs like that, they'll inevitably pick up far worse within 1,000 km. Moan and get some money off, sure, but return the thing?!
That's what I thought, I'm sure they would have refunded them some money or sent some vouchers for the store. I couldn't believe how minor the scuffs were to be honest, as you say, it will probably pick up worse the first time I take it out!

Usget

5,426 posts

210 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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Well it's not quite mine yet but I have ordered it.



3 speed, steel, Brooks saddle, medium handlebar. 5 weeks until it arrives. Always wanted one, plus I often end up using Boris bikes in London and I'm moving three miles away from the station at this end, so it'll make a lot of sense.

W00DY

15,462 posts

225 months

Sunday 8th April 2018
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Thought I'd see what these fancy electric gears and hydro discs on a road bike is like since I couldn't see the point in upgrading my 15 year old Specialized otherwise.



Very pleasant it turns out. Need to have a play with the DI2 to see what's what.


Saddle hadn't been adjusted in that pic, I'm not quite that gigantic.

lufbramatt

5,317 posts

133 months

Tuesday 10th April 2018
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My lad is going to be 3 next week, can’t wait to get him going on his first steed!



ExVantagemech..

5,728 posts

214 months

Tuesday 10th April 2018
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Bit of a ill thought out eBay purchase - wanted something to get my legs back into shape for MTB'ing and saw this at 99p start.
Ended at £275 - though the nice bloke in the shop told me they bought them in at £350!
Currently on flats on the turbo trainer...



Big Rod

6,198 posts

215 months

Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Frivolous Ebay purchase.

Had one of these about 40 years ago and fancied a bit of nostalgia.

I'll make it serviceable but it's mainly for decoration.


hyphen

26,262 posts

89 months

Wednesday 11th April 2018
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lufbramatt said:
My lad is going to be 3 next week, can’t wait to get him going on his first steed!
With the next one, you can start a year earlier wink Mine has been on his Rothan since 2.

His head was too little for many toddler aimed helmets though, finally managed to find one that fitted at Decathalon.


Edited by hyphen on Wednesday 11th April 13:05

lufbramatt

5,317 posts

133 months

Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Depends when she’s tall enough to fit on the Frog :-) we waited until our son was 3 as his sister was born a week after his second birthday and we didn’t want to have to deal with a newborn and a crazy 2 year old scooting off on his own at the same time :-) no need to rush these things imo.

Matt_N

8,900 posts

201 months

Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Balance bikes are great for getting them on the go, my lad is quite tall and has been on his BB (Spesh Hotwalk) since about 20 months, he was pedalling a bike without stabilisers short distances at just over 2.5yrs.

We've not bought him a proper bike yet (Isla CNOC/Frog 43 etc. ) as he loves the BB so much, he's just turned 3, we're probably gonna get him a bike in the summer as he's now tall and strong enough to pedal along properly.
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